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... glory of his highest mood to trans- figure all the years . For him it is too small a thing to be " in the spirit on the Lord's day " : any little Patmos- isle of vision is too limited for him : he must be always at the holiest he can ...
... glory of his highest mood to trans- figure all the years . For him it is too small a thing to be " in the spirit on the Lord's day " : any little Patmos- isle of vision is too limited for him : he must be always at the holiest he can ...
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... glory ; and would lay stress on the intermittency of the devout affections , as the sign , not of poverty or weakness , but specifically of their grandeur in themselves , and their accurate accordance with what is highest in God's ...
... glory ; and would lay stress on the intermittency of the devout affections , as the sign , not of poverty or weakness , but specifically of their grandeur in themselves , and their accurate accordance with what is highest in God's ...
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... glory . In every earnest life , there are weary flats to tread , with the heavens out of sight , -no sun , no moon , —and not a tint of light upon the path below ; when the only guidance is the faith of brighter hours , and the secret ...
... glory . In every earnest life , there are weary flats to tread , with the heavens out of sight , -no sun , no moon , —and not a tint of light upon the path below ; when the only guidance is the faith of brighter hours , and the secret ...
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... glory , than can be found in the great physical laws : for , as the Spirit bloweth where it listeth , the life of men and angels has at once . a freer and diviner movement than the travels of a sun- beam or the revolution of a star ...
... glory , than can be found in the great physical laws : for , as the Spirit bloweth where it listeth , the life of men and angels has at once . a freer and diviner movement than the travels of a sun- beam or the revolution of a star ...
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... glory but as it flows from their reality ; were it self - kindled , it would be but a darkness turned into fire . " If others cannot perceive the Holy Spirit that looks on us through the veil of life and nature , —if in low moods of ...
... glory but as it flows from their reality ; were it self - kindled , it would be but a darkness turned into fire . " If others cannot perceive the Holy Spirit that looks on us through the veil of life and nature , —if in low moods of ...
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