Sunday talk (ed. by C. Church).Cyril Church 1883 |
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... passed , and he still sat there by the fire , weaving its flickering light into the web of his meditations , and casting a glance ever and anon towards the form of the rescued lamb . At length , after one of these glances , Bertram rose ...
... passed , and he still sat there by the fire , weaving its flickering light into the web of his meditations , and casting a glance ever and anon towards the form of the rescued lamb . At length , after one of these glances , Bertram rose ...
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... passing away amid the splen- dours of the dawn . The snow was vanished . The spring had come , and the time of the singing of birds . The night passed away , and as the chill light of the Christmas morning began to steal across the ...
... passing away amid the splen- dours of the dawn . The snow was vanished . The spring had come , and the time of the singing of birds . The night passed away , and as the chill light of the Christmas morning began to steal across the ...
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... passed on to Bethlehem , were certainly doers . For , to repeat Dante's phrase , they " followed their star . " They followed it too , as I have said , through disappointment and apparent failure , and in doing so , they did all that ...
... passed on to Bethlehem , were certainly doers . For , to repeat Dante's phrase , they " followed their star . " They followed it too , as I have said , through disappointment and apparent failure , and in doing so , they did all that ...
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... passed away . " In the morning they are like grass which groweth up . In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down and withereth . " In the East how the fierce heat of the sun makes the flowers to wither ...
... passed away . " In the morning they are like grass which groweth up . In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down and withereth . " In the East how the fierce heat of the sun makes the flowers to wither ...
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... passed before . To all past genera- tions God hast been as a home , as a dwelling - place . They were tortured by the same sins and cares ; their hearts were wrung by the same sorrows . They turned to God , and He did not reject their ...
... passed before . To all past genera- tions God hast been as a home , as a dwelling - place . They were tortured by the same sins and cares ; their hearts were wrung by the same sorrows . They turned to God , and He did not reject their ...
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Page xxxi - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and •cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 33 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Page 12 - The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. 13. He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great. 14. The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
Page 69 - And they took him and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would know therefore what these things mean.
Page 11 - LET the beauty of the Lord, our God, be upon us ! and establish Thou the work of our hands upon us ; yea, the work of our hands, establish Thou it ! HE, who dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Page 94 - SOME murmur, when their sky is clear And wholly bright to view, If one small speck of dark appear In their great heaven of blue. And some with thankful love are filled, If but one streak of light, One ray of God's good mercy gild The darkness of their night.
Page 70 - Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things, ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 64 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest : but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
Page 42 - And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
Page 48 - Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.