The Net cast in many waters [afterw.] The Net. Ed. by A. Mackenzie |
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Page 139 - He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes.
Page 66 - The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light : they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Page 132 - BROTHER, thou art gone before us, and thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, and sorrow is unknown ; From the burden of the flesh, and from care and fear released, Where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.
Page 17 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 65 - WHEN hearts are full of yearning tenderness For the loved absent, whom we cannot reach, By deed or token, gesture or kind speech, The spirit's true affection to express ; When hearts are full of innermost distress, And we are doomed to stand inactive by, Watching the soul's or body's agony, Which human effort helps not to make less...
Page 132 - Lord shall summon us, whom thou has left behind, May we, untainted by the world, as sure a welcome find ! May each, like thee, depart in peace, to be a glorious guest, Where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.
Page 177 - Like olive plants they stand, Each answering each in home's soft sympathies, Sisters and brothers. At the altar sighs Parental fondness, and with anxious hand Tenders its offering of young vows and prayers. The same and not the same, go where...
Page 132 - dust to dust," the solemn priest hath said, So we lay the turf above thee now, and we seal thy narrow bed ; But thy spirit, brother, soars away among the faithful blest, Where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.
Page 132 - Sin can never taint thee now, Nor doubt thy faith assail, Nor thy meek trust in Jesus Christ And the Holy Spirit fail. And...
Page 109 - the man that is in a hurry to see the full effects of his own tillage, must cultivate annuals, and not forest trees.