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 172 - Direct, control, suggest this day All I design, or do, or say, That all my powers, with all their might, In Thy sole glory may unite ! Praise God, from whom all blessings flow!
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. 18. For the grave cannot praise Thee, death cannot celebrate Thee : they that go down into the pit cannot hope for Thy truth.
Page 284 - While life's dark maze I tread, And griefs around me spread, Be Thou my guide ; Bid darkness turn to day, Wipe sorrow's tears away, Nor let me ever stray From Thee aside.
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 22 - I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
Page 282 - I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou Shouldst lead me, on. I loved to choose and see my path ; but now Lead Thou me on ! I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will : remember not past years.
Page 24 - God came from Teman, and the Holy 0ne from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. "And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
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...

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