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... things that are below , never condescending to any of those inferior things but when necessity compels , not when superfluity doth allure : such an eagle was Zaccheus , that left his extortion ; Matthew his toll - gathering ; Peter his ...
... things that are below , never condescending to any of those inferior things but when necessity compels , not when superfluity doth allure : such an eagle was Zaccheus , that left his extortion ; Matthew his toll - gathering ; Peter his ...
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... thing to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of a cold world . If you intend to do a mean thing ... things which he had benevolently planned to do . We see the benevolence of God in the heart which He had to save the ...
... thing to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of a cold world . If you intend to do a mean thing ... things which he had benevolently planned to do . We see the benevolence of God in the heart which He had to save the ...
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... things in Christ . " Archbishop Trench . In the vast domain of nature there are intimate connection and indissoluble unity , making one complete volume of material things from which man may gather all he requires for this world ; so ...
... things in Christ . " Archbishop Trench . In the vast domain of nature there are intimate connection and indissoluble unity , making one complete volume of material things from which man may gather all he requires for this world ; so ...
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... things ; True followers of that soul exalting plan Which Christ laid down to bless and go- vern man ; They who can calmly linger to the last , Survey the future and recall the past ; - These are the only bless'd ! BLESSING - Asking a ...
... things ; True followers of that soul exalting plan Which Christ laid down to bless and go- vern man ; They who can calmly linger to the last , Survey the future and recall the past ; - These are the only bless'd ! BLESSING - Asking a ...
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... things I can find with in the boards of my Old Testament . What a silence in these old books , what green pas- toral rest , and yet what indubitable human existence . Across the brawling centuries of blood and war that lie between , I ...
... things I can find with in the boards of my Old Testament . What a silence in these old books , what green pas- toral rest , and yet what indubitable human existence . Across the brawling centuries of blood and war that lie between , I ...
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Page 327 - Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Page 187 - Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom...
Page 294 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 237 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Page 239 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song...
Page 329 - If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me, Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Page 195 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Page 369 - The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor — without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted...
Page 195 - And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem...
Page 267 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?