Both Sides the Border a Hundred Years Ago; Or, Glimpses of Religious Life in the Last Century1858 |
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... Divine Right of Kings , ' that these noble Highlanders determined to encounter such fearful odds . His right are those hills , and his right are these valleys ' - is the clue that unravels the secret cause of the Great Rebellion of '45 ...
... Divine Right of Kings , ' that these noble Highlanders determined to encounter such fearful odds . His right are those hills , and his right are these valleys ' - is the clue that unravels the secret cause of the Great Rebellion of '45 ...
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... Divine love , which was his favourite theme of thought and conversation . And in the rustic dwellings of the surrounding hamlets many were the traditionary stories of the zeal and devotion of the departed minister ; and over the ' ingle ...
... Divine love , which was his favourite theme of thought and conversation . And in the rustic dwellings of the surrounding hamlets many were the traditionary stories of the zeal and devotion of the departed minister ; and over the ' ingle ...
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... divine power , when Gregory Nazianzen preached at Constantinople , and ' his radiant elo- quence alternately awed and melted the vast crowds he drew around him ; ' or when Jerome of Narni , by his fervid appeals , so moved the citizens ...
... divine power , when Gregory Nazianzen preached at Constantinople , and ' his radiant elo- quence alternately awed and melted the vast crowds he drew around him ; ' or when Jerome of Narni , by his fervid appeals , so moved the citizens ...
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... divine hues over this noble expanse of prospect . A large star or two has come out , and , like a quiet , thoughtful , happy eye , is watching the scene . The broad , pale , spectral moon " Has climbed the blue steep of the eastern sky ...
... divine hues over this noble expanse of prospect . A large star or two has come out , and , like a quiet , thoughtful , happy eye , is watching the scene . The broad , pale , spectral moon " Has climbed the blue steep of the eastern sky ...
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... missionary , and other institutions which sprang up simultaneously , as if to reassert the vitality of Gospel principles , and the claims of their Divine Lord to inherit the " whole earth . But the time would fail to tell CHANGES . 83.
... missionary , and other institutions which sprang up simultaneously , as if to reassert the vitality of Gospel principles , and the claims of their Divine Lord to inherit the " whole earth . But the time would fail to tell CHANGES . 83.
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Page 34 - SOLDIER, rest ! thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking; Dream of battled fields no more, Days of danger, nights of waking. In our isle's enchanted hall, Hands unseen thy couch are strewing, Fairy strains of music fall, Every sense in slumber dewing. Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er, Dream of fighting fields no more : Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, Morn of toil, nor night of waking.
Page 133 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side ; Some great cause, God's new Messiah offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever "twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 210 - Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page 88 - The pains of death are past ; Labour and sorrow cease ; And, life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. Soldier of Christ, well done ! Praise be thy new employ ; And while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 127 - Come, ye blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world!
Page 186 - AND is there care in heaven ? And is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is : else much more wretched were the case Of men than beasts. But O ! th...
Page 210 - But ye are come unto Mount Zion ; and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem ; and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven ; and to God, the Judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect...
Page 79 - FATHER, I know that all my life Is portioned out for me, And the changes that are sure to come, I do not fear to see ; But I ask Thee for a present mind Intent on pleasing Thee.
Page 100 - Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Page 205 - FRIEND after friend departs : Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts, That finds not here an end : Were this frail world our only rest, Living or dying, none were blest.