Memoirs of Mrs. Joanna BethuneHarper & brothers, 1863 - 250 pages |
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Page 173 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, To set them among princes, And to make them inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, And he hath set the world upon them.
Page 207 - Our vows, our prayers, we now present Before thy throne of grace : God of our fathers ! be the God Of their succeeding race.
Page 183 - A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Page 152 - Now, therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of Thy servant, and his supplications, and cause Thy face to shine upon Thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. O my God, incline Thine ear, and hear; open Thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Thy name; for we do not present our supplications before Thee for our righteousness, but for Thy great mercies.
Page 183 - HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress : My God; in him will I trust.
Page 234 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Page 138 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people...
Page 142 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 167 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page 182 - The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down : for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.