The Religious Souvenir: A Christmas, New Year's and Birth Day PresentKey, Mielke and Biddle, 1832 - Gift books |
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... heaven assign'd ? Why , when form'd to exist in a happier sphere , Should we bury our expectations here , And vainly seek for substantial good In a world of unceasing vicissitude ? What is thy hope ? Will it stand the test Of nature's ...
... heaven assign'd ? Why , when form'd to exist in a happier sphere , Should we bury our expectations here , And vainly seek for substantial good In a world of unceasing vicissitude ? What is thy hope ? Will it stand the test Of nature's ...
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... heaven . ' My mother , oh ! my mother , o'er thy bier , There's none who knew thee , but will drop a tear . Say , when disease had fastened on thy frame , Was I remembered - didst thou call the name Of him who then was from thee far ...
... heaven . ' My mother , oh ! my mother , o'er thy bier , There's none who knew thee , but will drop a tear . Say , when disease had fastened on thy frame , Was I remembered - didst thou call the name Of him who then was from thee far ...
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... heaven has sealed thy everlasting peace : Still must I weep ; and more than tongue can tell Do feel , to bid thee , sainted one , farewell . STANTON , VA . E. B. NIGHT . The glittering stars , By the deep ear 58 RELIGIOUS SOUVENIR .
... heaven has sealed thy everlasting peace : Still must I weep ; and more than tongue can tell Do feel , to bid thee , sainted one , farewell . STANTON , VA . E. B. NIGHT . The glittering stars , By the deep ear 58 RELIGIOUS SOUVENIR .
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... heaven . Are they the dwelling place of those Who here on earth have trod , The path which , through contempt and woes , Conducts the saints to God ? - And look ye from those radiant spheres , Those golden 59 Night 9.
... heaven . Are they the dwelling place of those Who here on earth have trod , The path which , through contempt and woes , Conducts the saints to God ? - And look ye from those radiant spheres , Those golden 59 Night 9.
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... heaven , I might have been permitted to have held on my way without meeting the evils which have befallen us ; but I proved unfaithful to him , became vain in my imagination , and my deceitful heart led me astray . He has , by the ...
... heaven , I might have been permitted to have held on my way without meeting the evils which have befallen us ; but I proved unfaithful to him , became vain in my imagination , and my deceitful heart led me astray . He has , by the ...
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Page 285 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 268 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the babe wrapped...
Page 104 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Page 76 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Page 98 - The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Page 104 - Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee.
Page 187 - Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
Page 187 - And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her : and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
Page 87 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 73 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.