The Story of the Notable Prayers of Christian History

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D. Lothrop, 1880 - 304 pages

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Page 298 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than heaven pursue.
Page 170 - AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run ; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise To pay thy morning sacrifice.
Page 47 - God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 24 - His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness was as the light ; He had horns coming put of his hand : And there was the hiding of his power.
Page 299 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 22 - Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent : I have cut off like a weaver my life : he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Page 23 - Behold, for peace I had great bitterness : but Thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption : for Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back.
Page 287 - What though in lonely grief I sigh For friends beloved, no longer nigh, Submissive still would I reply,
Page 297 - FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord...
Page 26 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, * neither shall fruit be in the vines. The labor 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.

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