Questions for young persons: by a clergyman1828 |
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... direction of the senses is of high importance , still we must remember that they are incapable of receiving the immediate communications of light and life from God . Such com- munications are made , not to the senses , but to the spirit ...
... direction of the senses is of high importance , still we must remember that they are incapable of receiving the immediate communications of light and life from God . Such com- munications are made , not to the senses , but to the spirit ...
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... direction only ? What takes place before the acorn shoots ? [ The outside corrupts . ] What part of the acorn shoots ? Of what use is the outside ? What booomes of it at last ? Is there any part of you which is like the outside of the ...
... direction only ? What takes place before the acorn shoots ? [ The outside corrupts . ] What part of the acorn shoots ? Of what use is the outside ? What booomes of it at last ? Is there any part of you which is like the outside of the ...
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... direction ; if there is a heavy pressure of air above your hand , there is an equal pressure below it . ] What occasions the weight of the air of which we have been speaking ? Did we not say the air extended to a considerable height ...
... direction ; if there is a heavy pressure of air above your hand , there is an equal pressure below it . ] What occasions the weight of the air of which we have been speaking ? Did we not say the air extended to a considerable height ...
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... directions a little . Are they connected ? How ? Now hold up the leaf to the light : what do you perceive ? Is there not a kind of net - work ? Of what is this composed ? And what are these minute parts ? Can you trace their connection ...
... directions a little . Are they connected ? How ? Now hold up the leaf to the light : what do you perceive ? Is there not a kind of net - work ? Of what is this composed ? And what are these minute parts ? Can you trace their connection ...
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... direction have the flower - stalks ? Are they straight ? Do they grow out of the stem on every side ? On which side ? In what direction does the stem grow ? What most LILY OF THE VALLEY . 69.
... direction have the flower - stalks ? Are they straight ? Do they grow out of the stem on every side ? On which side ? In what direction does the stem grow ? What most LILY OF THE VALLEY . 69.
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Page 142 - Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Page 172 - And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty ; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
Page 150 - We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory, O LORD GOD, heavenly KING, GOD the FATHER Almighty.
Page 169 - Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try : Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. 4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air ; His watchword at the gates of death ; He enters heaven with prayer. 5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways ; While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry—
Page 166 - Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining, Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall; Angels adore him in slumber reclining, Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all.
Page 172 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 171 - After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; And cried with a loud voice ; saying; Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Page 118 - Send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which E6 QUINQUAGES1MA SUNDAY.
Page 166 - Christ is born, the great Anointed, Heaven and earth his praises sing; O ! receive, whom God appointed, For your Prophet, Priest, and King. 5 Hasten, mortals, to adore Him, Learn his name and taste his joy; Till in heaven ye sing before Him, Glory be to God most high...
Page 168 - Remember thee, and all thy pains, And all thy love to me; Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains, Will I remember thee.