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... trust in God ; cour- age from their heaven - sustained fortitude ; warmth from the flame of their devotion , and hope from their glorious success . this age of peace to the church , the love of many hath waxed cold . Because God ...
... trust in God ; cour- age from their heaven - sustained fortitude ; warmth from the flame of their devotion , and hope from their glorious success . this age of peace to the church , the love of many hath waxed cold . Because God ...
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... trust to the sympathy of the most confiding friendship . How could he see her , who had been long the companion of his life , endeared to him by every tie that can draw kindred souls into the closest fellowship , her who had been ever ...
... trust to the sympathy of the most confiding friendship . How could he see her , who had been long the companion of his life , endeared to him by every tie that can draw kindred souls into the closest fellowship , her who had been ever ...
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... trust in God ; to bear up , with becom- ing cheerfulness against the severe trials to which they were exposed . He called them to remember how much Christ had suffered when he was in the world , and with what calmness and resignation he ...
... trust in God ; to bear up , with becom- ing cheerfulness against the severe trials to which they were exposed . He called them to remember how much Christ had suffered when he was in the world , and with what calmness and resignation he ...
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... trust- ing in his grace , to suffer the utmost , rather than violate it . I know he will give me strength to do what he may have appointed me . ' ' Yes , ' said Mary , who was no stranger to the Bible , His grace shall be sufficient for ...
... trust- ing in his grace , to suffer the utmost , rather than violate it . I know he will give me strength to do what he may have appointed me . ' ' Yes , ' said Mary , who was no stranger to the Bible , His grace shall be sufficient for ...
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... trust in yourselves , if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ , he will give you resolution and strength to suffer all for his sake . " Whatsoever ye ask in my name , " that Redeemer , who hath all power in heaven and in earth ...
... trust in yourselves , if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ , he will give you resolution and strength to suffer all for his sake . " Whatsoever ye ask in my name , " that Redeemer , who hath all power in heaven and in earth ...
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Page 55 - The Lord is on my side, I will not fear what man doeth unto me.
Page 35 - I'll not want ; He makes me down to lie ' m m In pastures green ; He leadeth me The qui- et wa - ters by. 205 1 THE Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want ; He makes me down to lie In pastures green ; He leadeth me The quiet waters by.
Page 12 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, — Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 34 - Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
Page 12 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year. Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour, Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise.
Page 32 - The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Page 82 - Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory : where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained ? Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer ; thy name is from everlasting.
Page 35 - Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, Yet will I fear none ill ; For thou art with me ; and thy rod And staff me comfort still.
Page 23 - Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. He stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And...
Page 1 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.