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... Indian journals . It has no pretensions to origin- ality . It might easily have been extended to a much greater length , but the writer has thought it best to confine himself to a mere narrative of the Bishop's life and labours , and ...
... Indian journals . It has no pretensions to origin- ality . It might easily have been extended to a much greater length , but the writer has thought it best to confine himself to a mere narrative of the Bishop's life and labours , and ...
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... Indian practices must have had a Russian origin , and he frequently detected him- self in mingling Russian words with Hindoostanee when addressing the natives of India . * It was * We may introduce here Mr. Heber's account of a during ...
... Indian practices must have had a Russian origin , and he frequently detected him- self in mingling Russian words with Hindoostanee when addressing the natives of India . * It was * We may introduce here Mr. Heber's account of a during ...
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... India , he was delightfully surprised at hearing some of these hymns sung in the church where he was preaching . " I had the gratification , " he says in his journal , " of hearing my own hymns , Brightest and best of the sons of the ...
... India , he was delightfully surprised at hearing some of these hymns sung in the church where he was preaching . " I had the gratification , " he says in his journal , " of hearing my own hymns , Brightest and best of the sons of the ...
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... India was offered to him . Reluctance to leave his aged mother , and his coun- try , made him at once decline the offer . But its acceptance was pressed upon him by friends , whose opinions he highly estimated ; and after the lapse of a ...
... India was offered to him . Reluctance to leave his aged mother , and his coun- try , made him at once decline the offer . But its acceptance was pressed upon him by friends , whose opinions he highly estimated ; and after the lapse of a ...
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... India , the bishops and chaplains of the Anglo - Indian Church are al- lowed to return to England after a certain term of service . the question . Satisfied , as they were , that MEMOIR OF BISHOP HEBER . xxi.
... India , the bishops and chaplains of the Anglo - Indian Church are al- lowed to return to England after a certain term of service . the question . Satisfied , as they were , that MEMOIR OF BISHOP HEBER . xxi.
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Adrastus Amorite ancient Bampton Lectures beneath Bishop Heber BISHOP OF CALCUTTA blessed blest blood brave breast breath bright bright promise Calcutta CAMARINA chariot Christian church coursers Cronian crown dark dead death dreadful dwell E'en earth faith fame fear feel flame flower glorious glory grace grave hath hear and save heart hill Hodnet holy hope Hosanna hour hymns India Israel Jesus Jove joy in heaven king labours light Lord mercy mighty mortal mountains mourn native nature's night numbers o'er pale Palestine Pindar Pisa's poem pomp praise prayer pride proud Psaumis race racter rear'd REGINALD HEBER round Saguntum saints Saviour Scythian shade shore song sons sorrow soul spirit SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY sweet swell sword Syracusa tears thee thine throne thunder toil tomb tower victory voice warrior wave weep wild wing zeal
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Page 157 - 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 123 - Holy, Holy, Holy ! though the darkness hide Thee, Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see, Only Thou art Holy : there is none beside Thee Perfect in power, in love, and purity. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty ! All Thy works shall praise Thy Name, in earth, and sky, and sea: Holy, Holy, Holy ! merciful and mighty ! God in Three Persons, blessed Trinity ! Amen.
Page 157 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 98 - BY cool Siloam's shady rill, How sweet the lily grows ! How sweet the breath beneath the hill Of Sharon's dewy rose ! 2 Lo ! such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God...
Page 70 - GOD, that madest earth and heaven, darkness and light; who the day for toil hast given, for rest the night; may thine angel-guards defend us, slumber sweet thy mercy send us, holy dreams and hopes attend us, this livelong night.
Page 79 - The Lord will come, a dreadful form, With wreath of flame, and robe of storm, On cherub wings, and wings of wind, Anointed Judge of human kind. 4 Can this be he who wont to stray A pilgrim on the world's highway, By power oppressed, and mocked by pride ? O God, is this the Crucified ? 5 Go, tyrants, to the rocks complain ; Go, seek the mountain's cleft in vain ; But faith, victorious o'er the tomb, Shall sing for joy...
Page 140 - Lo, the lilies of the field, How their leaves instruction yield ! Hark to Nature's lesson, given By the blessed birds of heaven ! Every bush and tufted tree Warbles sweet philosophy : — " Mortal, fly from doubt and sorrow : God provideth for the morrow...
Page 229 - And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 'And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 164 - Thou art gone to the grave ! but we will not deplore thee, Whose God was thy ransom, thy guardian and guide : He gave thee, He took thee, and He will restore thee ; And death has no sting, for the Saviour has died ! ON RECOVERY PROM SICKNESS.