Thanksgiving: Memories of the Day, Helps to the Habit

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Scribner, 1867 - Thanksgiving Day - 372 pages
 

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Page 225 - PATRIOTISM. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good. Ps. 122
Page 47 - in soft Lydian airs Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning The melting voice thro' mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony.
Page 134 - When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing
Page 80 - with Jest and youthful jollity, . Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, Nods and becks and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled care derides, And laughter holding both her sides,
Page 99 - feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be full and deny thee, and say, who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. Prov.
Page 370 - Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things, and blessed be His glorious name for ever, and let the whole earth be filled with hls glory. amen and Amen.
Page 336 - midst of thy temple. According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth ; thy right hand is full of righteousness. Walk about Zion, and go round about her : tell the towers thereof. mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces : that ye may tell it to the generation following. for this god is our god for ever
Page 39 - as one brought up with him ; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him. Rejoicing in the habitable part of the earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.
Page 256 - Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared : for this day is holy unto our Lord : neither be ye sorry : for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
Page 260 - the earth, ye dragons and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and vapor, stormy wind fulfilling his word, mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars, beasts and all cattle, creeping things and flying fowl, kings of the earth and all people, both young men and maidens, old men and children. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for His name alone is

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