Remains of the Late Rev. Charles Wolfe ...: With a Brief Memoir of His Life |
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... face to face : now I know in part ; but then shall I know even as also I am known . And now abideth Faith , Hope , Charity , these three ; but the greatest of these is Charity 395 SERMON XIII . ECCLESIASTES , viii . 11 . PAGE CONTENTS . xi.
... face to face : now I know in part ; but then shall I know even as also I am known . And now abideth Faith , Hope , Charity , these three ; but the greatest of these is Charity 395 SERMON XIII . ECCLESIASTES , viii . 11 . PAGE CONTENTS . xi.
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... face that was dead , And we bitterly thought of the morrow . V. We thought , as we hollow'd his narrow bed , And smooth'd down his lonely pillow , That the foe and the strnger would tread o'er his head , And we far away on the billow ...
... face that was dead , And we bitterly thought of the morrow . V. We thought , as we hollow'd his narrow bed , And smooth'd down his lonely pillow , That the foe and the strnger would tread o'er his head , And we far away on the billow ...
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... the whole poem . The third line of the fourth stanza has been commonly altered thus- " on the face of " the dead . " I cannot forbear quoting the 66 66 critical and just observations of the friend above THE REV . C. WOLFE . 31.
... the whole poem . The third line of the fourth stanza has been commonly altered thus- " on the face of " the dead . " I cannot forbear quoting the 66 66 critical and just observations of the friend above THE REV . C. WOLFE . 31.
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... face of their dead chief , -but he " meant to convey an idea of the impression " which that form of death made upon them . ' They gazed on the face that was dead , 66 66 gives not merely the fact , but the sentiment " of death . It is ...
... face of their dead chief , -but he " meant to convey an idea of the impression " which that form of death made upon them . ' They gazed on the face that was dead , 66 66 gives not merely the fact , but the sentiment " of death . It is ...
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... faces , -next , down upon his harp , -then struck a few notes of a wild and desponding melody , which we had never heard before ; but his hand dropped , and he did not finish it . Again we paused - then , knowing well that if we could ...
... faces , -next , down upon his harp , -then struck a few notes of a wild and desponding melody , which we had never heard before ; but his hand dropped , and he did not finish it . Again we paused - then , knowing well that if we could ...
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Page 333 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey ; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness...
Page 296 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 344 - Thou wilt show me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 432 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 79 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 446 - God is faithful, who will not suffer" us " to be tempted above that" we " are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that " we
Page 230 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 42 - The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more ! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain ! But when I speak — thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead...
Page 255 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us...
Page 423 - Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance...