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... field for his Christian labours , and having brought his mind to this result , he deter- mined that no sense of personal gratification or comfort , nor any hope of future dignity , should interfere with a conviction , which he ...
... field for his Christian labours , and having brought his mind to this result , he deter- mined that no sense of personal gratification or comfort , nor any hope of future dignity , should interfere with a conviction , which he ...
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... for an untried and arduous field of duty , the quiet scenes , where , during so much of my past last life , I have enjoyed a more than usual share of earthly comfort and prosperity ; I cannot bid adieu to those xxiv MEMOIR OF BISHOP HEBER .
... for an untried and arduous field of duty , the quiet scenes , where , during so much of my past last life , I have enjoyed a more than usual share of earthly comfort and prosperity ; I cannot bid adieu to those xxiv MEMOIR OF BISHOP HEBER .
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... - sent and future prospects ; and that in the field which seems opened to me for extensive useful- ness and active employment , I have more and more reason to be obliged to the friend who has MEMOIR OF BISHOP HEBER . xxxiii.
... - sent and future prospects ; and that in the field which seems opened to me for extensive useful- ness and active employment , I have more and more reason to be obliged to the friend who has MEMOIR OF BISHOP HEBER . xxxiii.
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... fields of night The torch of heaven diffus'd its friendly light : Not , when fierce Conquest urg'd the onward war , And hurl'd stern Canaan from his iron car : Nor , when five monarchs led to Gibeon's fight , In rude array , the harness ...
... fields of night The torch of heaven diffus'd its friendly light : Not , when fierce Conquest urg'd the onward war , And hurl'd stern Canaan from his iron car : Nor , when five monarchs led to Gibeon's fight , In rude array , the harness ...
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... field . E'en now , perchance , wide - waving o'er the land , That mighty Angel lifts his golden wand , Courts the bright vision of descending power , Tells every gate , and measures every tower ; And chides the tardy seals that yet ...
... field . E'en now , perchance , wide - waving o'er the land , That mighty Angel lifts his golden wand , Courts the bright vision of descending power , Tells every gate , and measures every tower ; And chides the tardy seals that yet ...
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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.