Baby GrandRichard G. Badger, 1912 - 197 pages |
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Page 184 - GUIDE me, O thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land : I am weak, but thou art mighty ; Hold me with thy powerful hand : Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more.
Page 192 - I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am, there ye may be also.
Page 19 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest I will go; thy people shall be my people and thy God my God.
Page 40 - Sweet hour of prayer ! sweet hour of prayer ! Thy wings shall my petition bear, To him whose truth and faithfulness, Engage the waiting soul to bless ; And since he bids me seek his face, Believe his word, and trust his grace, I'll cast on him my every care, And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer.
Page 58 - Does she remember how they dreamed and planned, how they looked forward to long years of happiness in "the land of the brave and the home of the free.
Page 192 - Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, — thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Page 180 - It is all as it used to be! And it has been so long since it was all as it used to be. 'Dearest, soon we will be out on Saint George's Hill again, rolling together on the grass, down, down and...
Page 185 - Then flowers and green things — until the beautiful rose-embroidered covering of her bed was lost to sight under the load of flowers, and these, in turn, were blotted out with the gifts. Wonderful gifts they were ! How could they not be ? They were welcoming, with them, their best beloved back to life!
Page 178 - ' If you can do that — keep up such a vigor by hope and happiness, the hope of happiness for others — perhaps, with God's help, we can — do what you wish,
Page 186 - And yet another procession came, bearing holly and mistletoe and garlands and crimson berries, and, last of all, a Christmas tree, all lighted and glowing with a hundred pretty things.