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W. Alexander and Company, 1831 - Quakers - 144 pages

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Page 38 - Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; "knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Page 228 - My best desires are faint and few, I fain would strive for more ; But, when I cry, ' My strength renew,
Page 65 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Page 58 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither (shall) fruit (be) in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and (there shall be) no herd in the stalls: 3:18 "Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 70 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 209 - O thou by whom we come to God— The life, the truth, the way ; The path of prayer thyself hast trod ; Lord, teach us how to pray.
Page 58 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no meat ; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page i - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 228 - Oh make this heart rejoice or ache ; Decide this doubt for me ; And if it be not broken, break, — And heal it if it be.
Page 48 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

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