The Little gleaner, 3–5. köideSeptimus Sears 1856 |
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Page 149
... POOR . A sigh for the poor , without shelter or friends , Exposed to the blast and the storm ; A hand ever ready to ease their distress , And a heart that with pity beats warm . Oh ! why is our lot not as abject as theirs ; Do we differ ...
... POOR . A sigh for the poor , without shelter or friends , Exposed to the blast and the storm ; A hand ever ready to ease their distress , And a heart that with pity beats warm . Oh ! why is our lot not as abject as theirs ; Do we differ ...
Page 158
... Poor boy ! he ofttimes tried , but he was pursued by terror . After a time , this poor boy's heart was quite broken , for he thought these things were but the beginning of sor- row , the forerunner of worse things to come . In this he ...
... Poor boy ! he ofttimes tried , but he was pursued by terror . After a time , this poor boy's heart was quite broken , for he thought these things were but the beginning of sor- row , the forerunner of worse things to come . In this he ...
Page 161
... poor child was struggling with the waves , and nearly sinking , when a sloop - of - war's boat going off to the ship espied him , and providentially saved him from a watery grave . The ship was under sail- ing orders , and weighed that ...
... poor child was struggling with the waves , and nearly sinking , when a sloop - of - war's boat going off to the ship espied him , and providentially saved him from a watery grave . The ship was under sail- ing orders , and weighed that ...
Page 162
... poor old sailor at length perceived a ray of hope , and was humbly en- couraged to take refuge in Him who died for the chief of sinners . A cloud of horror , nevertheless , so overwhelmed him , that he could not firmly lay hold of the ...
... poor old sailor at length perceived a ray of hope , and was humbly en- couraged to take refuge in Him who died for the chief of sinners . A cloud of horror , nevertheless , so overwhelmed him , that he could not firmly lay hold of the ...
Page 163
... poor Jack , in an agony of tears , fell on the neck of the old sailor , crying , " My father , my father , my father ! behold your son , your boy ! I did not perish ! the ship's boat saved me ! O ! there is mercy for you , my father ...
... poor Jack , in an agony of tears , fell on the neck of the old sailor , crying , " My father , my father , my father ! behold your son , your boy ! I did not perish ! the ship's boat saved me ! O ! there is mercy for you , my father ...
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Page 80 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 330 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 286 - Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
Page 39 - O COME, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
Page 110 - Let not conscience make you linger, Nor of fitness fondly dream ; All the fitness he requireth, Is to feel your need of him ; This he gives you ; 'Tis the Spirit's rising beam.
Page 221 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.