The Silent Pastor: Or, Consolations for the SickWalker, Wise, & Company, 1864 - 183 pages |
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... happier since we last left it ; a keener relish attends our appetite , than we had ever before experienced ; our hushed and tranquil slumbers form ― a most delightful contrast to onr tedious , wakeful 4 THE SILENT PASTOR .
... happier since we last left it ; a keener relish attends our appetite , than we had ever before experienced ; our hushed and tranquil slumbers form ― a most delightful contrast to onr tedious , wakeful 4 THE SILENT PASTOR .
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... happiness , which " eye hath not seen , nor ear heard , and which have never ( fully ) entered into the heart of man . " Even the sacred writers themselves seem to have been at a loss for a sufficient phrase , and , therefore , adopt ...
... happiness , which " eye hath not seen , nor ear heard , and which have never ( fully ) entered into the heart of man . " Even the sacred writers themselves seem to have been at a loss for a sufficient phrase , and , therefore , adopt ...
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... disease , simply and naturally declared , shortly before death , the season of their illness to have been the happiest part of their lives . " — Ibid . and " Because I live , ye shall live also 2 CHRISTIAN VIEW OF SICKNESS . 17.
... disease , simply and naturally declared , shortly before death , the season of their illness to have been the happiest part of their lives . " — Ibid . and " Because I live , ye shall live also 2 CHRISTIAN VIEW OF SICKNESS . 17.
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... happier hours than his , which are spent with pallet , pen , or chisel in hand , however spent alone . Intelligence with him has put off its dignities , and genius has done with her creations . The hands which hang down and the feeble ...
... happier hours than his , which are spent with pallet , pen , or chisel in hand , however spent alone . Intelligence with him has put off its dignities , and genius has done with her creations . The hands which hang down and the feeble ...
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... happier scenes and hours , as He is in these . But many other objects were interposed , which turned the thoughts from Him , or attracted to themselves what should have been His alone . In the captivity which has torn it away from them ...
... happier scenes and hours , as He is in these . But many other objects were interposed , which turned the thoughts from Him , or attracted to themselves what should have been His alone . In the captivity which has torn it away from them ...
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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?