The Mourner's Solace: a Devotional Anthology. By the Author of the Solace of an InvalidJ. Hatchard & Son, 1836 - 216 pages |
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... Providence hath ordered , whose behest , Then most benign when seeming most severe , Protects us from ourselves , nor offers rest Till Time dissolving in th ' eternal year Proclaims our full repose from sorrow , sin , and fear . Our ...
... Providence hath ordered , whose behest , Then most benign when seeming most severe , Protects us from ourselves , nor offers rest Till Time dissolving in th ' eternal year Proclaims our full repose from sorrow , sin , and fear . Our ...
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... Providence ( of what nature soever ) as our only happiness , and in every condition of soul and body learn to rejoice in God alone . If we are content to follow the example of our blessed Lord , to drink the wine mingled with gall , we ...
... Providence ( of what nature soever ) as our only happiness , and in every condition of soul and body learn to rejoice in God alone . If we are content to follow the example of our blessed Lord , to drink the wine mingled with gall , we ...
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... providence is often to us mysterious , it is whenever in any instance unfolded to us , fraught with causes of admiration and praise . It is surely to exercise our faith and patience that the Almighty has veiled his conduct in partial ...
... providence is often to us mysterious , it is whenever in any instance unfolded to us , fraught with causes of admiration and praise . It is surely to exercise our faith and patience that the Almighty has veiled his conduct in partial ...
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... Providence , we should recol- lect that eternity is to be taken into our calcu- lation . In a mixt state like the present , we indeed behold the tears of the oppressed , and that they have no comforter ; and hence , per- haps , our ...
... Providence , we should recol- lect that eternity is to be taken into our calcu- lation . In a mixt state like the present , we indeed behold the tears of the oppressed , and that they have no comforter ; and hence , per- haps , our ...
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... Providence ! His part is to contemplate them in the past , and trust them for the future ; but so trust- ing , to act always upon motives of human prudence directed by religious principles.— Southey's Colloquies , vol . ii . p . 41 ...
... Providence ! His part is to contemplate them in the past , and trust them for the future ; but so trust- ing , to act always upon motives of human prudence directed by religious principles.— Southey's Colloquies , vol . ii . p . 41 ...
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Page 71 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
Page 153 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing they are lost, and rove At random without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that soothes the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve. But...
Page 207 - One army of the living God, To his command we bow ; Part of the host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now.
Page 15 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 72 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Page 72 - God ! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house ; and Thou shalt make them drink of the river of Thy pleasures. For with Thee is the fountain of life : in Thy light shall we see light.
Page 16 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Page 72 - As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God : God will establish it for ever. Selah. 9 We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. 10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth : thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Page 41 - One part, one little part, we dimly scan Through the dark medium of life's feverish dream; Yet dare arraign the whole stupendous plan, If but that little part incongruous seem.
Page 210 - THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high.