A casket of jewels: or Memorials of the life, labours, and triumphant death of the late miss Ellen Webster, collected by her sister Annie

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W. Allenby, 1880 - Evangelists - 163 pages

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Page 12 - And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Page 23 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Page 23 - Stand up ! — stand up for Jesus ! Stand In His strength alone; The arm of flesh will fail you, Ye dare not trust your own. Put on the Gospel armor, • Each piece put on with prayer; Where duty calls or danger.
Page 17 - ... forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers, " but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot...
Page 45 - The Cross ! it takes our guilt away ; It holds the fainting spirit up ; It cheers with hope the gloomy day And sweetens every bitter cup...
Page 113 - 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 119 - He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life ; and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Page 23 - And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles...
Page 23 - Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain : that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Page 114 - THERE is an hour of peaceful rest, To mourning wanderers given ; There is a joy for souls distressed, A balm for every wounded breast — 'Tis found above, in heaven.

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