Meditations and Contemplations, Volumes 1-2Solomon Wilbur, Jr., 1813 - Devotional literature |
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... happiness , he proceeded thus : Do not think that I am afraid to die . I assure you I am not . I know what my Saviour hath done for me , and I want to be gone . But I wonder and lament to think of the love of Christ in doing so much for ...
... happiness , he proceeded thus : Do not think that I am afraid to die . I assure you I am not . I know what my Saviour hath done for me , and I want to be gone . But I wonder and lament to think of the love of Christ in doing so much for ...
Page xxvi
... happiness , even while they provide for their tempor- al maintenance . It has no design to extirpate our passions , but only to restrain their irregularities ; neither would it damp the delights of sense , but prevent them from ...
... happiness , even while they provide for their tempor- al maintenance . It has no design to extirpate our passions , but only to restrain their irregularities ; neither would it damp the delights of sense , but prevent them from ...
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... happiness , than that the same spirit of unfeigned faith , the same course of undefiled religion , which have enabled her to triumph over death , may both animate and adorn your life . And you will permit me to declare , that my chief ...
... happiness , than that the same spirit of unfeigned faith , the same course of undefiled religion , which have enabled her to triumph over death , may both animate and adorn your life . And you will permit me to declare , that my chief ...
Page 58
... happiness ! -I shall never more see good in the land of the living . Attempt not to comfort me . — I will go mourning all my days , till my grey hairs come down , with sorrow to the grave . " From this affecting representation , let ...
... happiness ! -I shall never more see good in the land of the living . Attempt not to comfort me . — I will go mourning all my days , till my grey hairs come down , with sorrow to the grave . " From this affecting representation , let ...
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... happiness ! - What a memorable proof is here of the frailty of man , in his best estate ! Look , O look on this monument , ye gay and careless ! Attend to this date , and boast no more of to - morrow . Who can tell , but the bride ...
... happiness ! - What a memorable proof is here of the frailty of man , in his best estate ! Look , O look on this monument , ye gay and careless ! Attend to this date , and boast no more of to - morrow . Who can tell , but the bride ...
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Page 72 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Page 68 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 154 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 58 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies...
Page 105 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 139 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead.
Page 152 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 117 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize: A better would you fix?
Page 95 - Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy : his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire...
Page 87 - Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...