Voices from the Silent Land: Or, Leaves of Consolation for the Afflicted |
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... meet , bear , and wisely use all such chastenings for our spiritual advancement . Our literature , too , contains much prose and poetry addressed to the heart stricken , desponding , and des- olate , who , in times of bereavement , love.
... meet , bear , and wisely use all such chastenings for our spiritual advancement . Our literature , too , contains much prose and poetry addressed to the heart stricken , desponding , and des- olate , who , in times of bereavement , love.
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... meet , Men bow themselves to die . The old man at his door , The unweaned child , murmuring his wordless song , The bondman and the free , the rich , the poor , All - all to death belong ! The sunlight gilds the walls Of kingly ...
... meet , Men bow themselves to die . The old man at his door , The unweaned child , murmuring his wordless song , The bondman and the free , the rich , the poor , All - all to death belong ! The sunlight gilds the walls Of kingly ...
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... art where billows foam ; - Thou art where music melts upon the air ; Thou art around us in our peaceful home ; And the world calls us forth and thou art there . 20 WHAT IS DEATH ? Thou art where friend meets THE HOUR OF DEATH . 19.
... art where billows foam ; - Thou art where music melts upon the air ; Thou art around us in our peaceful home ; And the world calls us forth and thou art there . 20 WHAT IS DEATH ? Thou art where friend meets THE HOUR OF DEATH . 19.
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... meets friend , Beneath the shadow of the elm to rest ; Thou art where foe meets foe , and trumpets rend The skies , and swords beat down the princely crest . Leaves have their time to fall , And flowers to wither at the north wind's ...
... meets friend , Beneath the shadow of the elm to rest ; Thou art where foe meets foe , and trumpets rend The skies , and swords beat down the princely crest . Leaves have their time to fall , And flowers to wither at the north wind's ...
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... Meets yours no more in sadness or in mirth . Was he not fair amidst the sons of earth The beings born to die ? But not where death has power may love be blessed . Come near , and bear ye the beloved to rest . How may the mother's heart ...
... Meets yours no more in sadness or in mirth . Was he not fair amidst the sons of earth The beings born to die ? But not where death has power may love be blessed . Come near , and bear ye the beloved to rest . How may the mother's heart ...
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affliction ANDREWS NORTON angels bear beauty behold beloved BERNARD BARTON better blessed blest bosom breast breath bright brow cheerful child Christ Christian comfort consolation dark dead dear death didst divine grace doth dust dwell earth earthly ELIZA COOK ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING eternity evil eyes faith Father fear flowers forever giveth gloom glory God's grave grief hand happy hast lost thy hath heaven heavenly holy hope immortal Jesus life's light living look Lord MADAME GUYON mercy mortal mother Mount of Olives mourn N. P. WILLIS never night o'er pain passed peace praise prayer rejoice rest resurrection rocky steps saints Savior shalt shining bands sigh silent land SIMON DACH sing sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit stars stranger band suffering sweet tears tender thee thine things thou art thought tomb trouble unto voice weary weep WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT wilt
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Page 256 - While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 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 256 - In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying place. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Page 18 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 160 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 54 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.
Page 155 - Although my house be not so with God; yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although He make it not to grow.
Page 26 - We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. " ' So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. " ' Our very hopes belied our fears ; Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. " ' For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed ; — she had Another morn...
Page 84 - FRIEND after friend departs ; Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts, That finds not here an end : Were this frail world our only rest, Living or dying none were blest.
Page 236 - For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Page 26 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.