Jairus; or, The home missionary |
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... night came round , or rosy morn Unbarr'd the gates of day , incense might rise Of holy prayer and fervent praise to God . " Now , fear of a refusal , on the part of his pa- rents , or , at most , a cold and unfeeling assent to his ...
... night came round , or rosy morn Unbarr'd the gates of day , incense might rise Of holy prayer and fervent praise to God . " Now , fear of a refusal , on the part of his pa- rents , or , at most , a cold and unfeeling assent to his ...
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... night , he had , even with tears , sought their salvation . Unspotted morality , even to conduct wholly unimpeachable , characterized the entire family . Indeed , nothing was more abhorrent from their feelings than injustice or ...
... night , he had , even with tears , sought their salvation . Unspotted morality , even to conduct wholly unimpeachable , characterized the entire family . Indeed , nothing was more abhorrent from their feelings than injustice or ...
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... night - quadrant which lay near him , and on his looking through it , the whole visible atmosphere presented him with a most awful ap- pearance . A lurid fiery sheet seemed to cover the heavens , excepting , here and there , a huge ...
... night - quadrant which lay near him , and on his looking through it , the whole visible atmosphere presented him with a most awful ap- pearance . A lurid fiery sheet seemed to cover the heavens , excepting , here and there , a huge ...
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... nights . Inflated with vanity , by the ap- plouse which this received , he wrote , and pre- sented to the same person , a musical after - piece in two acts , intending , by this means , to make way for his larger pieces , two or three ...
... nights . Inflated with vanity , by the ap- plouse which this received , he wrote , and pre- sented to the same person , a musical after - piece in two acts , intending , by this means , to make way for his larger pieces , two or three ...
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... night contracted the circle of vision , and every moment rendered the face of nature and the habitations of man in- creasingly indistinct , when the time , the half- dreaded time , came for Jairus to mix with the society of those who ...
... night contracted the circle of vision , and every moment rendered the face of nature and the habitations of man in- creasingly indistinct , when the time , the half- dreaded time , came for Jairus to mix with the society of those who ...
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Popular passages
Page 140 - God, Who from his altar call ; Extol the stem of Jesse's rod, And crown him Lord of all...
Page 158 - Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low : and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together ; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 167 - And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Page 180 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth...
Page 79 - And what is this?— Survey the wondrous cure, And at each step let higher wonder rise! " Pardon for infinite offence! and pardon Through means that speak its value infinite! A pardon bought with blood! with blood divine!
Page 174 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 218 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both ahull be alike good.
Page 181 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Page 135 - Come then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! It was thine By ancient covenant ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
Page 142 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.