A Memorial of the Life and Services of John D. Philbrick

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Larkin Dunton
New England Publishing Company, 1887 - 225 pages

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Page 107 - be with them and be their God." " I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me, Write, from henceforth blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, even so saith the spirit; for they rest from their labors and their works
Page 106 - Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not.
Page 110 - I wage not any feud with Death, For changes wrought on form and face ; No lower life that earth's embrace May breed with him can fright my faith. Eternal process moving on, From state to state the spirit walks ; And these are but the sliatter'd stalks, Or ruin'd chrysalis of one.
Page 107 - It is not death to bear The stroke that sets us free From earthly chain, to breathe the air Of boundless liberty. It is not death to fling Aside this mortal dust, And rise on strong, exulting wing To live among the just. We
Page 144 - a shining frame, — Their Great Original proclaim. "In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice ; Forever singing, as they shine, —
Page 106 - Eye hath not seen nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."
Page 108 - blending, Life shall be with us when the Death is past. Help us, O Father, when the world is pressing On our frail hearts that faint without their friend! Help us, O Father! let thy constant blessing Strengthen our weakness till the joyful end.
Page 201 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one, exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading"; but
Page 106 - like a flower and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not.
Page 68 - The teachers shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever.

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