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Page xvi
... pass away , until he be turned to Him whom he might have served in joy and glad- For otherwise what remains for him , if it be not that fearful sentence - only less fearful than the final judgment doom- " Ephraim is joined to idols ...
... pass away , until he be turned to Him whom he might have served in joy and glad- For otherwise what remains for him , if it be not that fearful sentence - only less fearful than the final judgment doom- " Ephraim is joined to idols ...
Page xxviii
... pass away without having accomplished its purpose . For such visitations of affliction never leave any man exactly where he was before . Either they advance him on his heavenward way , teach him to live above the world's slavery , and ...
... pass away without having accomplished its purpose . For such visitations of affliction never leave any man exactly where he was before . Either they advance him on his heavenward way , teach him to live above the world's slavery , and ...
Page xxxi
... pass ; how many victories over self you have to win . How much is there for which your sick room is perhaps the very fittest place , with the multiplied occasions which it affords for the full exercise of Faith , and Hope , and Love ...
... pass ; how many victories over self you have to win . How much is there for which your sick room is perhaps the very fittest place , with the multiplied occasions which it affords for the full exercise of Faith , and Hope , and Love ...
Page xxxv
... pass from the strife of the battle - field to the rest of the victors ? Yet remember that you are “ immortal till your work is done . " One can imagine what it must be for you , lying now at the very gates of Paradise , to be obliged to ...
... pass from the strife of the battle - field to the rest of the victors ? Yet remember that you are “ immortal till your work is done . " One can imagine what it must be for you , lying now at the very gates of Paradise , to be obliged to ...
Page xli
... passing emotion ; it was their principle of life . They and their works should be had in honour amongst us . The poems of Herbert in this volume are re- printed from the edition of 1641 , but the modern spelling of later editions has ...
... passing emotion ; it was their principle of life . They and their works should be had in honour amongst us . The poems of Herbert in this volume are re- printed from the edition of 1641 , but the modern spelling of later editions has ...
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affliction Almighty beseech Thee Bishop bitter blessed blest bliss Brasenose College breath bright Cambridge canst Cheltenham College Church Church of England clouds College comfort Crown 8vo dark death doth dust dwell earth earthly Edward Meyrick Goulburn eternal everlasting evermore eyes faith Father fear flowers foes Francis Quarles George Herbert give glory God's grief H. F. Lyte hath hear heart Heaven heavenly Henry Parry Liddon Henry Vaughan hope hour humbly HYMN Jesus Christ John Henry Blunt late Fellow light live London look Merton College night o'er Oxford pain peace praise pray prayer PSALM R. C. Trench rejoice rest Sackville College sacred saints Saviour Second Edition shine sickness sleep Small 8vo sorrow soul spirit strength suffering sweet tears Thine things Thou art Thou hast Thou wilt thoughts throne Thy grace Thy love Thy mercy Thy servant Trinity College trust voice weary weep
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Page 49 - One adequate support For the calamities of mortal life Exists — one only; an assured belief That the procession of our fate, howe'er Sad or disturbed, is ordered by a Being Of infinite benevolence and power; Whose everlasting purposes embrace All accidents, converting them to good.
Page 150 - Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart. Thy blessed unction from above Is comfort, life, and fire of love.
Page 201 - Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with Thee my heart to share ? Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone, The Lord of every motion there ! Then shall my heart from earth be free, When it hath found repose in Thee.
Page 248 - What would we give to our beloved ? The hero's heart to be unmoved, The poet's star-tuned harp to sweep, The patriot's voice to teach and rouse, The monarch's crown to light the brows,— He giveth his beloved sleep...
Page 192 - It can bring with it nothing, But he will bear us through ; Who gives the lilies clothing, Will clothe his people too: Beneath the spreading heavens, No creature but is fed ; And he who feeds the ravens, Will give his children bread.
Page 219 - If aught should tempt my soul to stray From heavenly wisdom's narrow way, To fly the good I would pursue, Or do the sin I would not do, — Still He, who felt temptation's power, Shall guard me in that dangerous hour.
Page 17 - SCRIPTURES, &c. The Cambridge Paragraph Bible of the Authorized English Version, with the Text revised by a Collation of its Early and other Principal Editions...
Page 23 - And is there care in Heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is...
Page xxvii - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
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