The Silent Pastor: Or, Consolations for the SickWalker, Wise, & Company, 1864 - 183 pages |
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... breathing , and lying down and rising up— all as a matter of course , as if we had no particular privileges . How different , however , is it with us , when we have just recovered from a severe attack of illness . Laying aside our ...
... breathing , and lying down and rising up— all as a matter of course , as if we had no particular privileges . How different , however , is it with us , when we have just recovered from a severe attack of illness . Laying aside our ...
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... breath of air ( and we seemed to taste it ) , laden with energy ; unnum- bered cheerful voices , as it were , welcoming us from hill , and dale , and wood ; the pleasant sound of busi- ness and of labor greeting us on every side ; in a ...
... breath of air ( and we seemed to taste it ) , laden with energy ; unnum- bered cheerful voices , as it were , welcoming us from hill , and dale , and wood ; the pleasant sound of busi- ness and of labor greeting us on every side ; in a ...
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... breath of wind , may disperse ; earth , in which were centred all our plans and operations , is regarded as a simple place of sojourn , a mere land of pilgrimage ; and now , upon the ruins of all that we had before deemed great , and ...
... breath of wind , may disperse ; earth , in which were centred all our plans and operations , is regarded as a simple place of sojourn , a mere land of pilgrimage ; and now , upon the ruins of all that we had before deemed great , and ...
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... breath , than that it should enable us , though in broken accents , to utter , " I go to my Father , I shall rest in my Father's bosom , I am henceforth to dwell with my Father for evermore ? " Can we possibly need . more information ...
... breath , than that it should enable us , though in broken accents , to utter , " I go to my Father , I shall rest in my Father's bosom , I am henceforth to dwell with my Father for evermore ? " Can we possibly need . more information ...
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... breath of His presence . It grows fit for action and for suffering , by pouring out to Him its own weak- ness , and drinking in , in return , His strength . To speak more plainly , prayer , by its own action on the mind , imparts to it ...
... breath of His presence . It grows fit for action and for suffering , by pouring out to Him its own weak- ness , and drinking in , in return , His strength . To speak more plainly , prayer , by its own action on the mind , imparts to it ...
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Page 158 - I HEARD the voice of Jesus say, ' Come unto Me and rest ; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast.' I came to Jesus as I was, Weary, and worn, and sad ; I found in Him a resting-place, And He has made me glad. 2 I heard the voice of Jesus say, ' Behold, I freely give The living water ; thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live.
Page 80 - And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces and worshipped God, saying, Amen, blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever, Amen.
Page 97 - And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness, and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 182 - So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 160 - Nothing in my hand I bring; Simply to thy cross I cling ; Naked, come to thee for dress ; Helpless, look to thee for grace ; Foul, I to the fountain fly ; Wash me, Saviour, or I die.
Page 99 - I LOVE the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Page 180 - What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power? Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.
Page 87 - Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Page 147 - LORD, I believe a rest remains To all thy people known ; A rest where pure enjoyment reigns. And thou art loved alone : 2 A rest where all our soul's desire Is fixed on things above; Where fear, and sin, and grief expire, Cast out by perfect love.
Page 19 - And when the ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side." "How many are you, then," said I, "If they two are in heaven?