A Manual for Use at Funerals: Consisting of Scripture Readings, Poems, and Prose Selections from Various Sources |
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Page 33
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night ; nor for the arrow that flieth by day :
nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness ; nor for the destruction that
wasteth at noonday . A thousand shall fall at thy side , and ten thousand at thy
right ...
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night ; nor for the arrow that flieth by day :
nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness ; nor for the destruction that
wasteth at noonday . A thousand shall fall at thy side , and ten thousand at thy
right ...
Page 43
He will seek out the secrets of grave sentences , and be conversant in dark
parables . He shall serve among great men , and appear before princes : he will
travel through strange countries ; for he hath tried the good and the evil among
men .
He will seek out the secrets of grave sentences , and be conversant in dark
parables . He shall serve among great men , and appear before princes : he will
travel through strange countries ; for he hath tried the good and the evil among
men .
Page 48
... and will hold thine hand , and will keep thee , and give thee for a covenant of
the people , for a light of the Gentiles ; to open the blind eyes , to bring out the
prisoners from the prison , and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house .
... and will hold thine hand , and will keep thee , and give thee for a covenant of
the people , for a light of the Gentiles ; to open the blind eyes , to bring out the
prisoners from the prison , and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house .
Page 75
I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not ; I will lead them in paths that
they have not known : I will make darkness light before them , and crooked things
straight . These things will I do unto them , and not forsake them . [ Isa . xlii . ] And
it ...
I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not ; I will lead them in paths that
they have not known : I will make darkness light before them , and crooked things
straight . These things will I do unto them , and not forsake them . [ Isa . xlii . ] And
it ...
Page 80
The soul passes through the gate ; he makes a way in the darkness to his Father ;
he has pierced the heart of evil to do the things of his Father . Then shall the
Judge of the dead answer : Let this soul pass on ; he is without sin ; he lives upon
...
The soul passes through the gate ; he makes a way in the darkness to his Father ;
he has pierced the heart of evil to do the things of his Father . Then shall the
Judge of the dead answer : Let this soul pass on ; he is without sin ; he lives upon
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Page 36 - LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? who shall dwell in thy holy hill ? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Page 145 - OH yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood; That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroy'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 20 - And He said unto her : What wilt thou ? She saith unto Him : Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on Thy right hand, and the other on the left, in Thy kingdom.
Page 71 - ... also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets...
Page 62 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is : For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 31 - It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Page 30 - Fear not : for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name ; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee ; . and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee : when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour : I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Page 78 - Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart : Be strong, fear not : behold your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense ; he will come and save you.
Page 39 - I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith : that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death ; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Page 24 - Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth ; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. For He maketh sore, and bindeth up ; He woundeth, and His hands make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles ; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.