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Page 49 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 54 - And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Page 57 - And I saw no temple therein : for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 66 - For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Page 112 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
Page 58 - And I saw no temple therein ; for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it ; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 76 - Then shall it be for a man to burn : for he will take thereof and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it : he maketh it a graven image, and faileth down thereto.
Page 15 - I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made me, in these Christian days, A happy English child.
Page 95 - THE wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice Even with joy and singing: The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, The excellency of Carmel and Sharon, They shall see the glory of the Lord, And the excellency of our God.
Page 77 - He burneth part thereof in the fire ; with part thereof he eateth flesh : he roasteth roast, and is satisfied ; yea, he wanneth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire. And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image ; he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me, for thou art my god.