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... give yourselves the wholesome trouble of reading a book somewhat above your comprehension . All that I can tell you now is , that Ken was a most devoted ser- vant of God , and a most ardent lover of Christ our Lord , very zealous in ...
... give yourselves the wholesome trouble of reading a book somewhat above your comprehension . All that I can tell you now is , that Ken was a most devoted ser- vant of God , and a most ardent lover of Christ our Lord , very zealous in ...
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... gives us . " " Quite right , Eliza , " said Sophia ; " and to improve ' our talent is to make good use of it just as we sometimes say , ' I must improve this opportunity , ' when we mean , ' I must make the best use I can of it . ' The ...
... gives us . " " Quite right , Eliza , " said Sophia ; " and to improve ' our talent is to make good use of it just as we sometimes say , ' I must improve this opportunity , ' when we mean , ' I must make the best use I can of it . ' The ...
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... give , Lord , it is not death to die . * But , Sophia , I want to know , don't you think it is almost wrong to say , ' O , may I never more do ill ? ' Because you know as long as we live we shall sometimes do wrong things - things that ...
... give , Lord , it is not death to die . * But , Sophia , I want to know , don't you think it is almost wrong to say , ' O , may I never more do ill ? ' Because you know as long as we live we shall sometimes do wrong things - things that ...
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... give you grace to study this hymn often by yourselves , and to have a clear understanding of it , and many good and pleasant thoughts of your own upon the subject . My principal object in ex- plaining some of these verses to you has ...
... give you grace to study this hymn often by yourselves , and to have a clear understanding of it , and many good and pleasant thoughts of your own upon the subject . My principal object in ex- plaining some of these verses to you has ...
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... Give me a place at Thy saints ' feet , Or some fall'n angel's vacant seat , — I'll strive to sing as loud as they Who sit above in brighter day . " Oh ! may I always ready stand With my lamp burning in my hand ; May I in sight of Heaven ...
... Give me a place at Thy saints ' feet , Or some fall'n angel's vacant seat , — I'll strive to sing as loud as they Who sit above in brighter day . " Oh ! may I always ready stand With my lamp burning in my hand ; May I in sight of Heaven ...
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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.