Life Pictures; Or, By-gone Scenes RememberedAmerican Sunday-School Union, 1849 - 227 pages |
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Page 176 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me," even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and...
Page 19 - One family we dwell in Him, One Church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream, of death : One army of the living God, To His command we bow ; Part of His host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now.
Page 179 - If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, Even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day. The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Page 176 - O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. "Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. "Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. "For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. "Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Page 19 - Ten thousand to their endless home This solemn moment fly ; And we are to the margin come, And we expect to die...
Page 181 - Servants obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God...
Page 176 - Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Page 169 - THERE'S not a cheaper thing on earth, Nor yet one half so dear ; 'Tis worth more than distinguished birth, Or thousands gained a year. It lends the day a new delight — 'Tis virtue's firmest shield ; And adds more beauty to the night Than all the stars may yield.
Page 21 - Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
Page 89 - But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.