The Only Way OutO.L. Younger, 1906 - 336 pages |
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Page 10 - Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou madest Life in man and brute; Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made.
Page 289 - One adequate support For the calamities of mortal life Exists — one only; an assured belief That the procession of our fate, howe'er Sad or disturbed, is ordered by a Being Of infinite benevolence and power; Whose everlasting purposes embrace All accidents, converting them to good.
Page 10 - We have but faith: we cannot know, For knowledge is of things we see; And yet we trust it comes from thee, A beam in darkness: let it grow.
Page 284 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.
Page 306 - How beautiful it is to be alive. Not to forget, when pain and grief draw nigh, Into the ocean of time past to dive For memories of God's mercies, or to try To bear all sweetly, hoping still to cry " How beautiful it is to be alive...
Page 265 - He shall feed His flock like a shepherd : He shall gather the lambs with His arms, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Page 277 - And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words that proceeded out of his mouth.
Page 231 - He that wavereth or doubteth is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
Page 3 - Birds of the Rockies tells me just what I want to know about the Western birds, — their place in the landscape and in the season, and how they agree with and differ from our Eastern species. Mr. Keyser belongs to the noble order of walkers and trampers, and is a true observer and bird-lover. Florence Merriam's (now Mrs. Bailey) books on Western bird life and Mr. Frank M. Chapman's various publications, apart from their strict scientific value, afford a genuine pleasure to all nature - lovers. Mr....
Page 293 - He that humbleth himself shall be exalted; but he that exalteth himself shall be abased.