Memoir of Old Humphrey: With Gleanings from His Portfolio, in Prose and Verse |
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... bless'd . ON A PIOUS SAILOR . Doom'd o'er the watery waste to roam , Full oft he braved the tempest's strife , Till his Redeemer call'd him home , And he was shipwreck'd into life . ON A HUMBLE - MINDED CHRISTIAN . A lowly follower of ...
... bless'd . ON A PIOUS SAILOR . Doom'd o'er the watery waste to roam , Full oft he braved the tempest's strife , Till his Redeemer call'd him home , And he was shipwreck'd into life . ON A HUMBLE - MINDED CHRISTIAN . A lowly follower of ...
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... Bless you all , my little merry hearts ; may you be as free from sin as you are from sorrow ; ' or ejaculates , as a pale - faced woman , habited in black , with a crape bonnet on her head , moves on with a dejected air , May thy Maker ...
... Bless you all , my little merry hearts ; may you be as free from sin as you are from sorrow ; ' or ejaculates , as a pale - faced woman , habited in black , with a crape bonnet on her head , moves on with a dejected air , May thy Maker ...
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... blessings of peace , Christian temper in the lesser things of life in these and kindred themes , he agreeably mingled the useful and the practical with spiritual truths of the highest importance to man . Old Humphrey was , not merely in ...
... blessings of peace , Christian temper in the lesser things of life in these and kindred themes , he agreeably mingled the useful and the practical with spiritual truths of the highest importance to man . Old Humphrey was , not merely in ...
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... in friendly mood to share My kindly thoughts , my blessing , and my prayer . No tyro , I , in trouble's stormy strife ; No stripling in the battle - field of life : Like thee , far - travell'd on my pilgrim way 54 ASSUMES THE NAME OF.
... in friendly mood to share My kindly thoughts , my blessing , and my prayer . No tyro , I , in trouble's stormy strife ; No stripling in the battle - field of life : Like thee , far - travell'd on my pilgrim way 54 ASSUMES THE NAME OF.
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... in writing little children's books - published at a halfpenny or a farthing each . Some of them are equal to anything that came from his pen , and were not without evidence of the Divine bless- ing resting OLD HUMPHREY . 57.
... in writing little children's books - published at a halfpenny or a farthing each . Some of them are equal to anything that came from his pen , and were not without evidence of the Divine bless- ing resting OLD HUMPHREY . 57.
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Page 154 - In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Page 248 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take: The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 307 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Page 185 - Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Page 12 - 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 an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Page 291 - Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
Page 303 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world ; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works.
Page 225 - When in the night I sleepless lie, My soul with heavenly thoughts supply ; Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, No powers of darkness me molest.
Page 214 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice...
Page 117 - And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.