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... time when men seek for strength and refreshment in that rest which is a figure of death . For each of these seven hours are here provided preparatory prayers , a medita- tion , psalms , a lesson from Scripture , and THE PREFACE .
... time when men seek for strength and refreshment in that rest which is a figure of death . For each of these seven hours are here provided preparatory prayers , a medita- tion , psalms , a lesson from Scripture , and THE PREFACE .
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... unto the God of my life . I will say unto the God of my strength , Why hast Thou forgotten me why go I thus heavily , while the enemy oppresseth me ? My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword : 11 IN THE NIGHT WATCHES .
... unto the God of my life . I will say unto the God of my strength , Why hast Thou forgotten me why go I thus heavily , while the enemy oppresseth me ? My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword : 11 IN THE NIGHT WATCHES .
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... strength , why hast Thou put me from Thee and why go I so heavily , while the enemy oppresseth me ? O send out Thy light and Thy truth , that they may lead me and bring me unto Thy holy hill , and to Thy dwelling . And that I may go ...
... strength , why hast Thou put me from Thee and why go I so heavily , while the enemy oppresseth me ? O send out Thy light and Thy truth , that they may lead me and bring me unto Thy holy hill , and to Thy dwelling . And that I may go ...
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... strength unto Thy servant , and help the son of Thine handmaid . Show some token upon me for good , that they who hate me may see it , and be ashamed : be- cause Thou , Lord , hast holpen me , and comfort- ed me . Glory be to the Father ...
... strength unto Thy servant , and help the son of Thine handmaid . Show some token upon me for good , that they who hate me may see it , and be ashamed : be- cause Thou , Lord , hast holpen me , and comfort- ed me . Glory be to the Father ...
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... , and cheer my heart . Saviour ! where'er Thy steps I see , Dauntless , untired , I follow Thee : O let Thy hand support me still , And lead me to Thy holy hill ! If rough and thorny be the way , My strength 20 IN THE NIGHT WATCHES .
... , and cheer my heart . Saviour ! where'er Thy steps I see , Dauntless , untired , I follow Thee : O let Thy hand support me still , And lead me to Thy holy hill ! If rough and thorny be the way , My strength 20 IN THE NIGHT WATCHES .
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Almighty Amen Antiphon art Thou beginning Behold beseech Thee bless ye children of men Christ our Lord daily darkness death deliver Deut didst dwell earth enemies eternal everlasting evermore evil Exod eyes Ezek faith Father fear flesh glorify glorious goeth gracious Grant hath heart heaven Holy Ghost humble Israel Jesus Christ judgements keep Thy King let Thy lift light live Lord Jesus Christ Luke magnify mouth ness Nicene Creed night peace Praise the Lord praise Thee pray Prov PSALM Redeemer sake salvation Saviour sinners sins soul tender mercies Thine things Thou art Thou hast Thou shalt THURSDAY Thy commandments Thy glory Thy grace Thy Holy Spirit Thy kingdom Thy law Thy loving Thy mercy Thy Name Thy praise Thy servant Thy sight Thy statutes Thy testimonies Thy word trust TUESDAY ungodly unto the Lord unto Thee unto Thy world without end ye the Lord
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Page 20 - If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth ; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Page 3 - The Father is made of none, neither created nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone, not made nor created, but begotten. The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son, neither made nor created nor begotten, but proceeding.
Page 87 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory: The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in.
Page 68 - ARISE, shine; for thy light is come, And the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And gross darkness the people: But the Lord shall arise upon thee, And his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Page 150 - The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : | yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
Page 5 - I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord and Giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets.
Page 2 - Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one ; the glory equal, the- majesty coeternal.
Page 7 - Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with thy free Spirit.
Page 85 - Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies : for they are ever with me.
Page 65 - The Lord is my light and my salvation ; ^ ' Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life ; Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, Came upon me to eat up my flesh, They stumbled and fell.