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... hear and answer your feeble , but heart- felt petitions . The evening of life ! Have these words a melan- choly sound ? They tell , it is true , that the bright sunshine of youth and manhood is past ; that the health and the energy ...
... hear and answer your feeble , but heart- felt petitions . The evening of life ! Have these words a melan- choly sound ? They tell , it is true , that the bright sunshine of youth and manhood is past ; that the health and the energy ...
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... hear of awful wickedness , indignation is chastened by shame and self - consciousness . It is something of the old Reformer's feeling when he saw the malefactor led to prison : - " There , but for the grace of God , goes John Bradford ...
... hear of awful wickedness , indignation is chastened by shame and self - consciousness . It is something of the old Reformer's feeling when he saw the malefactor led to prison : - " There , but for the grace of God , goes John Bradford ...
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... . Dear Christian reader , when your own ear cannot hear it , may this be your eulogy : when your own eye cannot read it , may this be your epitaph . In the meanwhile , for the sake of that Saviour who is 14 THE PALM . 105.
... . Dear Christian reader , when your own ear cannot hear it , may this be your eulogy : when your own eye cannot read it , may this be your epitaph . In the meanwhile , for the sake of that Saviour who is 14 THE PALM . 105.
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... hear of an old , but scarcely ever of a young , miser . This may be true in regard to those who have cherished the love of the world all their lives . They will hug their treasures with a closer grasp , and their affections will be more ...
... hear of an old , but scarcely ever of a young , miser . This may be true in regard to those who have cherished the love of the world all their lives . They will hug their treasures with a closer grasp , and their affections will be more ...
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... hear his word : " Well done , good servants , share the joy for ever of your Lord ; " Yet in that gladsome hour our lips shall thankfully confess , " Not unto us , O Lord , but to thy mercy and thy grace : " But anxious fears and pains ...
... hear his word : " Well done , good servants , share the joy for ever of your Lord ; " Yet in that gladsome hour our lips shall thankfully confess , " Not unto us , O Lord , but to thy mercy and thy grace : " But anxious fears and pains ...
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affliction aged Christian ANONYMOUS ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER believer blessed bright calm cast cheerful Cicero clouds comfort dark dark wave dear death divine divine grace dying earth earthly eternal everlasting evermore eyes faith Father fear feel forget forsake friends fruit glory God's grace grave grief hand happy hath heart heaven heavenly holy Holy Spirit hope HORATIUS BONAR hour infirmities ISAAC WATTS Jesus Christ JOHN NEWTON labour life's light live look Lord Jesus mercy mind Nearer ness never night o'er old age pain palm tree pass PAUL GERHARDT peace perfect pilgrim pious Polycarp pray prayer proconsul promises rejoice remember rest righteousness salvation Saviour shadows sight sinner sins SIR ROBERT GRANT soon sorrow soul spirit strength sweet tears thee things thou hast thought throne trials true trust truth unto voice wait weakness weary word youth
Popular passages
Page 207 - 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...
Page 196 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Page 51 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no meat ; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 270 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Page 447 - Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Page 99 - I HEARD the voice of Jesus say, ' Come unto Me and rest ; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast.' I came to Jesus as I was, Weary, and worn, and sad ; I found in Him a resting-place, And He has made me glad. 2 I heard the voice of Jesus say, ' Behold, I freely give The living water ; thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live.
Page 227 - Seek ye the Lord while He may be found ; call upon Him while He is near.
Page 206 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 22 - ... not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
Page 50 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.