The Christian Pioneer, Volumes 2-5Simpkin, Marshall and Company, 1744 - Baptists |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 2-10
... fears ; Short - lived are its brightest flowers ; Soon its cherished joys decay ; Let me go ; I fain would leave it For the realms of cloudless day . Let me go ; my heart hath tasted Of my Saviour's wondrous grace ; Let me go where I ...
... fears ; Short - lived are its brightest flowers ; Soon its cherished joys decay ; Let me go ; I fain would leave it For the realms of cloudless day . Let me go ; my heart hath tasted Of my Saviour's wondrous grace ; Let me go where I ...
Page 17
... fears , My life's with thee on high . Sweet truth to me . What means my beating heart , To be thus shy of death ; My life and I sha'n't part , Though I resign my breath . Sweet truth to me . Then welcome harmless death , By thee to ...
... fears , My life's with thee on high . Sweet truth to me . What means my beating heart , To be thus shy of death ; My life and I sha'n't part , Though I resign my breath . Sweet truth to me . Then welcome harmless death , By thee to ...
Page 19
... fear the mother would suffer ; and the captain refused to eat any , but left his portion for his suffering family . At length they were reduced to a scanty allowance for twenty - four hours , in the midst of a storm , and one thousand ...
... fear the mother would suffer ; and the captain refused to eat any , but left his portion for his suffering family . At length they were reduced to a scanty allowance for twenty - four hours , in the midst of a storm , and one thousand ...
Page 23
... fear the Pope of Rome : The popes we fear are nearer home . " W. C. W. THE CHILDREN'S CORNER . The Children's Corner . OR THE 23.
... fear the Pope of Rome : The popes we fear are nearer home . " W. C. W. THE CHILDREN'S CORNER . The Children's Corner . OR THE 23.
Page 24
... fear ! And while communion thus we held- My angel - child and me- A glorious vision I beheld No words can tell to thee ; For in a glow of holy light , Far purer than the sun , The future lived before my sight As all the past had done ...
... fear ! And while communion thus we held- My angel - child and me- A glorious vision I beheld No words can tell to thee ; For in a glow of holy light , Far purer than the sun , The future lived before my sight As all the past had done ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ANECDOTES AND SELECTIONS asked atheism believe Bible blessed blood bread called child CHILDREN'S CORNER christian church comfort conscience dear death divine earth England eternal evil eyes Facts faith father fear feel Fireside GEMS give glory God's gospel grace hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven heavenly hell Hints holy Holy Office honour hope hour Inquisition Jesus Christ John Bunyan labour Lamb of God live look Lord mercy mind morning mother never night o'er pain peace pious POETRY poor praise pray prayer prisoner religion replied Resolis rest rich Rome sabbath sabbath school salvation Saviour sinner sins slaughtered band smile soon sorrow soul SPANISH INQUISITION spirit suffer sweet tears tell thee thine things thou thought truth unto wicked wife woman word young
Popular passages
Page 129 - Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Page 108 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green ; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled...
Page 92 - He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His Commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth His Word, in him verily is the love of God perfected : hereby know we that we are in Him. He that saith he abideth in Him, ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked.
Page 125 - An honest man's the noblest work of God;" And certes, in fair virtue's heav'nly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind; What is a lordling's pomp?
Page 85 - ... For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Page 123 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care, And " Let us worship God !
Page 60 - O sweet is the new violet, that comes beneath the skies, And sweeter is the young lamb's voice to me that cannot rise, And sweet is all the land about, and all the flowers that blow, And sweeter far is death than life to me that long to go.
Page 123 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest a.im : Perhaps " Dundee's" wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive
Page 121 - My loved, my honored, much respected friend! No mercenary bard his homage pays; With honest pride, I scorn each selfish end, My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise: To you I sing, in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequestered scene; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways; What Aiken in a cottage would have been; Ah!
Page 124 - With Amalek's ungracious progeny; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire; Or Job's pathetic plaint, and wailing cry; Or rapt Isaiah's wild seraphic fire ; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre.