The village blacksmith; or, Piety and usefulness exemplified in a memoir of the life of Samuel Hick1832 |
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Page 24 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Page 20 - The Father hears Him pray, His dear Anointed One ; He cannot turn away The presence of His Son : His Spirit answers to the blood, And tells me I am born of God. 5 My God is reconciled, His pardoning voice I hear, He owns me for His child, I can no longer fear ; With confidence I now draw nigh, And, Father, Abba, Father, cry ! 599 (212) LMC WESLEY.
Page 42 - God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Page 19 - When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint; Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions : So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than my life.
Page 227 - True pleasures abound in the rapturous sound ; And whoever hath found it, hath paradise found. My Jesus to know, and feel His blood flow, Tis life everlasting, 'tis heaven below.
Page 255 - His angels shall Their golden trumpets sound, At whose most welcome call My grave shall be unbound.
Page 255 - Sweet truth to me, I shall arise, And with these eyes My Saviour see.
Page ix - My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue...
Page 206 - Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.