Johnny M'Kay, Or, The SovereignReligious Tract Society, 1855 - 168 pages |
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Page 159 - For his eyes are upon the ways of man, And he seeth all his goings. There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Page 39 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth : unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 49 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 138 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God...
Page 68 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 48 - It is the Lord — should I distrust, Or contradict his will, Who cannot do but what is just, And must be righteous still? 3 It is the Lord...
Page 45 - Where nature fills the sails, the vessel goes smoothly on ; and when judgment is the pilot, the insurance need not be high. When industry builds upon nature, we may expect pyramids : where that foundation is wanting, the structure must be low. They do most by books, who could do much without them ; and he that chiefly owes himself unto himself, is the substantial man.
Page 63 - Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
Page 19 - BOOK ! infinite sweetness ! let my heart Suck every letter, and a honey gain, Precious for any grief in any part ; To clear the breast, to mollify all pain. Thou art all health, health thriving, till it make A full eternity : thou art a mass Of strange delights, where we may wish and take. Ladies, look here ; this is the thankful glass, That mends the looker's eyes : this is the well That washes what it shows.
Page 11 - For the leaders of this people cause them to err ; and they that are led of them are destroyed.