England's royal home, the home life of the prince consort, memorials of the princess Alice

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"Hand and Heart" Publishing Offices, 1879 - 322 pages

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Page 185 - O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand!
Page 310 - But without Faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Page 103 - Not the labours of my hands Can fulfil thy law's demands ; Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears for ever flow, All for sin could not atone ; Thou must save, and thou alone.
Page 103 - ROCK OF AGES, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee, Let the water and the blood, From Thy riven side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power.
Page 148 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery. And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.
Page 104 - While I draw this fleeting breath, When my eyelids close in death, When I soar to worlds unknown, See Thee on Thy judgment throne, Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee.
Page 99 - I confidently hope that the first impression which the view of this vast collection will produce upon the spectator will be that of deep thankfulness to the Almighty for the blessings which he has bestowed upon us already here below; and the second, the conviction that they can only be...
Page 258 - I gave her a warm petticoat, and the tears rolled down her old cheeks, and she shook my hands and prayed God to bless me : it was very touching. I went into a small cabin of old Kitty Kear's, who is eighty-six years old — quite erect — and who welcomed us with a great air of dignity. She sat down and spun. I gave her, also, a warm petticoat. She said, ' May the Lord ever attend ye and yours, here and hereafter ; and may the Lord be a guide to ye, and keep ye from all harm ! ' She was quite surprised...
Page 149 - Spirit for its guest, My God, to Thee I leave the rest ;

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