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... death and rescued from thraldom , that nothing , we should have said , no lapse of time , no change of scene , could ever erase the remembrance from their minds or the minds of their children . But He , who knew what was in man ...
... death and rescued from thraldom , that nothing , we should have said , no lapse of time , no change of scene , could ever erase the remembrance from their minds or the minds of their children . But He , who knew what was in man ...
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... death till He come . 66 This do in remembrance of Me . " - LUKE xxii . 19 . O Master of the human heart , Emmanuel , one with us Thou art ; But never closer to our breast Than in Thy tender last behest : " Child of My love , hear thou ...
... death till He come . 66 This do in remembrance of Me . " - LUKE xxii . 19 . O Master of the human heart , Emmanuel , one with us Thou art ; But never closer to our breast Than in Thy tender last behest : " Child of My love , hear thou ...
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... death ; and be in charity with all men . " If then we ask how we shall rightly fulfil this solemn duty of self - examination , our Church further exhorts us " to examine our lives and conversations by the rule of God's commandments ...
... death ; and be in charity with all men . " If then we ask how we shall rightly fulfil this solemn duty of self - examination , our Church further exhorts us " to examine our lives and conversations by the rule of God's commandments ...
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... before Easter . " The Gospel tells how Christ humbled Himself , even to the death of the Cross . The Epistle urges , Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ . Or take " Easter Day . " the story of THE EPISTLES . 53.
... before Easter . " The Gospel tells how Christ humbled Himself , even to the death of the Cross . The Epistle urges , Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ . Or take " Easter Day . " the story of THE EPISTLES . 53.
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... death of the Cross , for us ; how He rose from the dead the same Jesus that died ; how He ascended into the heavens , and there has taken His seat at the right hand of the Father enthroned in glory , till He shall come again to judge ...
... death of the Cross , for us ; how He rose from the dead the same Jesus that died ; how He ascended into the heavens , and there has taken His seat at the right hand of the Father enthroned in glory , till He shall come again to judge ...
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Page 98 - THE Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual ; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone.
Page 154 - Holy, Holy, Holy ! though the darkness hide Thee, Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see, Only Thou art Holy : there is none beside Thee, Perfect in power, in love, and purity. 4 Holy, Holy, Holy ! Lord God Almighty ! All Thy works shall praise Thy name, in earth, and sky, and sea : Holy, Holy, Holy ! merciful and mighty; God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity ! Reginald Heber, 1827.
Page 175 - THE body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life ! Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee ; and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving.
Page 119 - And above all things ye must give most humble and hearty thanks to God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for the redemption of the world by the death and passion of our Saviour Christ, both God and man ; who did humble Himself, even to the death upon the Cross, for us, miserable sinners, who lay in darkness and the shadow of death ; that He might make us the children of God, and exalt us to everlasting life.
Page 202 - High instincts before which our mortal nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised: But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing...
Page 25 - Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do ; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed...
Page 50 - Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind ; Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea, all I need, in Thee to find, O Lamb of God, I come...
Page 170 - Hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech thee; and grant that we receiving these thy creatures of bread and wine, according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ's holy institution, in remembrance of his death and passion, may be partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood...
Page 5 - And he said unto them, Behold ! when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water ; follow him into the house where he entereth in.
Page 87 - Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.