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Page 107
... Herbert was rector from 1630 to 1632 , is about a mile from Salisbury , and is a chapel of ease to Fugglestone , or Fulstone , about two miles distant . The church , which is dedicated to St. An- drew , is very small , being only forty ...
... Herbert was rector from 1630 to 1632 , is about a mile from Salisbury , and is a chapel of ease to Fugglestone , or Fulstone , about two miles distant . The church , which is dedicated to St. An- drew , is very small , being only forty ...
Page 108
... Herbert , parson of Fugglestone and Bemerton , was buried at the north side of the altar , but no monument . ' On ... Herbert . The garden is washed by the stream Wily , from the brink of which is a good view of Salisbury cathedral ...
... Herbert , parson of Fugglestone and Bemerton , was buried at the north side of the altar , but no monument . ' On ... Herbert . The garden is washed by the stream Wily , from the brink of which is a good view of Salisbury cathedral ...
Page 109
... Herbert was shut into Bemerton church , and left alone to toll the bell , according to custom , he stayed so much longer than usual , that his friend Mr. Woodnot looked in at the church - window and saw him lie prostrate on the ground ...
... Herbert was shut into Bemerton church , and left alone to toll the bell , according to custom , he stayed so much longer than usual , that his friend Mr. Woodnot looked in at the church - window and saw him lie prostrate on the ground ...
Page 110
... Herbert wrote " The Country Parson ; " " a book , " says Walton , " full of plain , prudent , and useful rules " -- which was published after his death . The texts of Mr. Herbert's sermons were con- stantly taken from the gospel for the ...
... Herbert wrote " The Country Parson ; " " a book , " says Walton , " full of plain , prudent , and useful rules " -- which was published after his death . The texts of Mr. Herbert's sermons were con- stantly taken from the gospel for the ...
Page 112
... virtuous man , and an old friend of Mr. Herbert's ) read them in his stead . About a month before his death , his friend , Mr. Nicholas Ferrar , hearing of his illness , sent a brother clergyman , Mr. Duncon , to see him , 112 CHURCHES .
... virtuous man , and an old friend of Mr. Herbert's ) read them in his stead . About a month before his death , his friend , Mr. Nicholas Ferrar , hearing of his illness , sent a brother clergyman , Mr. Duncon , to see him , 112 CHURCHES .
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Page 219 - New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray ; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven.
Page 220 - The trivial round, the common task, Would furnish all we ought to ask; Room to deny ourselves ; a road To bring us, daily, nearer God.
Page 222 - Abide with me from morn till eve, for without thee I cannot live; abide with me when night is nigh, for without thee I dare not die.
Page 217 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 82 - SON JESUS CHRIST, hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life ; we humbly beseech Thee, that, as by Thy special grace preventing us, Thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by Thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect...
Page 71 - For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us : — Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Page 223 - GOD, that madest earth and heaven, Darkness and light ; Who the day for toil hast given, For rest the night ; May Thine Angel-guards defend us, Slumber sweet Thy mercy send us, Holy dreams and hopes attend us, This livelong night...
Page 222 - Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take ; Till in the ocean of Thy love We lose ourselves in Heaven above.
Page 159 - The rest it seeks, in seeking dies, And doubts at last, for knowledge, rise. Lovely, lasting peace, appear ; This world itself, if thou art here, Is once again with Eden blest, And man contains it in his breast.
Page 81 - Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple : and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.