The Silent Pastor: Or, Consolations for the SickWalker, Wise, & Company, 1864 - 183 pages |
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... in its tendency . The common practical view of sick- ness among Christians , what is it but that the great- est of all calamities has befallen us ? An incurable disease , what a blight it casts on every thing CHRISTIAN VIEW OF SICKNESS .
... in its tendency . The common practical view of sick- ness among Christians , what is it but that the great- est of all calamities has befallen us ? An incurable disease , what a blight it casts on every thing CHRISTIAN VIEW OF SICKNESS .
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... casts on every thing around , though mortality may be regarded as an incurable disease with us all ! How few are there , who , when they visit a sufferer , do not depress , rather than encourage him ! Instead of looking , and bidding ...
... casts on every thing around , though mortality may be regarded as an incurable disease with us all ! How few are there , who , when they visit a sufferer , do not depress , rather than encourage him ! Instead of looking , and bidding ...
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... where pain has destroyed it ; they let in the tranquil light of heaven on the soul , upon which the suffering of earth has cast down darkness that may be felt . 52 Immortality . To me there is but one objection GOD , OUR HELP . 51.
... where pain has destroyed it ; they let in the tranquil light of heaven on the soul , upon which the suffering of earth has cast down darkness that may be felt . 52 Immortality . To me there is but one objection GOD , OUR HELP . 51.
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... casts a grave but tranquil light over the prospect of even a toilsome and troubled life . In order to attain , or to create within ourselves this tranquillity , we should seek only those things which are dependent on our own will . This ...
... casts a grave but tranquil light over the prospect of even a toilsome and troubled life . In order to attain , or to create within ourselves this tranquillity , we should seek only those things which are dependent on our own will . This ...
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... cast about for nothing but how to make advantage of it . Do not think that God is only to be found in a great prayer or a solemn office ; he is moved by a sigh , by a groan , by an act of love , and therefore when thy pain is great and ...
... cast about for nothing but how to make advantage of it . Do not think that God is only to be found in a great prayer or a solemn office ; he is moved by a sigh , by a groan , by an act of love , and therefore when thy pain is great and ...
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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?