Prayers for the Use of Families: Or, The Domestic Minister's Assistant |
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... thoughts in prayer is the best . Prayer admits of no brilliancies ; every studied ornament it rejects with disdain ... thought , or surprisingness of expression , catches and keeps off the attention , from devotion . There are young ...
... thoughts in prayer is the best . Prayer admits of no brilliancies ; every studied ornament it rejects with disdain ... thought , or surprisingness of expression , catches and keeps off the attention , from devotion . There are young ...
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... as much as possible , when he retired to compose , to place himself by thought , in the situation of perform- ance and followed the same mode in writing , which he has always found the best , in praying , to ADVERTISEMENT . 11.
... as much as possible , when he retired to compose , to place himself by thought , in the situation of perform- ance and followed the same mode in writing , which he has always found the best , in praying , to ADVERTISEMENT . 11.
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... thoughts within us , may thy comforts delight our souls . Yet , O Lord , we would remember , that gratitude be- comes us much more than complaint . Our afflictions have been light , compared with our guilt ; and few , compared with the ...
... thoughts within us , may thy comforts delight our souls . Yet , O Lord , we would remember , that gratitude be- comes us much more than complaint . Our afflictions have been light , compared with our guilt ; and few , compared with the ...
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... to the service and glory of God . Who can understand his errors ? Cleanse Thou us from secret faults . Search us O God and know our hearts , try us and know our thoughts , and see if there be any wicked way in us , and lead FIRST WEEK . 27.
... to the service and glory of God . Who can understand his errors ? Cleanse Thou us from secret faults . Search us O God and know our hearts , try us and know our thoughts , and see if there be any wicked way in us , and lead FIRST WEEK . 27.
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... thoughts afar off . Yea , the darkness hideth not from Thee , but the night shineth as the day : the darkness and the light are both alike to Thee . Known , therefore , to Thee are our sins with every aggravation ; and our necessities ...
... thoughts afar off . Yea , the darkness hideth not from Thee , but the night shineth as the day : the darkness and the light are both alike to Thee . Known , therefore , to Thee are our sins with every aggravation ; and our necessities ...
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Popular passages
Page 156 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Page 117 - I die: remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 13 - He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord: and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
Page 158 - Christ, to the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known, by the church, the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord ; in whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
Page 169 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God ; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Page 247 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; And thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : And the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; The valleys also are covered over with corn ; They shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 212 - The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord.
Page 69 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 206 - Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place In all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.
Page 97 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering. Forbearing one another and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.