Breathings of the Better LifeLucy Larcom Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881 - 288 pages |
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... heart to heart . The endeavor has been , from passages expressing the right theory and sentiment of religion , to shape an every - day manual , answering to a gen- eral need ; one of those small books , filled with great thoughts ...
... heart to heart . The endeavor has been , from passages expressing the right theory and sentiment of religion , to shape an every - day manual , answering to a gen- eral need ; one of those small books , filled with great thoughts ...
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... heart buoyant with the thought of God , and to pour forth this continual influx of spiritual health heavenward in praise , and earthward in streams of blessing , this is the essence of human , saintly , and angelic joy ; the genuine ...
... heart buoyant with the thought of God , and to pour forth this continual influx of spiritual health heavenward in praise , and earthward in streams of blessing , this is the essence of human , saintly , and angelic joy ; the genuine ...
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... heart , And deep below the deeps of conscious being , Thy splendor shineth ; there , O God , Thou art ! I cannot lose Thee ! Still in Thee abiding , The End is clear , how wide soe'er I roam , The Law that holds the worlds my steps is ...
... heart , And deep below the deeps of conscious being , Thy splendor shineth ; there , O God , Thou art ! I cannot lose Thee ! Still in Thee abiding , The End is clear , how wide soe'er I roam , The Law that holds the worlds my steps is ...
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... heart once gone from God , turns continually away from Him , and moves not toward Him till it be renewed , yet , even in its wandering , it retains that natural relation to God , as its centre , that it hath no true rest elsewhere , The ...
... heart once gone from God , turns continually away from Him , and moves not toward Him till it be renewed , yet , even in its wandering , it retains that natural relation to God , as its centre , that it hath no true rest elsewhere , The ...
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... heart is restless , until it repose in Thee . With Thee our good lives without any decay , which good art Thou ; nor need we fear lest there be no place whither to return , because we fell from it : for through our absence our mansion ...
... heart is restless , until it repose in Thee . With Thee our good lives without any decay , which good art Thou ; nor need we fear lest there be no place whither to return , because we fell from it : for through our absence our mansion ...
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ANGELUS SILESIUS beauty become behold blessed blest bliss bosom breath bright calm Christ Christian clouds CORINTHIANS creatures dark death deep desire divine DORA GREENWELL doth dream dwell earth eternal everlasting evermore eyes F. W. ROBERTSON faith Father feel filled forever fulness give glorious glory God's grace happy Harvard College hath hear heart heaven heavenly HENRY VAUGHAN holy hope human immortal inspiration Jesus JOHN JOHN TAULER JOHN XV JOHN xvii kingdom land light live look Lord love thee LUCY LARCOM mind morning nature nearer never night o'er ourselves pain pass peace perfect praise prayer PSALM rest restless heart righteousness Saviour sea of glass seek shine sing song sorrow soul speak spirit strength suffering sweet THEOLOGIA GERMANICA Thine things THOLUCK Thou art Thou didst thou hast thought true truth unto voice weary Widener Library wilt words yearning
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Page 282 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face ; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Page 234 - They are all gone into the world of light ! And I alone sit lingering here ; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear. It glows and glitters in my cloudy breast, Like stars upon some gloomy grove, Or those faint beams in which this hill is drest, After the sun's remove. I see them walking in an air of glory, Whose light doth trample on my days : My days, which are at best but dull and hoary, Mere glimmering and decays.
Page 37 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Page 132 - It was no path of flowers, Through this dark world of ours, Beloved of the Father, thou didst tread ; And shall we in dismay Shrink from the narrow way, When clouds and darkness are around it spread?
Page 158 - But love ye .your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again ; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Page 67 - THE prayers I make will then be sweet indeed If Thou the spirit give by which I pray: My unassisted heart is barren clay, That of its native self can nothing feed : Of good and pious works thou art the seed, That quickens only where thou say'st it may : Unless Thou show to us thine own true way No man can find it: Father ! Thou must lead.
Page 177 - Come unto me, all ye that labour, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me ; and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Page 99 - It fortifies my soul to know That, though I perish, Truth is so : That, howsoe'er I stray and range, Whate'er I do, Thou dost not change. I steadier step when I recall That, if I slip, Thou dost not falL 'PERCHE PENSA?
Page 206 - For all things are yours ; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come ; all are yours ; and ye are Christ's ; and Christ is God's.
Page 78 - According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.