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... seek after me , that Thou didst wait , Wet with unhealthy dews , before my gate , And pass the gloomy nights of winter there ? Oh , strange delusion ! that I did not greet Thy blest approach , and oh , to Heaven how lost , If my ...
... seek after me , that Thou didst wait , Wet with unhealthy dews , before my gate , And pass the gloomy nights of winter there ? Oh , strange delusion ! that I did not greet Thy blest approach , and oh , to Heaven how lost , If my ...
Page 35
... seek to know it , while above The tempest and the waters ' angriest roar Are heard the voices of almighty love- So we shall find none dreary nor forlorn . Whither we go we know not , but we know That if we keep our faces surely set ...
... seek to know it , while above The tempest and the waters ' angriest roar Are heard the voices of almighty love- So we shall find none dreary nor forlorn . Whither we go we know not , but we know That if we keep our faces surely set ...
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... comfort , travel - sore and weak ? Of labour you shall find the sum . Will there be beds for me and all who seek ? Yea , beds for all who come . CHRISTINA ROSSETTI . THE Lord is my shepherd ; -I shall not want 44 FEBRUARY 13 .
... comfort , travel - sore and weak ? Of labour you shall find the sum . Will there be beds for me and all who seek ? Yea , beds for all who come . CHRISTINA ROSSETTI . THE Lord is my shepherd ; -I shall not want 44 FEBRUARY 13 .
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... Seek we no more ; content with these Let present rapture , comfort , ease , As heaven shall bid them , come and go ; The secret this of rest below . Only , O Lord , in Thy dear love , Fit us for perfect rest above ; And help us , this ...
... Seek we no more ; content with these Let present rapture , comfort , ease , As heaven shall bid them , come and go ; The secret this of rest below . Only , O Lord , in Thy dear love , Fit us for perfect rest above ; And help us , this ...
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... seek to separate it from earth , you will say that heaven and earth are one , even as the way and the goal are one . Tell us not that the earth is of clay . The earth is of God . God created it as the medium through which we may ascend ...
... seek to separate it from earth , you will say that heaven and earth are one , even as the way and the goal are one . Tell us not that the earth is of clay . The earth is of God . God created it as the medium through which we may ascend ...
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ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER angels ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH beauty behold believe Blessed canst children of men Christ Christian cloud cometh conscience darkness death divine dost doth dwell earth ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING eternal evil eyes faith Father fear feet flowers give giveth glorious glory God's grace hand hath hear heard heart heaven heavenly HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW holy hope human JAMES RUSSELL Lowell Jesus JOHN BRIGHT JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER JOHN MILTON labour land light live look mercy mighty mind nations never night o'er peace perfect praise pray prayer PSALM rejoice religion rest RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH righteousness saith say unto servant sheep shine silent sing sleep song sorrow soul spirit strength strong sweet thine things thou art Thou hast thou shalt thought throne thyself true truth unto the Lord unto thee voice wilt wisdom word
Popular passages
Page 20 - Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints...
Page 135 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 161 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening" mild; then silent night With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Page 239 - Samuel, and of the prophets : who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 262 - Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast : — Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise...
Page 56 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create*, And what perceive...
Page 35 - They mount up to the heaven ; they go down again to the depths ; their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 362 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of GOD, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering : for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind, and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the LORD.
Page 200 - Abide with me ; fast falls the even-tide ; The darkness deepens ; Lord, with me abide ; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
Page 133 - Shall, one by one, be gathered to thy side, By those who in their turn shall follow them.