Hours of Christian Devotion |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 76
Page viii
... nature , and as my fondness for carving out of the raw material equals my aversion to the process of gluing , I have not sacrificed freedom of expatiation to regularity of plan . Within the limits of the course taken by the work , as a ...
... nature , and as my fondness for carving out of the raw material equals my aversion to the process of gluing , I have not sacrificed freedom of expatiation to regularity of plan . Within the limits of the course taken by the work , as a ...
Page 3
... nature which connects us with the great Fountain of truth , goodness , and beauty ; for otherwise how could we take delight in the true , the good , and the beautiful ? The more simple and innocent a man is , the more vividly he feels ...
... nature which connects us with the great Fountain of truth , goodness , and beauty ; for otherwise how could we take delight in the true , the good , and the beautiful ? The more simple and innocent a man is , the more vividly he feels ...
Page 5
... nature . That recol- lection should at the most only serve to kindle aspiration in my heart . How comes it that so many , yielding to the seduc- tion of a foolish pride , disavow the debasing penury and wretchedness with which we are ...
... nature . That recol- lection should at the most only serve to kindle aspiration in my heart . How comes it that so many , yielding to the seduc- tion of a foolish pride , disavow the debasing penury and wretchedness with which we are ...
Page 11
... nature ; and how , beneath its in- fluence , has my longing after a Saviour grown more and more intense ! And when I further reflect how forgetful of God men are even now , overwhelmed although they be with so vast an ocean of ...
... nature ; and how , beneath its in- fluence , has my longing after a Saviour grown more and more intense ! And when I further reflect how forgetful of God men are even now , overwhelmed although they be with so vast an ocean of ...
Page 13
... nature of the work . He who carries on some of the homelier trades of life seems likely to arrive at the conviction that , in and of itself , his occupation can never be the chief end and object of his existence , far sooner than he ...
... nature of the work . He who carries on some of the homelier trades of life seems likely to arrive at the conviction that , in and of itself , his occupation can never be the chief end and object of his existence , far sooner than he ...
Contents
3 | |
4 | |
5 | |
6 | |
7 | |
8 | |
9 | |
10 | |
203 | |
210 | |
215 | |
223 | |
227 | |
234 | |
246 | |
260 | |
11 | |
12 | |
13 | |
14 | |
15 | |
16 | |
17 | |
18 | |
19 | |
20 | |
64 | |
65 | |
66 | |
67 | |
117 | |
123 | |
151 | |
161 | |
168 | |
178 | |
182 | |
193 | |
200 | |
281 | |
289 | |
295 | |
305 | |
317 | |
326 | |
336 | |
356 | |
370 | |
381 | |
386 | |
420 | |
425 | |
484 | |
492 | |
498 | |
505 | |
512 | |
519 | |
526 | |
531 | |
537 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
apostle art thou beautiful become behold believe better blessed body charity child children of God children of men Christ Christian Church creatures dear divine divine grace dost doubt earth earthly eternal evil faith Father fear feel flesh fruit gifts give glory God's Gospel grace hand hath heaven heavenly Holy Spirit honour human humble Israel Jesus King labour light likewise live look Lord Lord's Love Eternal Luke Luther marriage Master Matt mercy mind never Old Testament peace Philip Melanchthon Pietism pious praise pray prayer preaching prophets Prov proverb Psalm repentance righteousness Satan Saviour servant sins Sirach soul speak Spirit tears Thee thine things Thou art Thou didst Thou hast thought thy heart thyself tion true truth unto vouchsafed whole wife wisdom words wrath
Popular passages
Page 461 - And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying ; Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God...
Page 311 - What ! know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own ? For ye are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Page 382 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 492 - Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none : cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground...
Page 157 - And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Page 110 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, Even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from theet But the night shineth as the day. The darkness and the...
Page 96 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah : Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt ; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD.
Page 390 - Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body ; is it therefore not of the body ? and if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body ; is it therefore not of the body ? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing ? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling ? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
Page 488 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 506 - Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.