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... thing : therefore get wisdom ; and , with all thy getting , get under- standing . Ponder the path of thy feet , and let all thy ways be established . The memory of the just is blessed ; but the memory of the wicked shall rot . The value ...
... thing : therefore get wisdom ; and , with all thy getting , get under- standing . Ponder the path of thy feet , and let all thy ways be established . The memory of the just is blessed ; but the memory of the wicked shall rot . The value ...
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... thing is this that thou hast done ? thou didst fast and weep for the child , while it was alive ; but when the child was dead , thou didst rise and eat bread . And he said , While the child was yet alive , I fasted and wept : for I said ...
... thing is this that thou hast done ? thou didst fast and weep for the child , while it was alive ; but when the child was dead , thou didst rise and eat bread . And he said , While the child was yet alive , I fasted and wept : for I said ...
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... things be done without cere- mony or timorous superstition . And let us bear our affliction with patience . I do know very well what a loss we have had ; but , if you should grieve overmuch , it would trouble me still more . She was ...
... things be done without cere- mony or timorous superstition . And let us bear our affliction with patience . I do know very well what a loss we have had ; but , if you should grieve overmuch , it would trouble me still more . She was ...
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... thing ? Would you have all the sweet memories blotted out for the sake of escaping the sorrow ? Or are you not glad the little one was yours , if only for a time ? Is it not " better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at ...
... thing ? Would you have all the sweet memories blotted out for the sake of escaping the sorrow ? Or are you not glad the little one was yours , if only for a time ? Is it not " better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at ...
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... things , I pour out my soul in me ; for I had gone with the multitude , I went with them to the house of God , with the voice of joy and praise , with a multitude that kept holyday . Why art thou cast down , O my soul ? and why art thou ...
... things , I pour out my soul in me ; for I had gone with the multitude , I went with them to the house of God , with the voice of joy and praise , with a multitude that kept holyday . Why art thou cast down , O my soul ? and why art thou ...
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Ministers' Hand-Book: For Christenings, Weddings, and Funerals Minot Judson Savage No preview available - 2017 |
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Ministers' Hand-Book: For Christenings, Weddings, and Funerals Minot Judson Savage No preview available - 2019 |
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Allah Amen angels art thou beautiful Behold better birth blessed body breath bright child children of men clasp cometh comfort consecrate dark dead is dead dear death divine doth earth Edwin Arnold eternal evermore evil eyes face fair faith Father fear feet fleeth flowers forever friends gate giveth glad glory God's Gone is gone grave grief hands happy hath heart heaven heavenly holy Holy Spirit hope immortal incorruption Jesus Christ kingdom of God leaves life's light lips live look Lord memory Minister shall say mother mourn mystery neath night o'er pain passed peace Plutarch prayer rest say unto servants shadow shine smile Socrates song sorrow soul spirit stars sunny sweet tabernacle tears tell tender thee thine things thou art God thou hast troth trouble trust truth voice wait walk weary weep wisdom woman words
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Page 32 - Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction ; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Page 83 - I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves.
Page 44 - When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me : For I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy-day.
Page 92 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 81 - Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And lo, Creation widened in man's view.
Page 53 - We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump : For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Page 81 - OH may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence...
Page 35 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them : and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 21 - If any man can show just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
Page 69 - blessed " be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to His abundant mercy, hath begotten us again to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from