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Page ix
... thoughts there is , alas ! no comfort ; for if by nature we are prone to evil , and by character are actually sinful , and if therefore suffering be what we both inherit and also deserve , what is there to hinder every new sin from ...
... thoughts there is , alas ! no comfort ; for if by nature we are prone to evil , and by character are actually sinful , and if therefore suffering be what we both inherit and also deserve , what is there to hinder every new sin from ...
Page xvi
... thoughts , and un- broken prosperity . In the second , there was no such ignorance , nor had the sunshine of life been always unclouded . The strong love of the world , the hunger and thirst after pleasure , as the chief good ( next to ...
... thoughts , and un- broken prosperity . In the second , there was no such ignorance , nor had the sunshine of life been always unclouded . The strong love of the world , the hunger and thirst after pleasure , as the chief good ( next to ...
Page xvii
... thoughts of death and eternity ever crossed his mind , putting them easily from him . Suddenly , at the stroke of this calamity , at the first sight perhaps of approaching death , all his confidence forsakes him . He cannot shake off ...
... thoughts of death and eternity ever crossed his mind , putting them easily from him . Suddenly , at the stroke of this calamity , at the first sight perhaps of approaching death , all his confidence forsakes him . He cannot shake off ...
Page xix
... thought was as light in his darkness , .and in his helpless misery he arose and went to him as a father . And so must this bewil- dered sufferer do . He is no more worthy to be called His son , whose family he has thus forsaken . Yet ...
... thought was as light in his darkness , .and in his helpless misery he arose and went to him as a father . And so must this bewil- dered sufferer do . He is no more worthy to be called His son , whose family he has thus forsaken . Yet ...
Page xxi
... thought of it as meant to bring them nearer to God , but are tempted to complain of the severity of what seems to them purposeless suffering . Alas ! there are some , who , going still beyond this , do not fear to speak of God's ...
... thought of it as meant to bring them nearer to God , but are tempted to complain of the severity of what seems to them purposeless suffering . Alas ! there are some , who , going still beyond this , do not fear to speak of God's ...
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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.
Page 10 - The Prayer Book Interleaved; with Historical Illustrations and Explanatory Notes arranged parallel to the Text, by the Rev. WM Campion, BD, Fellow and Tutor of Queens