The Prayers of the Church. A Connected Series of Reflections on the LiturgyR. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1838 - 247 pages |
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... , when they " have not any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun ; " - they think they would be satisfied with the Lord as their por- tion after death , when all this world's allure- ments 36 REFLECTIONS.
... , when they " have not any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun ; " - they think they would be satisfied with the Lord as their por- tion after death , when all this world's allure- ments 36 REFLECTIONS.
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tion after death , when all this world's allure- ments are passed away ; but oh how small a number take him for their portion in this life ! how few make him the focus where every ray of affection concentrates ! Let the young , the ...
tion after death , when all this world's allure- ments are passed away ; but oh how small a number take him for their portion in this life ! how few make him the focus where every ray of affection concentrates ! Let the young , the ...
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... death of a sinner , but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live ; Once more we are reminded of our elder brother . Jesus is gone to his Father and to our Father , his God and our God ; and it is only as the Father of our ...
... death of a sinner , but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live ; Once more we are reminded of our elder brother . Jesus is gone to his Father and to our Father , his God and our God ; and it is only as the Father of our ...
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... death bed , " Oh what a blessed thing it is to lose one's will ; since I have lost my will I have found happiness . " Few comparatively , do perfectly attain to this blessed frame of mind while in the flesh , but it is the privilege of ...
... death bed , " Oh what a blessed thing it is to lose one's will ; since I have lost my will I have found happiness . " Few comparatively , do perfectly attain to this blessed frame of mind while in the flesh , but it is the privilege of ...
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... death , that " if of all to - morrows , " should come , and find them sleeping . " Forty years long was k grieved with this gene- ration , What a declaration from the mighty God ! and how inexplicable must this sentence be , to those ...
... death , that " if of all to - morrows , " should come , and find them sleeping . " Forty years long was k grieved with this gene- ration , What a declaration from the mighty God ! and how inexplicable must this sentence be , to those ...
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Page 84 - NOT UNTO us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Page 174 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 205 - And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord to deliver thee.
Page 118 - Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, Spare Thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, That the heathen should rule over them : Wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God...
Page 160 - The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us : that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
Page 211 - Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Page 203 - Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry ; Hold not thy peace at my tears : For I am a stranger with thee, And a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Page 75 - This is the catholic faith : which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved.
Page 127 - I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Page 203 - For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up ; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.