Poems on various subjects, Issue 257W. Stevens, 1808 - 90 pages |
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Page 31
... tell her tales of scandal to a score Of eager listeners , greedy still for more . Not so the Christian - though her footsteps move In ready willingness to deeds of love ; To soothe the couch of agony and pain , The weak and fainting ...
... tell her tales of scandal to a score Of eager listeners , greedy still for more . Not so the Christian - though her footsteps move In ready willingness to deeds of love ; To soothe the couch of agony and pain , The weak and fainting ...
Page 39
... tell us now , That adorns thy radiant brow ? " I've no beauty of my own , I am vile and poor alone , All my loveliness I bring , Fresh and clear from Christ the Spring : He reflects His light on me , Clothes me in His purity . " When I ...
... tell us now , That adorns thy radiant brow ? " I've no beauty of my own , I am vile and poor alone , All my loveliness I bring , Fresh and clear from Christ the Spring : He reflects His light on me , Clothes me in His purity . " When I ...
Page 83
... tell Of waning years , and o'er his brow The deepening shades of sorrow grow . Can this be he , the man of pride , Who lived a Saviour to deride ? Who sought to slay the saints of God With persecution's iron rod ; Who , breathing ...
... tell Of waning years , and o'er his brow The deepening shades of sorrow grow . Can this be he , the man of pride , Who lived a Saviour to deride ? Who sought to slay the saints of God With persecution's iron rod ; Who , breathing ...
Page 84
... tell Of the true friend he loved so well ; His heart is tuned to sing the praise Of Jesu's name in glowing lays . And in that lonely prison - room , Heedless of its sad , cheerless gloom , He breathes the words of peace and love ...
... tell Of the true friend he loved so well ; His heart is tuned to sing the praise Of Jesu's name in glowing lays . And in that lonely prison - room , Heedless of its sad , cheerless gloom , He breathes the words of peace and love ...
Page 87
... cling to Thee , And in Thine ear its sorrows tell . Thy love's a cordial sweet , a healing balm , To cure my wounds , my mourning soul to calm . My fearful spirit clings to Thee , And helpless hangs A CHRISTIAN WREATH . 87 In Trial.
... cling to Thee , And in Thine ear its sorrows tell . Thy love's a cordial sweet , a healing balm , To cure my wounds , my mourning soul to calm . My fearful spirit clings to Thee , And helpless hangs A CHRISTIAN WREATH . 87 In Trial.
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Aiah anxious love babe beams behold beneath Beth-peor bird blest blood breast breath brethren bride bright eye burning blaze call thee calm child children of Israel Christ shall bestow CHRISTIAN cling clustering hair crown dark deep dimpled dwell E'en eternal faint faith Father's fear festival song free bird free soul gaze glorious grace grief hand hath heal heart heaven heavenly home Hebrew hope Jericho Jesus king land of Moab life's young bloom light Lord Madian maid Manasseh meek melody Moses mother mother's pride mourning Naphtali nest nigh nurse o'er peace Pharaoh's daughter pride radiant rapture rest RIZPAH roll Saviour seek shade shewed shines sins skies slumbering smile soothe sorrow spirit stop the tide stream sun's sweet temptation Thou art Thou hast thou shalt thy journey Thy love thy Maker thy soul tide tree trembling unto voice waving weary weeps wilderness Wilt thou wings wounds
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Page 43 - I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 2 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 1 - And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.
Page 36 - When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. iy. But Stephen p. xxx. Lesson II. T3UT he, being full of the HOLY -^ GHOST, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of GOD, and JESUS standing on the right hand of GOD...
Page 2 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho.
Page 1 - And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
Page 42 - And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD tvas not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake ; but the LORD was not in the earthquake : And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire : and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 32 - For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled, 2 Cor.