The Christian's manual, or, Prayers for every morning & evening in the week |
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Teach me to live , that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die , that so I may With joy behold the judgment day : Should death itself my sleep invade , !! Why should I be of death afraid ?
Teach me to live , that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die , that so I may With joy behold the judgment day : Should death itself my sleep invade , !! Why should I be of death afraid ?
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Page 128 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world ; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works.
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Page 156 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Christian's manual, or, Prayers for every morning & evening in the week |
| Author | Thomas Carpenter (schoolmaster.) |
| Published | 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 29 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 120 pages |
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