Children in Heaven; or, Comfort for bereaved parents |
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affliction angels apostacy beautiful behold BELFAST believe beloved beneath bereaved Christian bereaved parents blessed bliss bright celestial CHILDREN IN HEAVEN Christ Christian parents churchyard City of God comfort consolation dark dead death of infants deep delightful disciples dispensations divine divine grace dust dwell dying child earth earthly eloquent eternal everlasting home evil faith Father flowers George Gilfillan George Whitfield glorious glory God's golden happy hath heart heavenly Holy Spirit hope human idols immortal incarnate angels infinitely Jehovah Jeremy Taylor Jesus kingdom of heaven lambs light little children little graves live Lord Lord Byron mercy mortal mother mourning mysteries nature never perish pet lamb piercing precious rapture Recognition in Heaven redeemed resignation resurrection salvation sanctified says scriptural seraphs sinned smiling sorrow soul storm strong Suffer little children sweet tears temporal tender things thou thousands throne tion truth unto voices whilst young youth
Popular passages
Page 105 - And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Page 131 - You run about, my little maid, Your limbs they are alive; If two are in the churchyard laid, Then ye are only five." "Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little maid replied, " Twelve steps or more from my mother's door, And they are side by side.
Page 119 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust : and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, To set them among the princes : and to make them inherit the throne of glory.
Page 130 - That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage Girl : She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad: Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; — Her beauty made me glad. "Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be?" "How many? Seven in all," she said, And wondering looked at me.
Page 131 - My stockings there I often knit, My kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit — I sit and sing to them. And often after sun-set, Sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there. The first that died was little Jane; In bed she moaning lay, Till God released her of her pain ; And then she went away.
Page 95 - Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray : and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me : for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 30 - I have naught that is fair ?" saith he ; "Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves.
Page 72 - What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 85 - Not there ; not there, my child. Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy, Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy ; Dreams cannot picture a world so fair, Sorrow and death may not enter there ; Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom ; For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb, It is there ; it is there, my child.
Page 41 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner, being an hundred years old, shall be accursed.