The Wedding Gift; Or, a Devotional Manual for the Married, Or Those Intending to Marry |
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... eyes you will , yet are there none so sparkling . When these were created , the very Angels gazed with wonder , and we gaze with wonder now ; yet not in the same degree as at first . Such is familiarity ; things do not strike us in the ...
... eyes you will , yet are there none so sparkling . When these were created , the very Angels gazed with wonder , and we gaze with wonder now ; yet not in the same degree as at first . Such is familiarity ; things do not strike us in the ...
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... the least cloud between themselves and their God . They will desire to be clear 1 Bp . Taylor , " The Marriage Ring , " Part I. 2 Exod . xix . 10 . 3 Ps . xxvi . 6 . before Him , to feel His eye resting upon them 14 PREPARATION.
... the least cloud between themselves and their God . They will desire to be clear 1 Bp . Taylor , " The Marriage Ring , " Part I. 2 Exod . xix . 10 . 3 Ps . xxvi . 6 . before Him , to feel His eye resting upon them 14 PREPARATION.
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William Edward Heygate. before Him , to feel His eye resting upon them , and the full light of His favour shining upon their hearts . 2. Again : marriage is a great crisis in life , a turning - point . Scarcely ever does it pro- duce no ...
William Edward Heygate. before Him , to feel His eye resting upon them , and the full light of His favour shining upon their hearts . 2. Again : marriage is a great crisis in life , a turning - point . Scarcely ever does it pro- duce no ...
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... eye of men and the praise of men nothing to them ; prepares for them a dis- cipline of exertion , of self - sacrifice , of suffer- ing , of anxieties , which may lead the soul to rest in every thing upon Him in whom alone it really can ...
... eye of men and the praise of men nothing to them ; prepares for them a dis- cipline of exertion , of self - sacrifice , of suffer- ing , of anxieties , which may lead the soul to rest in every thing upon Him in whom alone it really can ...
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... eyes and anxious thoughts of the time immediately preceding marriage were alert , not with mere eagerness to fulfil a long hope , or with plans and prepa- rations ; nor even with the regrets and bitter human feelings concerning the past ...
... eyes and anxious thoughts of the time immediately preceding marriage were alert , not with mere eagerness to fulfil a long hope , or with plans and prepa- rations ; nor even with the regrets and bitter human feelings concerning the past ...
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Page 97 - PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life ; c through &c.
Page 117 - Almighty GOD, unto Whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from Whom no secrets are hid; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Thy HOLY SPIRIT, that we may perfectly love Thee, and worthily magnify Thy Holy Name; through CHRIST our LORD.
Page 48 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. . For no man ever yet hated his own flesh ; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the Church : for we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.
Page 99 - 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 122 - All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, Out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Page 117 - GOD, whose blessed Son was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil, and make us the sons of GOD, and heirs of eternal life ; grant us, we beseech thee, that having this hope, we may purify ourselves, even as he is pure ; that when he shall appear again with power and great glory, we may be made like unto him in his eternal and glorious kingdom ; where, with thee, O FATHER, and thee, O HOLY GHOST, he liveth and reigneth, ever one GOD, world without end. Amen.
Page 123 - Have ye not read, that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife : and they twain shall be one flesh ? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 121 - O may my soul on Thee repose, , And may sweet sleep mine eyelids close ; Sleep, that may me more vigorous make, To serve my God when I awake. 5 When in the night I sleepless lie, My soul with heavenly thoughts supply ; Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, No powers of darkness me molest.
Page 121 - MY HEART is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Page 65 - Man and wife are equally concerned to avoid all offences of each other in the beginning of their conversation: every little thing can blast an infant blossom; and the breath of the south can shake the little rings of the vine...