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Page vii
... light around us , to read the book of nature and Providence , in the mere moon - light of the Pagan world ! The gospel , no doubt , discovers what could never have been known without it ; but when its light is shed abroad , it is ...
... light around us , to read the book of nature and Providence , in the mere moon - light of the Pagan world ! The gospel , no doubt , discovers what could never have been known without it ; but when its light is shed abroad , it is ...
Page viii
... light upon the whole path of human life . This world , is not a prison to the soul of man from which his only desire and effort should be to escape : but the temple for the transforming prayer , Thy kingdom come , thy will be done on ...
... light upon the whole path of human life . This world , is not a prison to the soul of man from which his only desire and effort should be to escape : but the temple for the transforming prayer , Thy kingdom come , thy will be done on ...
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... light to our steps , amidst the meanest duties of our earthly path - and the more we have passed " the fur- nace of affliction ; " the more have we been convinced that much of our religious application fails of imitating that divine ...
... light to our steps , amidst the meanest duties of our earthly path - and the more we have passed " the fur- nace of affliction ; " the more have we been convinced that much of our religious application fails of imitating that divine ...
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... sets the fact of their passage in a very striking light , and shows most clearly that God feedeth them in two countries . A house swallow , which had been observed to return for four successive seasons 22 THE FOWLS OF THE AIR .
... sets the fact of their passage in a very striking light , and shows most clearly that God feedeth them in two countries . A house swallow , which had been observed to return for four successive seasons 22 THE FOWLS OF THE AIR .
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... light gold ring , marked with the initials of his three names , I. G. N. , in order that with the return of spring he might be sure if the bird returned to its old nest again . On the 12th of April the bird did indeed return ; and the ...
... light gold ring , marked with the initials of his three names , I. G. N. , in order that with the return of spring he might be sure if the bird returned to its old nest again . On the 12th of April the bird did indeed return ; and the ...
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Page 104 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 86 - Bless the LORD, ye his angels, That excel in strength, that do his commandments, Hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Page 70 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 68 - Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau : for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Page 117 - And he said, This will I do : I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 143 - Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
Page 130 - Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 13 - Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the Gentiles seek : for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 13 - Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying. What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Page 70 - LORD, how are they increased that trouble me ! many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God.