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... Mary , " in the winter wild , " was He by whom this visible earth and sun and moon and stars were made , and " without whom was not anything made that was made . " 3 All that we call " Nature " is His . It was " His star in the East ...
... Mary , " in the winter wild , " was He by whom this visible earth and sun and moon and stars were made , and " without whom was not anything made that was made . " 3 All that we call " Nature " is His . It was " His star in the East ...
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... Mary the Virgin , on February 2d ; and the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on March 25th . The Transfiguration of Christ on August 6th , though a feast of our Lord , can scarcely be said to depend on the date of Christ's birth ...
... Mary the Virgin , on February 2d ; and the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on March 25th . The Transfiguration of Christ on August 6th , though a feast of our Lord , can scarcely be said to depend on the date of Christ's birth ...
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... Mary the Virgin " ( Feb. 2d ) was first known , both in the West and in the East , by the Greek name , " Hypapante " or " The Meeting , " that is , the meeting of Simeon and Anna with Mary and her Child in the Temple.1 This event , like ...
... Mary the Virgin " ( Feb. 2d ) was first known , both in the West and in the East , by the Greek name , " Hypapante " or " The Meeting , " that is , the meeting of Simeon and Anna with Mary and her Child in the Temple.1 This event , like ...
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... Mary bore The presence - token of the Incarnate Son . " -Keble , Lyra Apostolica . Another feast of our Lord is the Transfiguration ( August 6th ) . In the present English calendar by an unaccountable omission of the revisers , this has ...
... Mary bore The presence - token of the Incarnate Son . " -Keble , Lyra Apostolica . Another feast of our Lord is the Transfiguration ( August 6th ) . In the present English calendar by an unaccountable omission of the revisers , this has ...
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... Mary ( the true feast of the Incarnation ) , and The Pres- entation of Christ in the Temple , commonly called The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin , may be regarded in a double capacity as the commemorations of her who was declared ...
... Mary ( the true feast of the Incarnation ) , and The Pres- entation of Christ in the Temple , commonly called The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin , may be regarded in a double capacity as the commemorations of her who was declared ...
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Page 82 - THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name ; evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory : Glory be to thee, 0 Lord Most High.
Page 86 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us, that succour want? How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant? They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward: O ! why should heavenly God to men have such regard?
Page 124 - Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Page 39 - It is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church — Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.
Page 70 - WHEN God of old came down from Heaven, In power and wrath He came ; Before His feet the clouds were riven, Half darkness and half flame. Around the trembling mountain's base The prostrate people lay ; A day of wrath, and not of grace ; A dim and dreadful day.
Page 38 - Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation. In the name of the holy Scripture we do understand those canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose authority was never any doubt in the Church.
Page 118 - AT length the worst is o'er, and Thou art laid Deep in Thy darksome bed ; All still and cold beneath yon dreary stone Thy sacred form is gone ; Around those lips where power and mercy hung, The dews of death have clung ; The dull earth o'er Thee, and Thy foes around, Thou sleep'st a silent corse, in funeral fetters wound.
Page 122 - O God, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that Thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them.
Page 22 - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Page 115 - Lamb's high feast we sing Praise to our victorious King, Who hath washed us in the tide Flowing from His pierced side ; Praise we Him, Whose love divine Gives His sacred blood for wine, Gives His body for the feast, Christ the victim, Christ the priest.