The Sunday at Home, Volume 26Religious Tract Society, 1879 |
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... nature may not yield . His flock to shield From hunger pangs , the shepherd strews the field , And folds his charge ere evening bells have pealed . Sweetly from yonder tower ring out those chimes , Marking the measured flight of hours ...
... nature may not yield . His flock to shield From hunger pangs , the shepherd strews the field , And folds his charge ere evening bells have pealed . Sweetly from yonder tower ring out those chimes , Marking the measured flight of hours ...
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... nature into its parts , or an analysis of the being presiding over nature into his various powers and attributes . Or these two processes might be combined and intermixed , the pantheon being thus still further enlarged at the expense ...
... nature into its parts , or an analysis of the being presiding over nature into his various powers and attributes . Or these two processes might be combined and intermixed , the pantheon being thus still further enlarged at the expense ...
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... nature . He was rudely and coarsely represented as a mummied figure , with phallus in front , and forms an unsightly object in the sculptures . He presided primarily over the vegetable world , and was the giver of fertility and increase ...
... nature . He was rudely and coarsely represented as a mummied figure , with phallus in front , and forms an unsightly object in the sculptures . He presided primarily over the vegetable world , and was the giver of fertility and increase ...
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... nature , as he was the generative . Her titles are " The mother , " " The mistress of heaven , " " The elder goddess . " § She is represented in the form of a woman standing , and wearing on her head the crown of Lower Egypt . In her ...
... nature , as he was the generative . Her titles are " The mother , " " The mistress of heaven , " " The elder goddess . " § She is represented in the form of a woman standing , and wearing on her head the crown of Lower Egypt . In her ...
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... nature ; Sati , the consort of Kneph , a sort of Egyptian Juno ; Sechet , the consort of Phthah , usually represented as lion - headed , or cat- headed ; Seb , the Egyptian Saturn ; Hanher ( Onuris ) , the Egyptian Mars ; Sabak or Savak ...
... nature ; Sati , the consort of Kneph , a sort of Egyptian Juno ; Sechet , the consort of Phthah , usually represented as lion - headed , or cat- headed ; Seb , the Egyptian Saturn ; Hanher ( Onuris ) , the Egyptian Mars ; Sabak or Savak ...
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Page 284 - GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright...
Page 220 - I heard the voice of Jesus say, " I am this dark world's Light ; Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright.
Page 7 - It can bring with it nothing, But he will bear us through; Who gives the lilies clothing, Will clothe his people too; Beneath the spreading heavens, No creature but is fed; And he who feeds the ravens, Will give his children bread.
Page 245 - to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord.
Page 277 - Ye looked for much, and. lo, it came to little ; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Page 227 - And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Page 360 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies...
Page 443 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Page 443 - Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
Page 442 - Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.