| 1913 - 1088 pages
...before his death, without at least wishing to make it his own at the close of any and every day : " Be patient still : suffer us yet a while longer — -with our broken purposes of good, with our idle endeavors against evil — suffer us a while longer to endure, and... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1906 - 598 pages
...night before he died : VOL. XXXIII.— 64. " \Ve beseech Thee, Lord, bo behold us with favour, folk ol many families and nations gathered together in the peace of this roof. . . . Bless to us our extraordinary mercies; if the day come when these must be taken, brace us to... | |
| 1917 - 820 pages
...night before Death gave him his hand, Stevenson composed and read to his family the following prayer: "We beseech thee, Lord, to behold us with favour,...covert of thy patience. Be patient still; suffer us yet awhile longer with our broken purposes of good, with our idle endeavours against evil — suffer us... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - Quotations, Scottish - 1895 - 238 pages
...integrity ; touch us with fire from the altar, that we may be up and doing to rebuild our city. •\T17"E beseech Thee, Lord, to behold us with * * favour,...suffer us yet a while longer ; — with our broken purposes of good, with our idle endeavours against evil, suffer us a while longer to endure, and (if... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - 1914 - 236 pages
...our integrity ; touch us with fire from the altar, that we may be up and doing to rebuild our city. beseech Thee, Lord, to behold us with favour, folk...suffer us yet a while longer ; — with our broken purposes of good, with our idle endermmrs against evil, suffer us a while longer to emlnre, and (if... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1895 - 602 pages
...composed by Robert Louis Stevenson, and read aloud to his family only the evening before his death : — " We beseech Thee, Lord, to behold us with favour, folk...of Thy patience. Be patient still ; suffer us yet awhile longer — with our broken promises of good, with our idle endeavours against evil — suffer... | |
| Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - Liberalism (Religion) - 1895 - 604 pages
...the wailing minor key of some modern piety : — "We beseech thee, Lord, to behold us with fervor, folk of many families and nations, gathered together...covert of thy patience. Be patient still. Suffer us yet awhile longer, — with our broken promises of good, with our idle endeavors against evil, — suffer... | |
| Home economics - 1897 - 342 pages
...AND READ TO HIS FAMILY THE EVENING BEKORE HIS DEATH. We beseech Thee, Lord, to behold us with favor, folk of many families and nations, gathered together...of Thy patience. Be patient still ; suffer us yet awhile longer, with our broken promises of good, with our idle endeavors against evil ; suffer us awhile... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - 1898 - 700 pages
...weakness and their fear, the vessels of thy handiwork so pray to Thee, so praise Thee. Amen. 595 Sunday WE beseech Thee, Lord, to behold us with favour, folk...of thy patience. Be patient still ; suffer us yet awhile longer;— with our broken purposes of good, with our idle endeavours against evil, suffer us... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - 1898 - 700 pages
...weakness and their fear, the vessels of thy handiwork so pray to Thee, so praise Thee. Amen. Sunday WE beseech Thee, Lord, to behold us with favour, folk...covert of thy patience. Be patient still; suffer us yet awhile longer;—with our broken purposes of good, with our idle endeavours against evil, suffer us... | |
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