Ministers' Hand-book: For Christenings, Weddings, and Funerals |
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... heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven . In sympathy , as we believe , with the spirit of Jesus , we are about to dedicate this child to God , in baptism . This water is the emblem of that.
... heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven . In sympathy , as we believe , with the spirit of Jesus , we are about to dedicate this child to God , in baptism . This water is the emblem of that.
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... behold the face of my Father , who is in heaven . DEAR FRIENDS : It was said in old times that " children are an heritage and gift that cometh from the Lord ” ; and in most cases the birth of a child is rightly considered as an occasion ...
... behold the face of my Father , who is in heaven . DEAR FRIENDS : It was said in old times that " children are an heritage and gift that cometh from the Lord ” ; and in most cases the birth of a child is rightly considered as an occasion ...
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... Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us , that we should be called chil- dren of God . Now are we children of God : and it doth not yet appear what we shall be ; but when we see him as he is , we shall be like him ...
... Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us , that we should be called chil- dren of God . Now are we children of God : and it doth not yet appear what we shall be ; but when we see him as he is , we shall be like him ...
Page 29
... Behold , thou hast made my days as a hand - breadth , and mine age is as nothing before thee . My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle . They are passed away as the swift ships . There is but a step between me and death . All flesh ...
... Behold , thou hast made my days as a hand - breadth , and mine age is as nothing before thee . My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle . They are passed away as the swift ships . There is but a step between me and death . All flesh ...
Page 32
... Behold , yonder is that Shunamite run now , I pray thee , to meet her , and say unto her , Is it well with thee ? is it well with thy husband ? is it well with the child ? And she answered , It is well . David therefore besought God for ...
... Behold , yonder is that Shunamite run now , I pray thee , to meet her , and say unto her , Is it well with thee ? is it well with thy husband ? is it well with the child ? And she answered , It is well . David therefore besought God for ...
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Amen ANDOVER-HARVARD THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY angels beautiful Behold better birth blessed body born breath bright child children of men Christ cometh comfort dark dead is dead dear death divine doth dwell earth Edwin Arnold eternal evermore evil eyes face fair faith Father fear feet fleeth flesh flowers forever Frances Anne Kemble friends gate George Eliot GEORGE H give giveth glad glory Gone is gone grave grief hands happy HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL hath heart heaven heavenly holy Holy Spirit honor hope immortal Jesus kingdom of God life's lift light live look Lord memory Minister shall say mother mourn mystery night o'er pain peace Plutarch prayer rest say unto servants shine sleep smile sorrow soul spirit stars sweet tears tell tender thee things thou art God thou hast trouble trust truth voice wait weary wedded weep wisdom woman
Popular passages
Page 82 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Page 30 - For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Page 81 - 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 31 - And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning.
Page 90 - 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 12 - And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me, for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
Page 50 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 79 - 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 51 - 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 79 - OH may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence...