The Bee: A Collection of Poems, Chiefly Designed for the Young |
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... better than Finery Compassion Christian Unity Charity Dutiful Jem Duty to our Neighbours Duty to God and our Neighbour Description of Home Death of the Righteous Danger and Folly of Lying David and Goliah Daniel prays to God Early Piety ...
... better than Finery Compassion Christian Unity Charity Dutiful Jem Duty to our Neighbours Duty to God and our Neighbour Description of Home Death of the Righteous Danger and Folly of Lying David and Goliah Daniel prays to God Early Piety ...
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... , I pray thee to guard me by night , And help me to serve thee by day ; That when all the days of my life shall have past , I may worship thee better in heaven at last . EVENING THANKSGIVING , LORD , I have pass'd another day B 4 15.
... , I pray thee to guard me by night , And help me to serve thee by day ; That when all the days of my life shall have past , I may worship thee better in heaven at last . EVENING THANKSGIVING , LORD , I have pass'd another day B 4 15.
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... better than in this . Now , while I speak , be pleas'd to take A helpless child beneath thy care ; And condescend , for Jesus ' sake , To listen to my ev'ning prayer . A CHILD'S GRAVE . WHAT is this little grassy mound , Where pretty ...
... better than in this . Now , while I speak , be pleas'd to take A helpless child beneath thy care ; And condescend , for Jesus ' sake , To listen to my ev'ning prayer . A CHILD'S GRAVE . WHAT is this little grassy mound , Where pretty ...
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... , Whatever seemeth good to Thee . Art thou my Father ? -then , at last , When all my days on earth are past , Send down ; and take me in thy love , To be thy better child above . ( 6 REMEMBER THY CREATOR . " In the soft 19.
... , Whatever seemeth good to Thee . Art thou my Father ? -then , at last , When all my days on earth are past , Send down ; and take me in thy love , To be thy better child above . ( 6 REMEMBER THY CREATOR . " In the soft 19.
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... better to labour than fret . E'en if we had riches , they could not procure A happy and peaceable mind ; Rich people have trouble , as well as the poor , Although of a different kind . It signifies not what our stations have been , Nor ...
... better to labour than fret . E'en if we had riches , they could not procure A happy and peaceable mind ; Rich people have trouble , as well as the poor , Although of a different kind . It signifies not what our stations have been , Nor ...
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Page 83 - Though in the paths of death I tread. With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord ! art with me still; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Page 94 - If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way!
Page 55 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Page 153 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 154 - Mercies, O my God, My rising Soul surveys; Transported with the View, I'm lost In Wonder, Love, and Praise. W! O how shall Words with equal Warmth The Gratitude declare That glows within my Ravish'd Heart ! But thou canst read it there. Thy Providence my Life sustain'd And all my Wants redrest, When in the silent Womb I lay, And hung upon the Breast.
Page 115 - And darkness and doubt are now flying away, No longer I roam in conjecture forlorn : So breaks on the traveller, faint and astray, The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. See truth, love, and mercy, in triumph descending, And nature all glowing in Eden's first bloom ! On the cold cheek of death smiles and roses are blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb ! EARLY PIETY.
Page 174 - The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day.
Page 41 - Tis the voice of the sluggard ; I heard him complain, " You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again." As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed, Turns his sides, and his shoulders, and his heavy head. "A little more sleep, and a little more slumber...
Page 67 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite 'day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.
Page 144 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.