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Page 81 - I THINK, when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How He called little children as lambs to His fold, I should like to have been with them then.
Page 96 - To know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge." 1 O LOVE divine, how sweet Thou art When shall I find my willing heart All taken up by Thee ? I thirst, I faint, I die to prove The greatness of redeeming love, The love of Christ to me...
Page 81 - Yet still to His footstool in prayer I may go, • And ask for a share in His love ; And if I thus earnestly seek Him below, I shall see Him and hear Him above, In that beautiful place He has gone to prepare For all who are washed and forgiven ; And many dear children are gathering there, " For of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 106 - Shout ! Hang all your leafy banners out !' It touched the wood-bird's folded wing, And said, "O bird, awake and sing. " And o'er the farms, " O chanticleer, Your clarion blow ; the day is near." It whispered to the fields of corn, " Bow down, and hail the coming mom.' It shouted through the belfry-tower, "Awake, O bell ! proclaim the hour.
Page 106 - A WIND came up out of the sea, And said, " O mists, make room for me." It hailed the ships, and cried, " Sail on, Ye mariners, the night is gone." And hurried landward far away, Crying, " Awake ! it is the day." It said unto the forest, " Shout ! Hang all your leafy banners out ! " It touched the wood-bird's folded wing, And said,
Page 75 - The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh nor whither it goeth, so is every one that is born of the spirit.
Page 81 - I wish that his hands had been placed on my head, That his arms had been thrown around me. That I might have seen his kind look when he said, ' Let the little ones come unto me.
Page 106 - 0 chanticleer, Your clarion blow ; the day is near." It whispered to the fields of corn, " Bow down, and hail the coming morn." It shouted through the belfry-tower, "Awake, 0 bell ! proclaim the hour." It crossed the churchyard with a sigh, And said, "Not yet ! in quiet lie.
Page 32 - In thy sorrows' swelling flood Own His hand who seeks thy good. Soul, forget not in thy pains, God o'er all for ever reigns. God liveth ever ! Wherefore, Soul, despair thou never ! Let earth and heaven outworn with age, Sink to the chaos whence they came ; Let angry foes against us rage, Let hell...
Page 80 - The life that I now live, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me," — " lam crucified to the world, and the world is crucified to me!