The rule of prayer, a devotional commentary on the Lord's prayer, by the author of 'The rule of faith'. |
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... presence of certain evils and the absence of certain virtues , the want of prayer . You see a lower grade of motives , a want of growth and energy and an absence of divine charity . For if its life is a higher life , and by it the soul ...
... presence of certain evils and the absence of certain virtues , the want of prayer . You see a lower grade of motives , a want of growth and energy and an absence of divine charity . For if its life is a higher life , and by it the soul ...
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... presence of certain evils and the absence of certain virtues , the want of prayer . You see a lower grade of motives , a want of growth and energy and an absence of divine charity . For if its life is a higher life , and by it the soul ...
... presence of certain evils and the absence of certain virtues , the want of prayer . You see a lower grade of motives , a want of growth and energy and an absence of divine charity . For if its life is a higher life , and by it the soul ...
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... presence worldly distinctions cease , and under thy influence worldly sorrows are for- gotten . Thou art the balm of the wound- ed mind .... Thou beginnest on earth the temple of heaven . In thee the hosts of angels and blessed spirits ...
... presence worldly distinctions cease , and under thy influence worldly sorrows are for- gotten . Thou art the balm of the wound- ed mind .... Thou beginnest on earth the temple of heaven . In thee the hosts of angels and blessed spirits ...
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... Presence will sus- tain us then . So in their wondrous life , re- moved from sin , and pain , and suffering , re- joicing in the vision of God , fed with the heavenly manna , the saints live in glory , and cease not their worship . And ...
... Presence will sus- tain us then . So in their wondrous life , re- moved from sin , and pain , and suffering , re- joicing in the vision of God , fed with the heavenly manna , the saints live in glory , and cease not their worship . And ...
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... presence of God or make us tell our wants , the Lord's Prayer is the help . He who said When ye pray , ' knew what He meant , knew what would be the struggle of the spiritual man often and often , knew how the soul would lie waiting for ...
... presence of God or make us tell our wants , the Lord's Prayer is the help . He who said When ye pray , ' knew what He meant , knew what would be the struggle of the spiritual man often and often , knew how the soul would lie waiting for ...
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Page 143 - And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was.
Page 18 - There are in this loud stunning tide Of human care and crime, With whom the melodies abide Of th' everlasting chime ; Who carry music in their heart Through dusky lane and wrangling mart, Plying their daily task with busier feet, Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat.
Page 97 - O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Page 48 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 29 - My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Page 49 - O thou by whom we come to God— The life, the truth, the way ; The path of prayer thyself hast trod ; Lord, teach us how to pray.
Page 159 - LORD, how happy should we be ^-^ If we could cast our care- on Thee, If we from self could rest ; And feel at heart that One above In perfect wisdom, perfect love, Is working for the best.
Page 82 - If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us : but, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Page 107 - And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled...
Page 29 - Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to Thy cross I cling; ' Naked, come to Thee for dress, Helpless, look to Thee for grace; Foul, I to the fountain fly; Wash me, Saviour, or I die.