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... formed the heart to pray , and tuned the voice to praise , than the symphony of all the instruments formed by the hands of men . Whatever tends to localize the gospel of Christ , whether it be in civil establishments , or confessions of ...
... formed the heart to pray , and tuned the voice to praise , than the symphony of all the instruments formed by the hands of men . Whatever tends to localize the gospel of Christ , whether it be in civil establishments , or confessions of ...
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... forming in him a habit of thinking and bringing his thoughts to action . One idea brought to action is worth a thousand floating in the brain , and the good it may perform who can tell ? The children , by listening to the speaker's ...
... forming in him a habit of thinking and bringing his thoughts to action . One idea brought to action is worth a thousand floating in the brain , and the good it may perform who can tell ? The children , by listening to the speaker's ...
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... the glorious drapery of Heaven forming an azure canopy , -except , at times , a seagull or a por- poise sporting on the surface of the water . The grandeur of this scene insensibly leads the mind to the ONLY IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE . 53.
... the glorious drapery of Heaven forming an azure canopy , -except , at times , a seagull or a por- poise sporting on the surface of the water . The grandeur of this scene insensibly leads the mind to the ONLY IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE . 53.
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... formed all should condescend to visit man . But when we are assured that not even a sparrow falleth to the ground without his protecting care , we may rely , that they who put their trust in him he will protect and save . He is ever ...
... formed all should condescend to visit man . But when we are assured that not even a sparrow falleth to the ground without his protecting care , we may rely , that they who put their trust in him he will protect and save . He is ever ...
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... forming a character that must take up its abode in the regions of de- spair . The distinctions of rank and power that se ... formed after one model , Jesus Christ , their Lord and elder brother . The most sublime description we have of a ...
... forming a character that must take up its abode in the regions of de- spair . The distinctions of rank and power that se ... formed after one model , Jesus Christ , their Lord and elder brother . The most sublime description we have of a ...
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Page 243 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 179 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of Ev'n or Morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 92 - And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Page 93 - Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 88 - And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him ; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
Page 42 - The sons also- of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee ; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet ; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Page 174 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Page 109 - From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression. But I lose Myself in Him, in light ineffable ! Come, then, expressive Silence, muse His praise.
Page 133 - Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Page 56 - But wandering oft, with brute unconscious gaze, Man marks not Thee, marks not the mighty Hand That, ever busy, wheels the silent spheres ; Works in the secret deep ; shoots, steaming, thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the Spring...