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Page 44
... bereaved dwelling , the spir- it's song of consolation sweetly sounds upon the silent air . Where do you see piety more entirely free from all distrust , the smile of God on the face of his child , than upon the countenances of some ...
... bereaved dwelling , the spir- it's song of consolation sweetly sounds upon the silent air . Where do you see piety more entirely free from all distrust , the smile of God on the face of his child , than upon the countenances of some ...
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... bereavement and tears , to destroy these causes of disquiet for evermore . Who can say how oft he may need to be led in- to the garden , where he may sweat as it were great drops of blood in the wrestling of his heart , before we shall ...
... bereavement and tears , to destroy these causes of disquiet for evermore . Who can say how oft he may need to be led in- to the garden , where he may sweat as it were great drops of blood in the wrestling of his heart , before we shall ...
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... bereavement and pains of separations , keen as any pang of dissolution itself . For it is a glorious testimony these rapidly increasing com- panies of the loved in the spiritual world , are bearing to the thoughtful soul . Meditate a mo ...
... bereavement and pains of separations , keen as any pang of dissolution itself . For it is a glorious testimony these rapidly increasing com- panies of the loved in the spiritual world , are bearing to the thoughtful soul . Meditate a mo ...
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... bereavement remove another film from our blinded and faithless eyes ? The conquests of death quicken the faith which takes away their sting . The victories of the grave destroy its triumphs . What can they do except to increase the ...
... bereavement remove another film from our blinded and faithless eyes ? The conquests of death quicken the faith which takes away their sting . The victories of the grave destroy its triumphs . What can they do except to increase the ...
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... bereavement only ! Observe also the Providence which gently smooths the way before our own feet , building us a home wherein the heart can rest , before it may sum- mon us also to depart . Do not call it bereave- ment alone ! The more ...
... bereavement only ! Observe also the Providence which gently smooths the way before our own feet , building us a home wherein the heart can rest , before it may sum- mon us also to depart . Do not call it bereave- ment alone ! The more ...
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Page 17 - Godliness is profitable for all things; having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.
Page 204 - One family we dwell in him, One church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream, of death.
Page 48 - When almost all was out, God made a stay, Perceiving that alone, of all his treasure, Rest in the bottom lay. For if I should (said he) Bestow this jewel also on my creature, He would adore my gifts instead of me, And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature : So both should losers be. Yet let him keep the rest, But keep them with repining restlessness : Let him be rich and weary, that at least, If goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast.
Page 52 - In these lay a [great] multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered [waiting for the moving of the water]. 4 [For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water...
Page 40 - He came sweet influence to impart, A gracious, willing Guest, While He can find one humble heart, Wherein to rest.
Page 38 - And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Page 84 - I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Page 192 - Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father; and to my God and your God.
Page 151 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye fv shall speak : for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Page 172 - In every stream his bounty flows, Diffusing joy and wealth; In every breeze his spirit blows, — The breath of life and health.