A Manual for Use at Funerals: Consisting of Scripture Readings, Poems, and Prose Selections from Various Sources |
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... feel at liberty to make his own alterations , if they are deemed necessary . For lack of space , however , many of the poems have been shortened by the omission of stanzas irrelevant to funeral occasions . Such will be found marked with ...
... feel at liberty to make his own alterations , if they are deemed necessary . For lack of space , however , many of the poems have been shortened by the omission of stanzas irrelevant to funeral occasions . Such will be found marked with ...
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... feel a conscious conviction that this active , comprehensive principle cannot possibly be of a mortal nature . And as this unceasing activity of the soul derives its energy from its own intrinsic and essential powers , without receiving ...
... feel a conscious conviction that this active , comprehensive principle cannot possibly be of a mortal nature . And as this unceasing activity of the soul derives its energy from its own intrinsic and essential powers , without receiving ...
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... feeling that we are warm and living , while he is cold and motionless ; at home and housed , while he is away . But these are our thoughts , not his . His body is not his spirit ; and perhaps his spirit looks upon us this moment , and ...
... feeling that we are warm and living , while he is cold and motionless ; at home and housed , while he is away . But these are our thoughts , not his . His body is not his spirit ; and perhaps his spirit looks upon us this moment , and ...
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... feels the resurrection in him already . -F . W. Robertson . We live in deeds , not years ; in thoughts , not breath ; In feelings , not in figures on a dial . 1 We should count time by heart - throbs . 94 SELECTED THOUGHTS .
... feels the resurrection in him already . -F . W. Robertson . We live in deeds , not years ; in thoughts , not breath ; In feelings , not in figures on a dial . 1 We should count time by heart - throbs . 94 SELECTED THOUGHTS .
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... feel more deeply that an infinity lies hid beyond what I see . In the idea of duty , which springs up in every human heart , I discern a law more sacred and boundless than gravita- tion , which binds the soul to a more glorious universe ...
... feel more deeply that an infinity lies hid beyond what I see . In the idea of duty , which springs up in every human heart , I discern a law more sacred and boundless than gravita- tion , which binds the soul to a more glorious universe ...
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A. C. Swinburne A. H. Clough Absalom Alfred Tennyson Alice Cary angels Anonymous beautiful behold Blessed breath bright bright promise canst child cloud cometh dark days go dead dear death doth dust earth eternal evermore eyes faint fair faith Father fear feel feet flowers forever Frances Anne Kemble friends gentle Gerald Massey give giveth his beloved glory God's gone grave grief hand hath heart heaven holy hope Horatius Bonar immortal J. G. Whittier Leopold Schefer life's light live look Lord Mary Howitt mercy morning mortal never night o'er pain passed patient peace Poems prayer Quiet Hours righteousness river saith say unto Schaff & Gilman shadow shine sing sleep smile sorrow soul spirit stars strength Sursum Corda sweet tears tender thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thought troubled trust truth voice wait weary weep wisdom