The Poetical Works of Isaac Watts and Henry Kirke White, Volume 63Houghton, Mifflin, 1881 |
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... sense of his insufficiency , and trembling lest he should go to the altar of God uncalled . But after sixteen years spent in classi- cal studies , - after uncommon proficiency in other parts of learning connected with the work of the ...
... sense of his insufficiency , and trembling lest he should go to the altar of God uncalled . But after sixteen years spent in classi- cal studies , - after uncommon proficiency in other parts of learning connected with the work of the ...
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... sense upon his mind . " Two years before Mr. Watts entered upon the ministry , he was invited by Sir John Hartopp to reside in his family , at Stoke Newington , as tutor to his son . " I cannot , " he says , " but reckon it among the ...
... sense upon his mind . " Two years before Mr. Watts entered upon the ministry , he was invited by Sir John Hartopp to reside in his family , at Stoke Newington , as tutor to his son . " I cannot , " he says , " but reckon it among the ...
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... sense of any text in the New Testament , he kept his youthful knowledge of the Greek language in some measure even to the period of his life . " " His doors were ever open , and his carriage al- ways friendly and courteous , to the ...
... sense of any text in the New Testament , he kept his youthful knowledge of the Greek language in some measure even to the period of his life . " " His doors were ever open , and his carriage al- ways friendly and courteous , to the ...
Page xix
... sense of duty , appears by the terms in which it was expressed : " Brethren . " You know the constant aversion I have had to any proposals of a pastoral office , for these three years . You know also that since you have given me an ...
... sense of duty , appears by the terms in which it was expressed : " Brethren . " You know the constant aversion I have had to any proposals of a pastoral office , for these three years . You know also that since you have given me an ...
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... sense of my own inability in mind and body to discharge the duties of so sacred an office , I do , in the strength of Christ , venture upon it ; and in His name I accept your call , promising , in the presence of God and his saints , my ...
... sense of my own inability in mind and body to discharge the duties of so sacred an office , I do , in the strength of Christ , venture upon it ; and in His name I accept your call , promising , in the presence of God and his saints , my ...
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Page 213 - Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That had'st thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, —...
Page 225 - It was my guide, my light, my all, it bade my dark forebodings cease ; and through the storm and danger's thrall it led me to the port of peace. Now safely moored — my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, for ever and for evermore, the Star— The Star of Bethlehem...
Page 339 - In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too; For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be past ; That I may give for every day Some good account at last.
Page lxxxix - Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
Page 366 - Twas to save thee, child, from dying, Save my dear from burning flame, Bitter groans and endless crying, That thy blest Redeemer came.
Page 364 - How much better thou'rt attended Than the- Son of God could be, When from heaven He descended And became a child like thee...
Page 15 - Here the whole Deity is known ; Nor dares a creature guess, — Which of the glories brightest shone, The justice, or the grace.
Page 358 - I'll not be proud of my youth or my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade; But gain a good name by well doing my duty, This will scent like a rose when I'm dead.
Page lxxxix - Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Page 227 - Henry Kirke White died at Cambridge in October, 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the pursuit of studies that would have matured a mind which disease and poverty could not impair, and which death itself destroyed rather than sub dued.