The Leisure Hour Improved, Or, Moral Miscellanies in Prose and VerseLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1811 - 192 pages |
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... Person in Sickness Gisborne 118 . The Hour of Peace ib . 119 Charity 120 Hymn to the Creator 121 Morning Hymn 123 Evening Hymn 124 Hymn for Sunday Schools .. " When Judah's , & c . ---- Another . " Daughter , & e .. 125 126 Another ...
... Person in Sickness Gisborne 118 . The Hour of Peace ib . 119 Charity 120 Hymn to the Creator 121 Morning Hymn 123 Evening Hymn 124 Hymn for Sunday Schools .. " When Judah's , & c . ---- Another . " Daughter , & e .. 125 126 Another ...
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... Person in Sickness Gisborne 118 The Hour of Peace ib . 119 Charity 120 Hymn to the Creator 121 Morning Hymn . 123 Evening Hymn 124 Hymn for Sunday Schools .. " When Judah's , & c . 125 Another . " Daughter , & e .. 126 Another . " As ...
... Person in Sickness Gisborne 118 The Hour of Peace ib . 119 Charity 120 Hymn to the Creator 121 Morning Hymn . 123 Evening Hymn 124 Hymn for Sunday Schools .. " When Judah's , & c . 125 Another . " Daughter , & e .. 126 Another . " As ...
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... persons , " says Dr. Watts , " who never arrive at any deep , solid , or valuable knowledge , in any science or business of life , because they are per- petually fluttering over the surface of things , in endless search of variety ...
... persons , " says Dr. Watts , " who never arrive at any deep , solid , or valuable knowledge , in any science or business of life , because they are per- petually fluttering over the surface of things , in endless search of variety ...
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... persons in elevated situations , but this is merely external ; genuine respect and esteem are due only to merit . fortune has concurred with virtue in raising a man to eminence , he commands a double empire : but never suffer the mere ...
... persons in elevated situations , but this is merely external ; genuine respect and esteem are due only to merit . fortune has concurred with virtue in raising a man to eminence , he commands a double empire : but never suffer the mere ...
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... persons , instead of being taught to consider the present life as a state of serious trial , where much is to be endured and much to be forborne , should be flattered with the destructive imagination that its great end is 38.
... persons , instead of being taught to consider the present life as a state of serious trial , where much is to be endured and much to be forborne , should be flattered with the destructive imagination that its great end is 38.
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Page 32 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof : an image was before mine eyes ; there was silence, and I heard a voice...
Page 77 - Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight : but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Page 156 - 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 66 - Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land ; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
Page 16 - To give an early preference to honour above gain when they stand in competition to despise every advantage which cannot be attained without dishonest arts to brook no meanness and to stoop to no dissimulation are the indications of a great mind the presages of future eminence and usefulness in life.
Page 27 - O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast, With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee, great God ! we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end...
Page 77 - It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, And to sing praises unto Thy name, O most High : To shew forth Thy lovingkindness in the morning, And Thy faithfulness every night.
Page 143 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 171 - WEAK and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. The bow well bent, and smart the spring. Vice seems already slain ; But Passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again.
Page 120 - Thee, self-abased in mortal guise, And wrapt in shades of death for me. 2 On thee my waking raptures dwell, When crimson gleams the east adorn, Thee, victor of the grave and hell, Thee, source of life's eternal morn. 3 When noon her throne in light arrays, To thee my soul triumphant springs ; Thee, throned in glory's endless blaze, Thee, Lord of lords, and King of kings. 4 O'er earth, when shades of evening steal, To death and thee my thoughts I give ; To death, whose power I soon must feel, To thee,...