Thoughts Among Flowersreligious tract society, 1847 - 139 pages |
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... strong an example as na- ture offers of an effort to escape from the chill shade and confined air , into the warm sun and the free atmosphere . And the example is instructive . Let us do that which any dahlia in our garden will do . We ...
... strong an example as na- ture offers of an effort to escape from the chill shade and confined air , into the warm sun and the free atmosphere . And the example is instructive . Let us do that which any dahlia in our garden will do . We ...
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and that our branches may be strong , and blossom freely in a better air ! is But you say the struggle is unnatural ... strong props and supports . Without such supports , we should most certainly fail in the sim- ilar endeavor ; and as ...
and that our branches may be strong , and blossom freely in a better air ! is But you say the struggle is unnatural ... strong props and supports . Without such supports , we should most certainly fail in the sim- ilar endeavor ; and as ...
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... strong enough to make one " come " in order to " take . " He who wills to come and draw from the fountain of living waters , may draw freely . But who is he ? He is one who has come from somewhere , and who has come for something . He ...
... strong enough to make one " come " in order to " take . " He who wills to come and draw from the fountain of living waters , may draw freely . But who is he ? He is one who has come from somewhere , and who has come for something . He ...
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... all eventually receive the breath of life , and become strong , beautiful , and fragrant plants , beside that river whose streams make glad the city of God . XVII . The AMERICAN ALOE seldom flowers in this country 62 GERANIUMS .
... all eventually receive the breath of life , and become strong , beautiful , and fragrant plants , beside that river whose streams make glad the city of God . XVII . The AMERICAN ALOE seldom flowers in this country 62 GERANIUMS .
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... be strengthening and beneficial , and the Christian can truly say- " How pleasant is that now , which heretofore My heart held bitter . " On the other hand , how many are they , who were strong and glorious in " the 78 COCKSCOMBS .
... be strengthening and beneficial , and the Christian can truly say- " How pleasant is that now , which heretofore My heart held bitter . " On the other hand , how many are they , who were strong and glorious in " the 78 COCKSCOMBS .
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able American aloe ARBUTUS AZALEA balsam become behold the sun bestow blessed blossom CACTUS carnation chasten chills CHINESE ASTER Chris Christ Christian character Christian graces church circumstances cold colors condition dahlia dark day by day dear deed Divine grace DODDER draw drooping earth endure Epaphras evil eyes faith feeling flesh florists flourish flower fruit which takes fuchsia fulness GERANI glory grow growth happy heart hope humble John xii John xv labor LAURUSTINUS leaves light live Lord Lord's garden Matt mind Mock Orange MONKEY FLOWER myste nature ness nourishment odor once PASSION FLOWER perennial perfect petals pink pleasant poison pruning receive rendered require root-fibres rooted and grounded scripture season seductive poisons seed shade sight soil soul sown spiritual stand stem straitened strength to strength strong subject to decay sweet thee thou tians ungenial Viola Odorata waters weeds winter young plants
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Page 122 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Page 28 - There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.
Page 133 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Page 111 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it. Neither yet now are ye able.
Page 70 - Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Page 111 - For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God ; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Page 10 - My prayer hath power with God; the grace Unspeakable I now receive, Through faith I see Thee face to face; I see Thee face to face, and live: In vain I have not wept and strove; Thy nature, and Thy name is Love.
Page 46 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, And all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field : The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: . Because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: Surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: But the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Page 57 - His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Page 98 - For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the LORD, that we should not be condemned with the world.