The hour of sorrow, or The Office for the burial of the dead, with prayers and hymnsMacmillan and Company, 1875 - 111 pages |
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Alleluia Almighty Amen Apostle ashes to ashes beseech Thee blessed Burial Christian mourner Chrysos Church comfort Communion Comp Corinth Corinthians dead dead rise death departed didst dust dust to dust earth Ephesus eternal everlasting eyes F. W. Robertson's faith Father fleeth flesh funeral glorious glory grace gracious keeping Leave grave grief hath pleased heart heavenly Holy Ghost hope hour of sorrow hymn incorruption Jesus Christ JESUS lives Keble's Letters kingdom labours Lord Jesus Christ Lord's Prayer mercy mighty mortal Patriarch pray Prayer Processional Anthems Psalm raised rection rest Resurrection Sadducees Saviour sinful soul sowest sown Spirit spiritual body St Paul suffering tears Thess Thine things thou art Thou art God Thou hast thoughts Thy gracious keeping tion toil unto vant sleeping victory viii vile body Voice from Heaven weariness whosoever liveth words xxiii
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Page 20 - ... we may be found acceptable in thy sight; and receive that blessing which thy wellbeloved Son shall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee, saying, Come, ye blessed children of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world : Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, through Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Redeemer.
Page 42 - A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun.
Page 111 - Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on ; The night is dark, and I am far from home, Lead Thou me on. Keep Thou my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me.
Page 103 - O Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord ; Grant us grace, so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys, which Thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 48 - LORD, thou hast been our refuge, from one generation to another. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, thou art GOD from everlasting, and world without end.
Page 104 - WHEN our heads are bowed with woe, When our bitter tears o'erflow, When we mourn the lost, the dear, Jesu, Son of Mary, hear!
Page 22 - And so the Word had breath, and wrought With human hands the creed of creeds In loveliness of perfect deeds, More strong than all poetic thought ; Which he may read that binds the sheaf, Or builds the house, or digs the grave, And those wild eyes that watch the wave In roarings round the coral reef.
Page 105 - Jesus lives : henceforth is death But the gate of life immortal ; This shall calm our trembling breath, When we pass its gloomy portal.
Page 90 - For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Page 70 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.