The Village Blacksmith; Or, Piety and Usefulness Exemplified in a Memoir of the Life of Samuel Hick ...Carlton & Porter, 1856 - 352 pages |
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Page 45 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Page 324 - Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Page 65 - 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 311 - WHAT are these arrayed in white, Brighter than the noon-day sun ? Foremost of the sons of light, Nearest the eternal throne ? These are they that bore the cross, Nobly for their Master stood ; Sufferers in his righteous cause, Followers of the dying God.
Page 41 - 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,
Page 39 - 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 19 - My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue...
Page 289 - Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Page 345 - I'll praise my Maker while I've breath, And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers: My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 45 - I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.