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Thou hidest thy face , they are troubled : thou takest away their breath , they die ,
and return to their dust . For all men have one entrance into life , and the like
going out . Ye know not what shall be on the morrow . For what is your life ? It is
even ...
Thou hidest thy face , they are troubled : thou takest away their breath , they die ,
and return to their dust . For all men have one entrance into life , and the like
going out . Ye know not what shall be on the morrow . For what is your life ? It is
even ...
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Thou sendest forth thy Spirit , we are created ; thou takest away our breath , we
die and return to the dust . In death as in life , in sorrow as in joy , thou art waiting
to bless us , if we will but turn to thee . Thou dost gird and guide us , though we ...
Thou sendest forth thy Spirit , we are created ; thou takest away our breath , we
die and return to the dust . In death as in life , in sorrow as in joy , thou art waiting
to bless us , if we will but turn to thee . Thou dost gird and guide us , though we ...
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For we are born at all adventure : and we shall be hereafter as though we had
never been : for the breath in our nostrils is as smoke , and a little spark in the
moving of our heart : which being extinguished , our body shall be turned into
ashes ...
For we are born at all adventure : and we shall be hereafter as though we had
never been : for the breath in our nostrils is as smoke , and a little spark in the
moving of our heart : which being extinguished , our body shall be turned into
ashes ...
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My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle . [ .Job vii . ] As the Lord liveth , and as
thy soul liveth , there is but a step between me and death . [ 1 Sam . xx . ] If he set
his heart upon man , if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath ; all flesh ...
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle . [ .Job vii . ] As the Lord liveth , and as
thy soul liveth , there is but a step between me and death . [ 1 Sam . xx . ] If he set
his heart upon man , if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath ; all flesh ...
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For she is the breath of the power of God , and a pure influence flowing from the
glory of the Almighty : therefore can no defiled thing fall into her . For she is the
brightness of the everlasting light , the unspotted mirror of the power of God , and
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For she is the breath of the power of God , and a pure influence flowing from the
glory of the Almighty : therefore can no defiled thing fall into her . For she is the
brightness of the everlasting light , the unspotted mirror of the power of God , and
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Page 36 - LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? who shall dwell in thy holy hill ? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Page 145 - OH yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood; That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroy'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 20 - And He said unto her : What wilt thou ? She saith unto Him : Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on Thy right hand, and the other on the left, in Thy kingdom.
Page 71 - ... also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets...
Page 62 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is : For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 31 - It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Page 30 - Fear not : for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name ; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee ; . and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee : when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour : I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Page 78 - Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart : Be strong, fear not : behold your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense ; he will come and save you.
Page 39 - I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith : that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death ; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Page 24 - Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth ; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. For He maketh sore, and bindeth up ; He woundeth, and His hands make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles ; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
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| Title | A Manual for Use at Funerals: Consisting of Scripture Readings, Poems, and Prose Selections from Various Sources |
| Author | Christopher Rhodes Eliot |
| Compiled by | Charles Jason Staples, Christopher Rhodes Eliot |
| Publisher | [s.n.] : Printed for the compilers, 1886 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 230 pages |
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