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... means by which it is made the passage to a blessed immortality , and are filled with surprise when it appears . " A few days before his death the Princess Alice played at his request several of his favourite hymns and chorales . After ...
... means by which it is made the passage to a blessed immortality , and are filled with surprise when it appears . " A few days before his death the Princess Alice played at his request several of his favourite hymns and chorales . After ...
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... means of affliction . The growing weakness of my father was a subject of agonizing sorrow . Ah , in those sad mo- ments I can say I learned truly what prayer is . I wrestled with the Lord , entreating Him not to take away my beloved ...
... means of affliction . The growing weakness of my father was a subject of agonizing sorrow . Ah , in those sad mo- ments I can say I learned truly what prayer is . I wrestled with the Lord , entreating Him not to take away my beloved ...
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... mean , ' Himself , the Father , loveth thee . ' A shoreless ocean , an abyss Unfathomed , fill'd with good and bliss , Now breaks on her enraptured sight ; She sees God's face , she learneth there What this shall be , to be His heir ...
... mean , ' Himself , the Father , loveth thee . ' A shoreless ocean , an abyss Unfathomed , fill'd with good and bliss , Now breaks on her enraptured sight ; She sees God's face , she learneth there What this shall be , to be His heir ...
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... means of blessing to my own spirit . I have left her room with deepened impressions of the suf- ficiency of God for His people , and of what He is capable of effecting for them , even in the extreme of weakness and suffering . patience ...
... means of blessing to my own spirit . I have left her room with deepened impressions of the suf- ficiency of God for His people , and of what He is capable of effecting for them , even in the extreme of weakness and suffering . patience ...
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... means of theological instruction employed in the seminary of which he was a member . An extensive course of polemical lectures is delivered by the tutor , the Rev. Dr. Smith , of whose excellence and erudition the writer might be ...
... means of theological instruction employed in the seminary of which he was a member . An extensive course of polemical lectures is delivered by the tutor , the Rev. Dr. Smith , of whose excellence and erudition the writer might be ...
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Page 378 - Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3 Let cares like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall ; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all.
Page 45 - Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Page 278 - So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 1 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven.
Page 313 - He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Page 419 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole; Till, o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 185 - Were I to adopt the figurative language of Bunyan I might date this letter from the land of Beulah, of which I have been for some weeks a happy inhabitant. The celestial city is full in my view. Its glories beam upon me, its breezes fan me, its odors are wafted to me, its sounds strike upon my ears, and its spirit is breathed into my heart.
Page 12 - ROCK of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee ! Let the water and the blood, From Thy riven side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power.
Page 223 - Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord ; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.
Page 304 - JUST as I am, without one plea, But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bidd'st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come.