SCRIPTURE PORTIONS, WITH PRAYERS FOR INVALIDS. BY MRS. J. BOWEN THOMPSON, NEE ELIZABETH MARIA LLOYD. Second Edition, enlarged. LONDON: WERTHEIM, MACINTOSH, AND HUNT, AND 23, HOLLES-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUare. 1858. 138. E. 34. THE design of the following pages is to provide suitable Scripture portions for the sick and infirm, and to aid district visitors, anxious to find select texts to read to the sick and dying. May every one who reads this little book find a blessing in it, and be led diligently to search the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make him wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. & Salpas Granda of Peace and Joy, wrising 65 and resolving henceforth to live to His Glory 73 10 The Pardoned Sinner in the Prospect of Death 86 MY DEAR FRIEND, "GOD is love," 1 and therefore he 'speaketh once, yea twice; yet man perceiveth it not. He keepeth his 66 soul back from the pit, and chastens him with pain upon his bed." " God has often spoken to you by the voice of conscience and of Providence, and he now speaks to you again by sickness and sorrow. His chastisements are sent for your good, but they will profit you nothing, unless you take heed to the teaching of his Word and Holy Spirit. Jesus says, "Search the Scriptures," but now that you are weak and in pain, you will perhaps say, "How can I, unless 3 3 11 John iv. 8. 2 Job xxxiii. 14, 18, 19. John v. 39. B |
