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Page 36 - Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord ; and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Page 192 - Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee ; grant that the Ministers and Stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just...
Page 180 - O May I Join The Choir Invisible! O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence...
Page 17 - Come forth out of thy royal chambers, O Prince of all the kings of the earth ! put on the visible robes of thy imperial majesty, take up that unlimited sceptre which thy almighty Father hath bequeathed thee ; for now the voice of thy bride calls thee, and all creatures sigh to be renewed.
Page 14 - There are in this loud stunning tide Of human care and crime, With whom the melodies abide Of the everlasting chime ; Who carry music in their heart Through dusky lane and wrangling mart, Plying their daily task with busier feet, Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat.
Page 27 - And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea- And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be!
Page 110 - He fought his doubts and gathered strength, He would not make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them: thus he came at length To find a stronger faith his own...
Page 90 - Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
Page 156 - And the king was exceeding sorry ; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
Page 79 - Then said they unto him, Who art thou ? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?