The Silent Pastor: Or, Consolations for the SickWalker, Wise, & Company, 1864 - 183 pages |
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... speaking to a tender - hearted woman who had known suffering , but not torment , of more than one case of per- sons , who , dying slowly under a torturing disease , simply and naturally declared , shortly before death , the season of ...
... speaking to a tender - hearted woman who had known suffering , but not torment , of more than one case of per- sons , who , dying slowly under a torturing disease , simply and naturally declared , shortly before death , the season of ...
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... speak just as if there were nothing to care for but a prolongation of his years , and act just as if it were a thing too dreadful to think of , that he should be called away to Paradise ! * And when a fellow- were . - - - we * " One ...
... speak just as if there were nothing to care for but a prolongation of his years , and act just as if it were a thing too dreadful to think of , that he should be called away to Paradise ! * And when a fellow- were . - - - we * " One ...
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... of death and immortality . " And , believing that " those who sleep in Jesus " are not objects of pity , but are still under the protecting wings of - - - divine love , we would speak of them as we 22 THE SILENT PASTOR .
... of death and immortality . " And , believing that " those who sleep in Jesus " are not objects of pity , but are still under the protecting wings of - - - divine love , we would speak of them as we 22 THE SILENT PASTOR .
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... speak of them as we would speak of those who dwell prosperously and happily in foreign lands , only always remembering that there is in all God's universe no land so blooming and joyous as that into which they have entered . How much ...
... speak of them as we would speak of those who dwell prosperously and happily in foreign lands , only always remembering that there is in all God's universe no land so blooming and joyous as that into which they have entered . How much ...
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... speak of sickness and death , as they are represented by Christianity . Follow no customs that prevailed at , and are suited only to a time when life and immortality had yet to be brought to light . Let your faith in a glorious ...
... speak of sickness and death , as they are represented by Christianity . Follow no customs that prevailed at , and are suited only to a time when life and immortality had yet to be brought to light . Let your faith in a glorious ...
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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?