The Christian Keepsake and Missionary AnnualWilliam Ellis H. Fisher, Son, & Company, 1837 |
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... thou behold'st the splendour bright Of these unnumbered orbs of light , Then let thy adorations rise , To Him who formed the earth and skies : Who fixed their course and their degree , Whose wisdom made them all for thee . When day is ...
... thou behold'st the splendour bright Of these unnumbered orbs of light , Then let thy adorations rise , To Him who formed the earth and skies : Who fixed their course and their degree , Whose wisdom made them all for thee . When day is ...
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... thou know why thus opprest ? My words are sunken in the soul's abyss-- In sighs alone replies my harrowed breast : But the heart speaks too well in language such as this . That heart is writhing in the grasp of death , Each added pulse ...
... thou know why thus opprest ? My words are sunken in the soul's abyss-- In sighs alone replies my harrowed breast : But the heart speaks too well in language such as this . That heart is writhing in the grasp of death , Each added pulse ...
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... Thou canst not grudge me this , insatiate grave , This morn it swept my cheek in fond caress ! One stifling sigh , and the dark dream was gone , Yet scarcely gone - for my distemper'd gaze Saw gory dew out - issuing from the stone ...
... Thou canst not grudge me this , insatiate grave , This morn it swept my cheek in fond caress ! One stifling sigh , and the dark dream was gone , Yet scarcely gone - for my distemper'd gaze Saw gory dew out - issuing from the stone ...
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... Thou , smiling land , the tyrant's force didst ward , The hills thy bulwark , and the rocks thy guard . But One shall come thy homage to demand , And claim a grateful offering at thy hand ; He who thy rampart - hills upraised on high ...
... Thou , smiling land , the tyrant's force didst ward , The hills thy bulwark , and the rocks thy guard . But One shall come thy homage to demand , And claim a grateful offering at thy hand ; He who thy rampart - hills upraised on high ...
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... thou by me , against the reason and wisdom of all the world ! Do thou it ; thou must do it ; thou alone . It is not my cause , but thine . On my own account , I have nothing to do in this place , and with these great lords of the world ...
... thou by me , against the reason and wisdom of all the world ! Do thou it ; thou must do it ; thou alone . It is not my cause , but thine . On my own account , I have nothing to do in this place , and with these great lords of the world ...
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Page 102 - I exhort, therefore, that first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 156 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Page 186 - For thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered ; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Page 100 - For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Page 25 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 100 - Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Page 152 - But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Page 155 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded...
Page 100 - And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Page 100 - Then saith he unto his disciples, ' The harvest truly is plenteous, but ' the labourers are few ; pray ye therefore the ' Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth