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... spirits , to watch over the weary steps of their earthly guides , and to teach those who were once their teachers : " How changed , dear friend , are thy part and thy child's ! He bends over thy cradle now , or holds His warning finger ...
... spirits , to watch over the weary steps of their earthly guides , and to teach those who were once their teachers : " How changed , dear friend , are thy part and thy child's ! He bends over thy cradle now , or holds His warning finger ...
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... SPIRITS , 166 THE WINTER BURIAL , 167 A MOTHER'S LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF HER SON , 168 THE INFANT SPIRIT'S PRAYER , 169 A MEMORY , 171 THE CROCUS , 172 A DIRGE , 173 TO A BEREAVED FATHER , 174 THE DEATH LULLABY , 175 THE ALPINE SHEEP ...
... SPIRITS , 166 THE WINTER BURIAL , 167 A MOTHER'S LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF HER SON , 168 THE INFANT SPIRIT'S PRAYER , 169 A MEMORY , 171 THE CROCUS , 172 A DIRGE , 173 TO A BEREAVED FATHER , 174 THE DEATH LULLABY , 175 THE ALPINE SHEEP ...
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... spirit . And on the other hand , those who are saved , it is de- clared expressly , in Scripture , are saved only through the mediation of Jesus , by reason of the transcendent goodness that gave Christ to die for the sins of mankind ...
... spirit . And on the other hand , those who are saved , it is de- clared expressly , in Scripture , are saved only through the mediation of Jesus , by reason of the transcendent goodness that gave Christ to die for the sins of mankind ...
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... spirit- ual safety , did not cloud his assurance of the safety of this babe . He believed he should meet him in that purer and better land whither he had gone before him . * The passage is quoted in full on p . 33 . Of Such is the ...
... spirit- ual safety , did not cloud his assurance of the safety of this babe . He believed he should meet him in that purer and better land whither he had gone before him . * The passage is quoted in full on p . 33 . Of Such is the ...
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... spirits are in heaven ! " ' T was throwing words away : for still The little maid would have her will , And said ... Spirit of grace , be ever nigh : Thy comforts are not made to die . See gentle patience smile on pain , Till dying ...
... spirits are in heaven ! " ' T was throwing words away : for still The little maid would have her will , And said ... Spirit of grace , be ever nigh : Thy comforts are not made to die . See gentle patience smile on pain , Till dying ...
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Page 29 - THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between.
Page 86 - There is no Death ! What seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death. She is not dead, — the child of our affection, — But gone unto that school Where she no longer needs our poor protection, And Christ himself doth rule.
Page 225 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form ; Then have I reason to be fond of grief.
Page 30 - Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear.
Page 26 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 34 - But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 28 - But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Page 34 - A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Page 42 - ... -A SIMPLE Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death?
Page 45 - So in the church-yard she was laid ; And, when the grass was dry,* Together round her grave we played, My brother John and I. And when the ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side." " How many are you, then," said I, " If they two are in heaven ?" Quick was the little Maid's reply,