Mary Pryor: A Life Story of a Hundred Years AgoHodder and Stoughton, 1887 - 160 pages |
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Page 75 - IN that delightful land which is washed by the Delaware's waters, Guarding in sylvan shades the name of Penn the apostle, Stands on the banks of its beautiful stream the city he founded. There all the air is balm, and the peach is the emblem of beauty, And the streets still re-echo the names of the trees of the forest, As if they fain would appease the Dryads whose haunts they molested.
Page 145 - The King there in His beauty, Without a veil, is seen : It were a well-spent journey, Though seven deaths lay between : The Lamb, with His fair army, Doth on Mount Zion stand ; And glory — glory dwelleth In Immanuel's land.
Page 159 - by grace we are saved through faith ; and that not of ourselves ; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast?
Page 61 - How are Thy servants blest, O Lord, How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help Omnipotence. In foreign realms, and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Thro' burning climes I pass'd unhurt, And breath'd in tainted air.
Page 62 - My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee.
Page 9 - Life is only bright when it proceedeth Towards a truer, deeper life above ; Human love is sweetest when it leadeth To a more divine and perfect love.
Page 62 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. " The storm was laid, the winds retired, Obedient to thy will; The sea that roar'd at thy command, At thy command was still.
Page 55 - Thou workest perfectly. And if it seem Some things are not so well, 'tis but because They are too loving-deep, too lofty-wise, For me, poor child, to understand their laws: My highest wisdom half is but a dream; My love runs helpless like a falling stream: Thy good embraces ill, and lo, its illness dies!