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When thou openest thy Bible or other books , let it be with this hope , to meet with
some passage of divine truth , and some such blessings of the Spirit with it , as
may raise thine affections nearer heaven , and give thee a fuller taste thereof .
When thou openest thy Bible or other books , let it be with this hope , to meet with
some passage of divine truth , and some such blessings of the Spirit with it , as
may raise thine affections nearer heaven , and give thee a fuller taste thereof .
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... where all are priests ! How free a state where none are servants save to their
supreme Monarch ! For it shall come to pass in that day the Lord shall give us rest
from our sorrow , and our fear , and from the hard bondage wherein we served .
... where all are priests ! How free a state where none are servants save to their
supreme Monarch ! For it shall come to pass in that day the Lord shall give us rest
from our sorrow , and our fear , and from the hard bondage wherein we served .
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If I had spoke with Paul when he was new come down from the third heavens ,
and he might have revealed to me the things which he had seen ; oh , what
would I give for an hour's such conference ! How far would I go to hear such a
narration ...
If I had spoke with Paul when he was new come down from the third heavens ,
and he might have revealed to me the things which he had seen ; oh , what
would I give for an hour's such conference ! How far would I go to hear such a
narration ...
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... so that it would conduce to some good end we have in our eye , if He gives us
something that will conduce more to that end than that particular thing we asked
would , He doth not only do what we asked , but more . As when St. Paul prayed ...
... so that it would conduce to some good end we have in our eye , if He gives us
something that will conduce more to that end than that particular thing we asked
would , He doth not only do what we asked , but more . As when St. Paul prayed ...
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One watches all , with care most true ; Doubt not that He will give thee too Thy
part . Only be steadfast , never waver , Nor seek earth ' s favour , But rest ; Thou
knowest what God ' s will must be , For all His creatures , - - so , for thee , The
best .
One watches all , with care most true ; Doubt not that He will give thee too Thy
part . Only be steadfast , never waver , Nor seek earth ' s favour , But rest ; Thou
knowest what God ' s will must be , For all His creatures , - - so , for thee , The
best .
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Página 26 - I should (said he) Bestow this jewel also on my creature, He would adore my gifts instead of me, And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature : So both should losers be. Yet let him keep the rest, But keep them with repining restlessness : Let him be rich and weary, that at least, If goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast.
Página 294 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Página 35 - Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Página 173 - And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
Página 236 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight ; they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant ; And all for love and nothing for reward : Oh why should heavenly God to men have such regard) THE SEASONS.
Página 147 - Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him ? Till seven times ? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times : but, Until seventy times seven.
Página 151 - Not there, not there, my child! Is it where the feathery palm-trees rise, . And the date grows ripe under sunny skies ? Or 'midst the green islands of glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange bright birds on their starry wings, Bear the rich hues of all glorious things? Not there, not there, my child!
Página 6 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid ; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid.
Página 151 - Where the burning rays of the ruby shine, And the diamond lights up the secret mine, And the pearl gleams forth from the coral strand — Is it there, sweet mother, that better land ? " " Not there, not there, my child...
Página 303 - Come, then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! It was thine By ancient covenant, ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
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| Título | Daily readings for a year [ed.] by E. Spooner |
| Autor | Elizabeth Spooner |
| Editor | Elizabeth Spooner |
| Editor | Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1880 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 4 Sep. 2006 |
| Largo | 315 páginas |
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