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Page 34
... dost thou hope to give The good man longer life ! O never ! A little longer thou mayst live , But he , through Christ , will live for ever . 95 . He was suddenly removed from a world of sin and sorrow to the heavenly mansions prepared ...
... dost thou hope to give The good man longer life ! O never ! A little longer thou mayst live , But he , through Christ , will live for ever . 95 . He was suddenly removed from a world of sin and sorrow to the heavenly mansions prepared ...
Page 40
... thou art young , and vain , and proud , Gaze on this lonely spot ; No flatterer greets thee in the grave : Prepare to be forgot . But dost thou think , fond silly boy , So gallant , gay , and brave , That all who smile upon thee now ...
... thou art young , and vain , and proud , Gaze on this lonely spot ; No flatterer greets thee in the grave : Prepare to be forgot . But dost thou think , fond silly boy , So gallant , gay , and brave , That all who smile upon thee now ...
Page 41
... dost thou love ? O why shouldst thou thoughtlessly roam ? Thy Father is calling thy young heart above , And the beautiful heavens are thy home : To thy home , truant boy - to thy home ! Hast thou number'd the years of a man ? O think ...
... dost thou love ? O why shouldst thou thoughtlessly roam ? Thy Father is calling thy young heart above , And the beautiful heavens are thy home : To thy home , truant boy - to thy home ! Hast thou number'd the years of a man ? O think ...
Page 73
... thou art journeying thither . 212 . And dost thou , Reader , wandering forth alone , Require to know for whom this graven stone Records that day of death which all shall see ? For thee , frail tenant of the dust , for thee . It speaks ...
... thou art journeying thither . 212 . And dost thou , Reader , wandering forth alone , Require to know for whom this graven stone Records that day of death which all shall see ? For thee , frail tenant of the dust , for thee . It speaks ...
Page 77
... thou despise Thy humbler fellow - creature ? Is there aught in a negro's name That mercy may not save him ? Or dost thou think that God can blame The colour that he gave him ? If in our future hell or heaven Be aught of retribution ...
... thou despise Thy humbler fellow - creature ? Is there aught in a negro's name That mercy may not save him ? Or dost thou think that God can blame The colour that he gave him ? If in our future hell or heaven Be aught of retribution ...
Common terms and phrases
afflictions angels Art thou art young ask the grave awhile blast bless'd bliss breast breath bright brow call'd Christ Christian dark dead death died divine grace doom dost thou dust to dust dwell earth earthly earthly joys eternal evermore eyes faith fear floweret gaze give thee gloom glory grace grief hath heaven heavenly hell honour'd hope and fear hour humble immortality Isaiah Jesus light liv'd live Lord lov'd marble mark'd Matt mercy mortal mourn neath o'er oppress'd pain pass pass'd paths peace praise Psalm rais'd rapture Reader Redeemer repose rest righteous rise salvation sculptur'd seek sigh sinner skies sleep slumber sorrow spirit tears tell thine things thou art thou canst thou hast thou shalt thy heart thy hope thy Saviour thy soul tomb trod trump of doom trust unto voice weep Whate'er wilt wing Wouldst thou youth
Popular passages
Page 169 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 189 - Jesus before the world began ; but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel ; whereunto I am appointed a preacher and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
Page 177 - The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous : but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Page 171 - He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness : but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Page 193 - For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Page 197 - I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death : O death, I will be thy plagues; 0 grave, I will be thy destruction : repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Page 185 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Page 187 - He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but 1 will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Page 185 - For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again ; neither doth God respect any person : yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
Page 180 - He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.