Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature, Volume 1James Nisbet and Company, Berners Street, 1854 |
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... thee for true labour ; Rise , arm thee for the fight . Go forth to earth's old battle - field ; Strike boldly for the right ! " Rise , cast thy dreamings from thee ; Rise , clothed with vigour new ; This fallen earth is no place for ...
... thee for true labour ; Rise , arm thee for the fight . Go forth to earth's old battle - field ; Strike boldly for the right ! " Rise , cast thy dreamings from thee ; Rise , clothed with vigour new ; This fallen earth is no place for ...
Page 98
... Thee , with Thee , is might ; Oh , stay me with Thy love and strength , Oh , clothe me with Thy light ! " IV . It was no spell of slumber Which came upon him then ; No fitful gleams of a land of dreams , Which burst on his dazzled ken ...
... Thee , with Thee , is might ; Oh , stay me with Thy love and strength , Oh , clothe me with Thy light ! " IV . It was no spell of slumber Which came upon him then ; No fitful gleams of a land of dreams , Which burst on his dazzled ken ...
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... thee learning well and praying diligently . Do so , my son , and continue therein , and when I come home I will bring thee a fine fairing . know a beautiful pleasure - garden , and there are many children walking there , and they have ...
... thee learning well and praying diligently . Do so , my son , and continue therein , and when I come home I will bring thee a fine fairing . know a beautiful pleasure - garden , and there are many children walking there , and they have ...
Page 107
... thee here already ? Well , let us try back again to our old place . " And when he comes over again , he finds the Ass on the spot where he had left him , and must now own beaten , and confess that the cross is not to be trifled with ...
... thee here already ? Well , let us try back again to our old place . " And when he comes over again , he finds the Ass on the spot where he had left him , and must now own beaten , and confess that the cross is not to be trifled with ...
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... thee , and thou givest them their meat in due season . That thou givest them they gather . Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living thing . " J. H. G. SKETCHES IN ORNITHOLOGY . No. I. THE PARROTS AND THEIR 120 ...
... thee , and thou givest them their meat in due season . That thou givest them they gather . Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living thing . " J. H. G. SKETCHES IN ORNITHOLOGY . No. I. THE PARROTS AND THEIR 120 ...
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Page 392 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Page 81 - The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Page 414 - And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
Page 415 - When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick : 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Page 283 - All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Page 268 - Jerusalem, my happy home, When shall I come to thee ? When shall my sorrows have an end, Thy joys when shall I see...
Page 323 - My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. * He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
Page 120 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 143 - He is the chief of the ways of God : he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
Page 204 - Seeing then that we have a great High-priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.