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... THINE ! -oh THINE the day At morning's tender beam ; When first the sun's far - slanting ray Uncertain gilds the stream ; And opening flowers their tints display , And silver dew - drops gleam . The day , the glorious day is THINE ! In ...
... THINE ! -oh THINE the day At morning's tender beam ; When first the sun's far - slanting ray Uncertain gilds the stream ; And opening flowers their tints display , And silver dew - drops gleam . The day , the glorious day is THINE ! In ...
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... THINE ! the silent , solemn noon Of midnight's starry sky , What time the lone , majestic moon , In glory , saileth by ; And night's sweet songstress doth attune Her tender minstrelsy . And THINE ! the hour when stars wax dim , And when ...
... THINE ! the silent , solemn noon Of midnight's starry sky , What time the lone , majestic moon , In glory , saileth by ; And night's sweet songstress doth attune Her tender minstrelsy . And THINE ! the hour when stars wax dim , And when ...
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... thine arrows fly ; When those we lov'd and trusted most are call'd by death away , And loneliness , and cheerless gloom are on our weary way ; When there is none to weep with us , -to cherish us , -or love , Oh then we learn to seek in ...
... thine arrows fly ; When those we lov'd and trusted most are call'd by death away , And loneliness , and cheerless gloom are on our weary way ; When there is none to weep with us , -to cherish us , -or love , Oh then we learn to seek in ...
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... THINE eye beholds the sinner's tear , THINE ear receives his sigh ; And THOU in mercy lookest down to free the con- trite soul , That humbly prays and strongly strives , from hated sin's control . O Blessed Lord ! Creator Good ! to whom ...
... THINE eye beholds the sinner's tear , THINE ear receives his sigh ; And THOU in mercy lookest down to free the con- trite soul , That humbly prays and strongly strives , from hated sin's control . O Blessed Lord ! Creator Good ! to whom ...
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CHARITY ENJOINED . Let it not grieve thee to bow down thine ear to the poor , and give him a friendly answer with meekness . - Ecclesiasticus iv . 8 . WHAT though the Lord hath blest thy state ; Though menials crowd thy lofty gate ...
CHARITY ENJOINED . Let it not grieve thee to bow down thine ear to the poor , and give him a friendly answer with meekness . - Ecclesiasticus iv . 8 . WHAT though the Lord hath blest thy state ; Though menials crowd thy lofty gate ...
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Page 70 - Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter ; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out. and wept bitterly.
Page 11 - There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Page 73 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Page 14 - I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son? And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
Page 30 - Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 71 - Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Page 13 - And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things : but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Page 82 - And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man.
Page 54 - For whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons ; for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not ? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.
Page 58 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.