Vicissitudes, Or, The Journey of Life |
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Page 213 - Behold, I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me.
Page 247 - Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Page 196 - Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come buy wine and milk, without money and without price!
Page 49 - The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord.
Page 174 - O'er all those wide-extended plains Shines one eternal day ; There God the Son forever reigns, And scatters night away. 4 No chilling winds, or poisonous breath, Can reach that healthful shore ; Sickness and sorrow, pain and death, Are felt and feared no more.
Page 167 - Quick as the apple of an eye, The slightest touch of sin to feel.
Page 173 - ON Jordan's stormy banks I stand, And cast a wishful eye To Canaan's fair and happy land, Where my possessions lie.
Page 198 - s half so dull. 2 Go to the ants! for one poor grain See how they toil and strive; Yet we who have a heaven to' obtain, How negligent we live!— 3 We, for whose sake all nature stands, And stars their courses move; We, for whose guard the angel bands Come flying...
Page 164 - HOW happy every child of grace, Who knows his sins forgiven ! This earth, he cries, is not my place ; I seek my place in heaven : A country far from mortal sight, Yet, O, by faith I see ; The land of rest, the saints' delight, — The heaven prepared for me.
Page 172 - Our journey is a thorny maze, But we march upward still, — Forget these troubles of the ways, And reach at Zion's hill.