James Montgomery, Christian Poet and Philanthropist

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Page 133 - Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam ; Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home.
Page 134 - Yet clouds will intervene, And all my prospect flies ; Like Noah's dove, I flit between Rough seas and stormy skies. Anon the clouds depart, The winds and waters cease ; "While sweetly o'er my gladdened heart Expands the bow of peace ! Beneath its glowing arch, Along the hallowed ground, I see cherubic armies march, A camp of fire around.
Page 89 - Lonely, I no longer roam, Like the cloud, the wind, the wave ; Where you dwell shall be my home, Where you die shall be my grave. Mine the God whom you adore, Your Redeemer shall be mine ; Earth can fill my soul no more, Every idol I resign.
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Page 12 - Illustrations. Margery's Christmas Box. By RUTH ELLIOTT. Seven Illusts. No Gains without Pains: a True Life for the Boys. By H. C. KNIGHT, Six Illustrations. Peeps...
Page 136 - Go to the grave : — no, take thy seat above ; Be thy pure spirit present with the Lord, Where thou for faith and hope hast perfect love, And open vision for the written word.
Page 8 - Alloway," the Owl, At witching time of night ; By " bonnie Boon," the earliest Fowl That caroll'd to the light. He was the Wren amidst the grove, When in his homely vein ; At Bannockburn the Bird of Jove, With thunder in his train : The Wood-lark, in his mournful hours ; The Goldfinch, in his mirth ; The Thrush, a spendthrift of his powers. Enrapturing heaven and earth ; The Swan, in majesty and grace, Contemplative and still ; But, Kttt-«|.
Page 82 - O ! had you seen him to his home restored, How young and old ran forth to meet their lord ; How friends and kindred on his neck did fall, Weeping aloud, while Cain outwept them all : But hush ! — thenceforward when recoiling...
Page 12 - The Wonderful Lamp; and other Stories. By RUTH ELLIOTT, Five Illustrations. 2. Dick's Troubles ; and How He Met Them. By RUTH ELLIOTT. Six Illustrations. 3. The Chat in the Meadow : and other Stories. By LILLIE MONTFORT. Six Illustrations. 4. John's Teachers : and other...
Page 12 - The Railway Pioneers; or, The Story of the Stephensons, Father and Son. By HC KNIGHT. Fifteen Illustrations. The Royal Disciple : Louisa, Queen of Prussia.

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