Hymns and Poems for the Sick and SufferingThomas Vincent Fosbery |
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... when other objects were excluded , he turned to God . And ever , with restored health or recovered spirits , he went back again to his idol worship : and so he has lost the blessing of these visitations , and grieved the ( 13 )
... when other objects were excluded , he turned to God . And ever , with restored health or recovered spirits , he went back again to his idol worship : and so he has lost the blessing of these visitations , and grieved the ( 13 )
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Thomas Vincent Fosbery. lost the blessing of these visitations , and grieved the Holy Spirit , who would have wrought in the midst of them . Once more , now - and perhaps for the last time - God has come to him with the merciful se ...
Thomas Vincent Fosbery. lost the blessing of these visitations , and grieved the Holy Spirit , who would have wrought in the midst of them . Once more , now - and perhaps for the last time - God has come to him with the merciful se ...
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... visitation should not be recognized . So much has already been done for him by God , which he has never acknowledged , so many calls to repentance have been slighted ; his heart has grown so hard , his alienation from God so confirmed ...
... visitation should not be recognized . So much has already been done for him by God , which he has never acknowledged , so many calls to repentance have been slighted ; his heart has grown so hard , his alienation from God so confirmed ...
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... visitations come in vain . Some persons are quite lost in the mere sense of pain or grief . The severity of physical suffering , the rest- lessness of its fever , the consciousness of danger which it brings , the hurry of spirit which ...
... visitations come in vain . Some persons are quite lost in the mere sense of pain or grief . The severity of physical suffering , the rest- lessness of its fever , the consciousness of danger which it brings , the hurry of spirit which ...
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... visitation as cruel and unjust , and even as it were a personal unkind- ness . Nor are there wanting those who receive affliction with a strange sort of satisfaction , almost as if it had , —what of course none of our sufferings ever ...
... visitation as cruel and unjust , and even as it were a personal unkind- ness . Nor are there wanting those who receive affliction with a strange sort of satisfaction , almost as if it had , —what of course none of our sufferings ever ...
Common terms and phrases
abide affliction Almighty Amen beloved beseech Thee BISHOP KEN bitter blessed blest bliss breath bright calm canst child Church clouds comfort Communion of Saints dark death divine doth dust dwell earth earthly Edition eternal everlasting evermore eyes faith Father fear flowers foes FRANCIS QUARLES GEORGE HERBERT give glorious glory God the Father God's grief H. F. LYTE hath hear heart Heaven heavenly HENRY VAUGHAN Holy Ghost Holy Spirit hope hopes and fears hour humble HYMN Jesus Christ light live look night o'er pain peace praise pray prayer PSALM R. C. TRENCH rejoice rest rise RIVINGTONS sacred saints Saviour shalt shine sickness sing sins sleep Soon-and sorrow soul spirit strength suffering sweet tears thine things Thou art Thou hast Thou wilt thoughts throne thy grace thy love thy mercy Thy servant trust voice WATERLOO PLACE weary weep wholly unto wings word
Popular passages
Page 158 - Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart. Thy blessed unction from above Is comfort, life, and fire of love.
Page 203 - SOMETIMES a light surprises The Christian while he sings; It is the Lord who rises With healing in his wings; When comforts are declining, He grants the soul again, A season of clear shining, To cheer it after rain.
Page 263 - What would we give to our beloved ? The hero's heart to be unmoved, The poet's star-tuned harp to sweep, The patriot's voice to teach and rouse, The monarch's crown to light the brows,— He giveth his beloved sleep...
Page 213 - Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with Thee my heart to share ? Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone, The Lord of every motion there ! Then shall my heart from earth be free, When it hath found repose in Thee.
Page 18 - All may of Thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture (for Thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and th
Page 224 - And now in age I bud again, After so many deaths I live and write ; I once more smell the dew and rain, And relish versing : O my only Light ! — It cannot be That I am he On whom Thy tempests fell all night.
Page 318 - I ask Thee for the daily strength To none that ask denied, And a mind to blend with outward life, While keeping at Thy side ; Content to fill a little space, If Thou be glorified.
Page 23 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Page 14 - Have you no words ? Ah ! think again, Words flow apace when you complain, And fill your fellow-creature's ear With the sad tale of all your care. Were half the breath thus vainly spent To Heaven in supplication sent, Your cheerful song would oftener be, " Hear what the Lord has done for me.
Page 100 - Tis my happiness below Not to live without the cross, But the Saviour's power to know, Sanctifying every loss. Trials must and will befall ; But with humble faith to see Love inscribed upon them all — This is happiness to me.