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Page 36
... body after natural rest . Sleep , which seemed to be an evil and a waste of time , is shown to be a gain , something without which the body could not grow nor develope itself . Neither could the soul without death - That which thou ...
... body after natural rest . Sleep , which seemed to be an evil and a waste of time , is shown to be a gain , something without which the body could not grow nor develope itself . Neither could the soul without death - That which thou ...
Page 37
... body sleeps , does not fly away to Heaven to sing praises , and adore the beauty and goodness of God . I confess I do not quite understand those two verses . The one which follows them , however , is plain enough ; it expresses the same ...
... body sleeps , does not fly away to Heaven to sing praises , and adore the beauty and goodness of God . I confess I do not quite understand those two verses . The one which follows them , however , is plain enough ; it expresses the same ...
Page 39
... body , soul , and spirit should be devoted to God as an offering of praise and thanksgiving ; and as it was ... bodies a living sacri- fice to Him , unless we wish Him to reject us at the last day . There is no middle course . The Bible ...
... body , soul , and spirit should be devoted to God as an offering of praise and thanksgiving ; and as it was ... bodies a living sacri- fice to Him , unless we wish Him to reject us at the last day . There is no middle course . The Bible ...
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... body . And very very painful it was to many a thought- ful and good man in those old times , to feel him- self to be in such darkness with regard to the most important of all matters . " The world , before our Saviour came , was indeed ...
... body . And very very painful it was to many a thought- ful and good man in those old times , to feel him- self to be in such darkness with regard to the most important of all matters . " The world , before our Saviour came , was indeed ...
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... body of Christians , the great family which we call the Church . So long as we live only to serve and please ourselves , as if we were so many ' islands , ' having no connexion one with another , we are selfish and unchristian . But ...
... body of Christians , the great family which we call the Church . So long as we live only to serve and please ourselves , as if we were so many ' islands , ' having no connexion one with another , we are selfish and unchristian . But ...
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Page 31 - Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Page 4 - Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, And with the angels bear thy part, Who all night long unwearied sing High praise to the eternal King.
Page 98 - All may of thee partake; Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture, 'for thy sake,' Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine.
Page 4 - I wake, I wake, ye heavenly choir ; May your devotion me inspire ; That I, like you, my age may spend, Like you may on my God attend.
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Page 31 - Forgive, me, LORD, for Thy dear SON, The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world, myself, and Thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
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Page 3 - AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run ; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise To pay thy morning sacrifice.