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... comfort for thee , a cordial for thy heart : " I , even I , am he that blotteth out thy trans- gressions for mine own sake , and will not remem- ber thy sins , " Isa . xliii . 25 . 16 HOW FAR IS IT TO CANAAN ? " How How far is it to Canaan?
... comfort for thee , a cordial for thy heart : " I , even I , am he that blotteth out thy trans- gressions for mine own sake , and will not remem- ber thy sins , " Isa . xliii . 25 . 16 HOW FAR IS IT TO CANAAN ? " How How far is it to Canaan?
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... comforts and consolations . There are thousands who would be seekers after the happiness of heaven , if they could do so without foregoing the pleasures of earth . This world first , and heaven after , would do very well ; but " Seek ye ...
... comforts and consolations . There are thousands who would be seekers after the happiness of heaven , if they could do so without foregoing the pleasures of earth . This world first , and heaven after , would do very well ; but " Seek ye ...
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... comfort and security ! Why , we might as well take shelter in a holly bush . Mark how quarrelsome this bush appears : ever alive to the slightest insult , it pardons no fault , it forgives no injury , but immediately punishes the wilful ...
... comfort and security ! Why , we might as well take shelter in a holly bush . Mark how quarrelsome this bush appears : ever alive to the slightest insult , it pardons no fault , it forgives no injury , but immediately punishes the wilful ...
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... comfort in its possession , until one day a kind friend , by his encouraging and Christian counsel , set me diving again , no longer into the troubled sea of my own guiltiness , nor the dark , frowning waves of God's holy law , but into ...
... comfort in its possession , until one day a kind friend , by his encouraging and Christian counsel , set me diving again , no longer into the troubled sea of my own guiltiness , nor the dark , frowning waves of God's holy law , but into ...
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... comfort to be able to draw out the means of helping her through her necessity . The impatient Christian , or even the patient but faint - hearted Christian , is often inclined to cry out that he hears nothing of his prayers . " While ...
... comfort to be able to draw out the means of helping her through her necessity . The impatient Christian , or even the patient but faint - hearted Christian , is often inclined to cry out that he hears nothing of his prayers . " While ...
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Abel Austin affliction bald-headed sexton Bamborough Castle Banian tree Bernard Gilpin Bible blessed body branch BRINKBURN PRIORY broken Canaan Celts Cheviot Hills Christian churlish corn corncrake dark death DEATH'S VISITS deceived DIVER ears earth EDMUND HAWKER endure enemy eternal everlasting evil faith Father fear feel fire glory God's goodly grace grave green hand happy hath head hear heart heaven heavenly hill holly bush holy hope hour humble James iv Jesus Christ joyful noise kind look Matt mercy mind never night old hovel Old Humphrey oppressed passed peace pearls PHILIP OF MACEDON pilgrim pleasant pointer dog poor praise prayer Redeemer rejoice rest rich Saviour SCOTTISH BORDER Scythians season Sing smutted sorrow soul spirit Teutates thee things Thomas Sternhold thou art thought tongue trouble village walked waters wicked word youth
Popular passages
Page 269 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead...
Page 2 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Page 195 - For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness : all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Page 92 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 107 - As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Page 220 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 50 - OsING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Page 267 - Being, who is infinitely more than an adequate object of all those affections; whom we are commanded to "love with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.
Page 17 - Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Page 262 - PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.