The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, Volume 7, Parts 37-42; Volume 28John and Charles Mozley, 1869 |
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... Father ; brethren may fail or die , but our great Elder Brother is the more near and precious . All the choicest treasures of early life are then increased , not wasted , by the lapse of years , in the true Christian ; and the prime ...
... Father ; brethren may fail or die , but our great Elder Brother is the more near and precious . All the choicest treasures of early life are then increased , not wasted , by the lapse of years , in the true Christian ; and the prime ...
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... Father , who declared , ' Thou art my Son , this day have I begotten Thee . ' One with us , as He Himself declared , ' In the midst of My brethren will I sing praise unto Thee . ' How far then is this Christ the efficient Spirit of the ...
... Father , who declared , ' Thou art my Son , this day have I begotten Thee . ' One with us , as He Himself declared , ' In the midst of My brethren will I sing praise unto Thee . ' How far then is this Christ the efficient Spirit of the ...
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... father's services , ending by his death before Harfleur - how his eldest brother had died at Agincourt , his second and third at Jargeau , on which day he himself had been made prisoner , when he had to pay £ 20,000 for his ransom , and ...
... father's services , ending by his death before Harfleur - how his eldest brother had died at Agincourt , his second and third at Jargeau , on which day he himself had been made prisoner , when he had to pay £ 20,000 for his ransom , and ...
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... father as my heart can think . And last of all , as heartily and as lovingly as ever father blessed his child on earth , I give you the blessing of our Lord and of me , which of His infinite mercy increase you in all virtue and good ...
... father as my heart can think . And last of all , as heartily and as lovingly as ever father blessed his child on earth , I give you the blessing of our Lord and of me , which of His infinite mercy increase you in all virtue and good ...
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... father would have been fain to see this day ! ' Malcolm flushed to the ears ; somehow Patrick's praise was not as pleasant to him as he would have expected , and he only faltered , ' You know- ' I ken but what Johnnie Swinton brought me ...
... father would have been fain to see this day ! ' Malcolm flushed to the ears ; somehow Patrick's praise was not as pleasant to him as he would have expected , and he only faltered , ' You know- ' I ken but what Johnnie Swinton brought me ...
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Page 431 - Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place." And they gave forth their lots ; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Page 229 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren Daughters; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 325 - Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
Page 546 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair dell or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.
Page 317 - For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
Page 518 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Page 230 - This also we humbly and earnestly beg, that human things may not prejudice such as are divine ; neither that from the unlocking of the gates of sense, and the kindling of a greater natural light, anything of incredulity, or intellectual night, may arise in our minds towards divine mysteries.
Page 463 - Flowers have time before they come to seed, And she is young, and now must sport the while. And sport, Sweet Maid, in season of these years, And learn to gather flowers before they wither; And where the sweetest blossom first appears, Let Love and Youth conduct thy pleasures thither. Lighten forth smiles to clear the clouded air, And calm the tempest which my sighs do raise; Pity and smiles do best become the fair; Pity and smiles must only yield thee praise. Make me to say when all my griefs are...
Page 233 - I cast anchor ; and, thinking to ride safely, the storm followed me with so impetuous violence that it broke a cable, and I lost my anchor ; and, here again, I was exposed to the mercy of the sea, and the gentleness of an element that could neither distinguish things nor persons : and but that He who...
Page 231 - And like th' old Hebrews many years did stray In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last. The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it.