The life of the soul in the worldSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1881 - 369 páginas |
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... beauty ; the creatures of His hand are without number ; and yet His perfections enable Him without distraction to give His whole attention to each one of us , His most lowly creatures . It is by His will that we exist ; there is no ...
... beauty ; the creatures of His hand are without number ; and yet His perfections enable Him without distraction to give His whole attention to each one of us , His most lowly creatures . It is by His will that we exist ; there is no ...
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... beauty . But let us never forget that it can be but a very imperfect shadow and representation ; all the tenderness of all the best fathers together cannot even picture to us the tenderness of the Fatherhood of 14 THE LIFE OF THE SOUL ...
... beauty . But let us never forget that it can be but a very imperfect shadow and representation ; all the tenderness of all the best fathers together cannot even picture to us the tenderness of the Fatherhood of 14 THE LIFE OF THE SOUL ...
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... beauty of holiness , but never lift a finger to labour for it . They even ask God for it ; but they forget that He who bade us pray for daily bread bade us also work for it . Why is all this ? A hunger and thirst after righteousness is ...
... beauty of holiness , but never lift a finger to labour for it . They even ask God for it ; but they forget that He who bade us pray for daily bread bade us also work for it . Why is all this ? A hunger and thirst after righteousness is ...
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... beauty ; and seeing Thee we shall see our own filthiness , and hate it , and hunger and thirst after righteousness , that we may be like Thee , loved by Thee , drawn to be near Thee , with Whom and in Whom alone the eternal and divine ...
... beauty ; and seeing Thee we shall see our own filthiness , and hate it , and hunger and thirst after righteousness , that we may be like Thee , loved by Thee , drawn to be near Thee , with Whom and in Whom alone the eternal and divine ...
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... beauty of created things . The very catalogue is bewildering ; and as we try to take in what is presented to us , we feel as if we should be inebriated and faint under the pressure of the never - ceasing demands upon our admiration and ...
... beauty of created things . The very catalogue is bewildering ; and as we try to take in what is presented to us , we feel as if we should be inebriated and faint under the pressure of the never - ceasing demands upon our admiration and ...
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Art thou beautiful better blessed body Calvary CHAPTER Christian Church comes creatures Cross crucified darkness dead death DORA GREENWELL earth enemy eternal evil eyes face faith Father Fcap fear feel flesh Francis de Sales gifts give God's grace hand happiness hast hath hear heart heaven Holy hope human infidel books infinite instinct J. H. NEWMAN Jerusalem Jesus Christ labour laws live look Lord lost man's marriage master midst mystery nature never never victory Old Testament ourselves overmastered pass passions peace perfect poor prayer precious rest revelation righteousness ruin Sabbath salvation sanctification Saviour says seems servants ship silence sins Solomon Son of God sorrow soul soul's spiritual stand suffer sweet tears tells Temple temptation thee things thought tion true truth turn Unseen Universe unto victory voice waste watch weary wonderful words worship
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Página 277 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Página 58 - Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter : Fear God, and keep his commandments ; for this is the whole duty of man : for God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Página 218 - I do not ask my cross to understand, My way to see ; Better in darkness just to feel thy hand, And follow thee.
Página 90 - I DO not ask, O Lord, that life may be A pleasant road ; I do not ask that Thou wouldst take from me Aught of its load ; I do not ask that flowers should always spring Beneath my feet ; I know too well the poison and the sting Of things too sweet. For one thing only, Lord, dear Lord, I plead, Lead me aright — Though strength should falter, and though heart should bleed — Through Peace to Light.
Página 208 - Let us swear an oath, and keep it with an equal mind, In the hollow Lotos-land to live, and lie reclined On the hills like gods together, careless of mankind. 155 For they lie beside their nectar, and the bolts are hurled Far below them in the valleys, and the clouds are lightly curled Round their golden houses, girdled with the gleaming world...
Página 26 - For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Página 164 - The King's daughter is all glorious within ; her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework : the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
Página 221 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Página 368 - Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear ; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house ; so shall the King greatly desire thy beauty : for He is thy Lord ; and worship thou Him.
Página 126 - Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home, Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene, — one step enough for me.