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... sure trust soothes , and gladdens him , under the severest trials of life . — We are apt to work ourselves much misery , by making a future for ourselves , and others , in this world ; a future of happiness over which “ the wind passeth ...
... sure trust soothes , and gladdens him , under the severest trials of life . — We are apt to work ourselves much misery , by making a future for ourselves , and others , in this world ; a future of happiness over which “ the wind passeth ...
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... sure , " how manifold are God's comforts ! None can imagine them , but those who have needed and have found them . 19 Christ himself was , indeed , a Man of Sorrows ; but He was so , that His disciple might be a man of Joy . He hath ...
... sure , " how manifold are God's comforts ! None can imagine them , but those who have needed and have found them . 19 Christ himself was , indeed , a Man of Sorrows ; but He was so , that His disciple might be a man of Joy . He hath ...
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... sure is ours - of a God who may not be our Father ? We cannot do it ! We go on feeling our way by dim lights , instead of walking in noontide glory ; and strive painfully with hand and foot to climb some poor height , when we might be ...
... sure is ours - of a God who may not be our Father ? We cannot do it ! We go on feeling our way by dim lights , instead of walking in noontide glory ; and strive painfully with hand and foot to climb some poor height , when we might be ...
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... sure and steadfast . " - Heb . vi . 19 . Would that to me life's changes Did so with blessings come , That mercies might , like gales of spring , Cause some new grace to bloom ; And that the storm which scattereth Each earth - born hope ...
... sure and steadfast . " - Heb . vi . 19 . Would that to me life's changes Did so with blessings come , That mercies might , like gales of spring , Cause some new grace to bloom ; And that the storm which scattereth Each earth - born hope ...
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... sure to gain ; Teach it in accents soft and mild ; It may not long remain . Speak gently to the young - for they Will have enough to bear ; Pass through this world as best they may , " Tis full of anxious care . Speak gently to the aged ...
... sure to gain ; Teach it in accents soft and mild ; It may not long remain . Speak gently to the young - for they Will have enough to bear ; Pass through this world as best they may , " Tis full of anxious care . Speak gently to the aged ...
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Page 137 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; and they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; and they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 155 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is...
Page 72 - I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves.
Page 81 - One adequate support For the calamities of mortal life Exists — one only; an assured belief That the procession of our fate, howe'er Sad or disturbed, is ordered by a Being Of infinite benevolence and power; Whose everlasting purposes embrace All accidents, converting them to good.
Page 68 - Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Page 73 - He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear.
Page 183 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of Nature, and, though poor, perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, 'My Father made them all...
Page 2 - SOMETIMES a light surprises The Christian while he sings; It is the Lord who rises With healing in his wings; When comforts are declining, He grants the soul again, A season of clear shining, To cheer it after rain.
Page 14 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out.
Page 251 - Just as I am Thou wilt receive, Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve ! Because Thy promise I believe, O Lamb of God, I come...