Prayers for the Use of Families: Chiefly Selected from Various Authors ; with a Preliminary Essay, Together with a Selection of HymnsClark & Raser, 1833 - 340 pages |
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... servants , should be present at the time of devotion . I make the observation , because it is so easy to forget that our servants are a part of the family , or that they have any sympathies in common with us . Who- ever looks into the ...
... servants , should be present at the time of devotion . I make the observation , because it is so easy to forget that our servants are a part of the family , or that they have any sympathies in common with us . Who- ever looks into the ...
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... servants , as by imbuing them with a knowledge of that religion which recognises their con- dition ; teaches them their duty , and makes them prayerful and conscientious . Before the throne of God masters and servants should bow in ...
... servants , as by imbuing them with a knowledge of that religion which recognises their con- dition ; teaches them their duty , and makes them prayerful and conscientious . Before the throne of God masters and servants should bow in ...
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... servants sped ; The precepts sage they wrote to many a land ; How he who lone in Patmos banished , Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand ; And heard great Bab'lon's doom pronounc'd by Heaven's com- mand . B While circling time moves round ...
... servants sped ; The precepts sage they wrote to many a land ; How he who lone in Patmos banished , Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand ; And heard great Bab'lon's doom pronounc'd by Heaven's com- mand . B While circling time moves round ...
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... servants , and thy glory unto their chil- dren , and let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us ; establish thou the work of our hand upon us , yea , the work of our hand , establish thou it . • * And we especially invoke thy ...
... servants , and thy glory unto their chil- dren , and let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us ; establish thou the work of our hand upon us , yea , the work of our hand , establish thou it . • * And we especially invoke thy ...
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... servants , we may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things . May we be satisfied with no knowledge , no belief , no professions , no feelings in religion - while our hearts are void of thy love , and we are strangers to that ...
... servants , we may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things . May we be satisfied with no knowledge , no belief , no professions , no feelings in religion - while our hearts are void of thy love , and we are strangers to that ...
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Page 129 - But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 64 - Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Page 185 - We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us.
Page 196 - We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; but above all for thine inestimable love, in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace and for the hope of glory.
Page 120 - If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me, Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Page 45 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Page 237 - Bless the LORD, O my soul. PSALM 104 BLESS the LORD, 0 my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great ; Thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Page 141 - The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Page 245 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 209 - Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee ; Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just...