Congratulations and counsels, a book for birthdaysWard & Company, 1848 - 101 pages |
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... pass in review before us . It should be a day of examination . Have I learned wisdom from what I have seen ? Am I more than ever convinced , that man is evil , and that God is good ; that the world is a shadow , and eternity a reality ...
... pass in review before us . It should be a day of examination . Have I learned wisdom from what I have seen ? Am I more than ever convinced , that man is evil , and that God is good ; that the world is a shadow , and eternity a reality ...
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... passes it ; the name of the city of light and love to which he is travelling , kin- dles fresh courage ; inspires with new hopes , and en- ables the pilgrim more diligently to press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of ...
... passes it ; the name of the city of light and love to which he is travelling , kin- dles fresh courage ; inspires with new hopes , and en- ables the pilgrim more diligently to press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of ...
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... pass away more pleasantly . On the birthday of the afflicted one , let some extra tokens of affection prove that you do not think him a burden ; cause him to feel by the tenderness of your love , that there is yet something worth living ...
... pass away more pleasantly . On the birthday of the afflicted one , let some extra tokens of affection prove that you do not think him a burden ; cause him to feel by the tenderness of your love , that there is yet something worth living ...
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... Pass by , and touch not youth's bright sunny bowers ! " Death heeds us not , but gathers the aged and the young alike into his garner , and in the short space of thirty years a generation of the human race pass into eternity . Only a ...
... Pass by , and touch not youth's bright sunny bowers ! " Death heeds us not , but gathers the aged and the young alike into his garner , and in the short space of thirty years a generation of the human race pass into eternity . Only a ...
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... years of childhood now are pass'd , And the world's wildering maze I have to tread , O let me haste , Unto a throne of grace . Lord teach me o'er my sins to weep , Then 50 A BOOK FOR BIRTHDAYS . A Birthday Prayer for Youth.
... years of childhood now are pass'd , And the world's wildering maze I have to tread , O let me haste , Unto a throne of grace . Lord teach me o'er my sins to weep , Then 50 A BOOK FOR BIRTHDAYS . A Birthday Prayer for Youth.
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Page 15 - New mercies each returning day Hover around us while we pray — New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
Page 57 - Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Page 50 - Lord: 15 looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; " lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. " For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Page 6 - For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And prepare thyself to the search of their fathers : (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow:) Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?
Page 52 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season : esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt ; for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
Page 37 - I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Page 76 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 31 - Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents : but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Page 65 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Page 11 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.