A Manual for Use at Funerals: Consisting of Scripture Readings, Poems, and Prose Selections from Various Sources |
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... sorrow ; for it is soon cut off , and we fly away . [ Ps . xc . ] My days are like a shadow that declineth ; and I am withered like grass . But thou , O Lord , shalt endure for ever : and thy remembrance unto all generations . [ Ps ...
... sorrow ; for it is soon cut off , and we fly away . [ Ps . xc . ] My days are like a shadow that declineth ; and I am withered like grass . But thou , O Lord , shalt endure for ever : and thy remembrance unto all generations . [ Ps ...
Page 77
... sorrow , nor crying , neither shall there be any more pain : for the former things are passed away . And he that sat upon the throne said , Behold , I make all things new . I am Alpha and Omega , the beginning and the end . I will give ...
... sorrow , nor crying , neither shall there be any more pain : for the former things are passed away . And he that sat upon the throne said , Behold , I make all things new . I am Alpha and Omega , the beginning and the end . I will give ...
Page 78
... sorrow and sighing shall flee away . [ Isa . xxxv . ] After this I beheld , and , lo , a great multitude , which no man could number , of all nations , and kindreds , and people , and tongues , stood before the throne , and before the ...
... sorrow and sighing shall flee away . [ Isa . xxxv . ] After this I beheld , and , lo , a great multitude , which no man could number , of all nations , and kindreds , and people , and tongues , stood before the throne , and before the ...
Page 85
... sorrow , and would die before their death came . Every one should meditate seriously with himself , that it is not the longest life which is the best , but that which is the most virtuous . But such exclamations as this , " The young ...
... sorrow , and would die before their death came . Every one should meditate seriously with himself , that it is not the longest life which is the best , but that which is the most virtuous . But such exclamations as this , " The young ...
Page 87
... sorrow . We saw him in the garden , the pleasant garden , With his companions and his children , the children he loved . His children and his servants blessed him . His home was the shelter of happiness . Peace be upon him . We saw him ...
... sorrow . We saw him in the garden , the pleasant garden , With his companions and his children , the children he loved . His children and his servants blessed him . His home was the shelter of happiness . Peace be upon him . We saw him ...
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A. C. Swinburne Absalom Alfred Tennyson Alice Cary angels Anonymous beautiful behold Blessed breath bright bright promise child cloud cometh dark days go dead dear death Dora Greenwell doth dust earth eternal eyes faint fair faith Father fear feet flowers forever friends gates Gerald Massey give giveth giveth his beloved glory God's gone grave grief hand hath heart heaven holy hope Horatius Bonar Hymns immortal J. G. Fichte J. G. Whittier Leopold Schefer life's light live look Lord mercy morning mortal never night o'er pain passed patient peace Poems prayer Putnam Quiet Hours R. H. CHARLES rest righteousness river Schaff & Gilman shadow shine sing sleep smile sorrow soul spirit stars strength Sursum Corda sweet tears tender thee thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thought troubled trust truth voice wait weary weep wisdom
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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.