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The sting of death is sin ; and the strength of sin is the law . But thanks be to God ,
which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ . Therefore , my beloved
brethren , be ye steadfast , unmovable , always abounding in the work of the ...
The sting of death is sin ; and the strength of sin is the law . But thanks be to God ,
which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ . Therefore , my beloved
brethren , be ye steadfast , unmovable , always abounding in the work of the ...
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Lead us from our weakness to thy strength , and from our ignorance to thy
wisdom , and give to us the peace and confidence which walks in the darkness
even as in the light . It is thou who dost take to thyself the life of this , thy servant .
Help us ...
Lead us from our weakness to thy strength , and from our ignorance to thy
wisdom , and give to us the peace and confidence which walks in the darkness
even as in the light . It is thou who dost take to thyself the life of this , thy servant .
Help us ...
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We are not strong ; grant us thy strength . We cannot see ; grant us thy light . We
do not know the way ; lead us , O Father , by thy Spirit . We falter , we wander , we
dare not speak ; only teach thou us to pray . So , in and through us , may thy ...
We are not strong ; grant us thy strength . We cannot see ; grant us thy light . We
do not know the way ; lead us , O Father , by thy Spirit . We falter , we wander , we
dare not speak ; only teach thou us to pray . So , in and through us , may thy ...
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O death , acceptable is thy sentence unto the needy , and unto him whose
strength faileth , that is now in the last age , and is vexed with all things , and to
him that despaireth , and hath lost patience ! Fear not the sentence of death ,
remember ...
O death , acceptable is thy sentence unto the needy , and unto him whose
strength faileth , that is now in the last age , and is vexed with all things , and to
him that despaireth , and hath lost patience ! Fear not the sentence of death ,
remember ...
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O spare me , that I may recover strength , before I go hence , and be no more . (
Ps . xxxix . ] THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT . There is a spirit in man : and the
inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding . [ .Job xxxii . ] Jesus said
unto her , I ...
O spare me , that I may recover strength , before I go hence , and be no more . (
Ps . xxxix . ] THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT . There is a spirit in man : and the
inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding . [ .Job xxxii . ] Jesus said
unto her , I ...
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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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