The Christian Remembrancer, Volume 15

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F.C. & J. Rivington, 1848

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Page 296 - the crimson sky, Vainly the fowler's eye Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide ? Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast,— The desert and illimitable air,— Lone
Page 68 - keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me 'above all people, for all the earth is mine; and ye shall be ' unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are 'the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Page 54 - body of believers, under the designation of the true and elect Israel, when he says, " Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people : that ye should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.'—(1 Pet. ii.
Page 296 - but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near. And soon that toil shall end; Soon shalt thou
Page 242 - I have sworn, at the most awful moment of my life, that I will "banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to God's word." It may be replied, that this engagement applies to the ministrations in the cure of souls, inherent only in parochial functions; but the statutes of our cathedral church constitute
Page 69 - gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, ' and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the ' congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among ' them, wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the
Page 71 - household, to give them their portion of meat in due season ? ' Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall ' find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you that he will make ' him ruler over all that he hath.
Page 159 - When Thou hidest Thy face they ' are troubled: when Thou takest away their breath they die, ' and are turned again to their dust: ' and the picture elevates and dignifies rather than lowers the inferior creatures in our eyes. That melancholy, also, which is the offspring of thought and
Page 472 - To the Most Reverend Father in God, John Bird, by Divine Providence Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan. The dutiful Memorial of the undersigned, Richard Webster Huntley, MA, of the University of Oxford, Vicar of Alberbury, in the Diocese of Hereford; John Jebb, MA, of the University of Dublin,
Page 441 - To the Most Reverend Father in God, William, by Divine Providence, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan. ' " We, your humble and devoted servants, the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Hereford, humbly signify, with all obedience, reverence, and honour, that the

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