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Page 82
... meet for purposes of devotion in the open air , and also in their cattle sheds . In the rude stable , dark and wide , The brethren from the tempest hide ; Beneath such roof , an infant mild , The Saviour on his mother smiled ! id from ...
... meet for purposes of devotion in the open air , and also in their cattle sheds . In the rude stable , dark and wide , The brethren from the tempest hide ; Beneath such roof , an infant mild , The Saviour on his mother smiled ! id from ...
Page 84
... meet in some deep dell , By rocks o'ercanopied , to hear the voice , Their faithful pastor's voice . Gilly and other travellers describe the meet- ings in the open air as still kept up , for the in- struction of the shepherds and others ...
... meet in some deep dell , By rocks o'ercanopied , to hear the voice , Their faithful pastor's voice . Gilly and other travellers describe the meet- ings in the open air as still kept up , for the in- struction of the shepherds and others ...
Page 104
... meet- ings were blessed by God ; for three years they remained undisturbed ; the most influential per- sons among them were Jean Vincent Gos , a skilful physician , and his brother , an eminent lawyer . For some time , the pastors of ...
... meet- ings were blessed by God ; for three years they remained undisturbed ; the most influential per- sons among them were Jean Vincent Gos , a skilful physician , and his brother , an eminent lawyer . For some time , the pastors of ...
Page 108
... meet there hereafter , provided they lived like good men . Gilles and his brethren expressed their desire to live , through Divine grace , according to the word of God , and complained of the false calumnies of their enemies , who ...
... meet there hereafter , provided they lived like good men . Gilles and his brethren expressed their desire to live , through Divine grace , according to the word of God , and complained of the false calumnies of their enemies , who ...
Page 129
... meet again in this world , their proceed- ings on the occasion seemed as if they had this in prospect . Doubtless , the situation of these Christian ministers must have caused them constantly to bear in mind the injunc- tion of their ...
... meet again in this world , their proceed- ings on the occasion seemed as if they had this in prospect . Doubtless , the situation of these Christian ministers must have caused them constantly to bear in mind the injunc- tion of their ...
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Page 31 - And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
Page 190 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 135 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in 'order the things that are t wanting, and 'ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee : 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.
Page 147 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple Tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
Page 146 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 28 - We've no abiding city here ; Then let us live as pilgrims do : Let not the world our rest appear, But let us haste from all below. 4 We've no abiding city here...
Page 146 - When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 173 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 192 - God ! The banner of the chieftain, Far, far below us waves ; The war-horse of the spearman Cannot reach our lofty caves : Thy dark clouds wrap the threshold Of freedom's last abode ; For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers...
Page 152 - The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.