Scottish Stories from the Family Treasure ...Western Tract & Book Soc., 1869 - 111 páginas |
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Página 89 - And I said unto him ; Sir thou knowest. And he said to me ; These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Página 11 - mong the heather was lying. 'Twas morning ; and summer's young sun from the east Lay in loving repose on the green mountain's breast ; On Wardlaw and Cairntable the clear shining dew Glistened there 'mong the heath-bells and mountain flowers blue. And far up in heaven, near the -white sunny cloud, The song of the lark was melodious and loud, And in Glenmuir's wild solitude, lengthened and deep, Were the whistling of plovers and bleating of sheep.
Página 32 - What do I see but Christ, in one of his members, wrestling there? Think you that we are the sufferers? No, it is Christ in us ; for he sends none a warfare on their own charges.
Página 80 - Apostle), and are built upon the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone...
Página 6 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Página 60 - ... his cries. He was safe in the crevice of the rock. The story of that woman's affection for her child was soon read in language which all understood. Her almost naked body revealed her love.
Página 57 - The morning when the widow left her home gave promise of a lovely day. But before noon a sudden change took place in the weather. Northward, the sky became black and lowering. Masses of clouds rested upon the bills.
Página 63 - I confess it," he cried, looking up to heaven, his eyes streaming with tears; and pressing the minister's hand close to his breast, he added, " It was God made you tell that story. Praise be to his holy name that my dear mother has not died in vain, and that the prayers which I was told she used to offer for me have been at last answered; for the love of my mother has been blessed by the Holy Spirit, for making me see, as I never saw before, the...
Página 60 - Communion Sabbath. The subject of his discourse was the love of Christ. In illustrating the self-sacrificing nature of that " love which seeketh not her own," he narrated the above story of the Highland widow, whom he had himself known in his boyhood. And he asked, " If that child is now alive, what would you think of...
Página 90 - Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple : and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.