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... earth , And , even now , the ages roll away , And I am taken back amid the crowd That hung upon his path in Holy Land . The vision deepens let me write it here : - ' Twas evening in Judea . Through the day The Saviour taught the people ...
... earth , And , even now , the ages roll away , And I am taken back amid the crowd That hung upon his path in Holy Land . The vision deepens let me write it here : - ' Twas evening in Judea . Through the day The Saviour taught the people ...
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... fate ! What a long course of time has been uttering its revelations to the earth , since the prophet lifted his rod over its divided streams and cloven mountains ! Yet the dispositions of 2 * MOSES SMITING THE ROCK . 17.
... fate ! What a long course of time has been uttering its revelations to the earth , since the prophet lifted his rod over its divided streams and cloven mountains ! Yet the dispositions of 2 * MOSES SMITING THE ROCK . 17.
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... earth bears . NATURE is the first to work this wonder . The streams that keep all her productions fresh do not have their origin , for the most part , in the fruitful lowlands or the gentle hills ; not in spots of 18 BEAUTIES OF SACRED ...
... earth bears . NATURE is the first to work this wonder . The streams that keep all her productions fresh do not have their origin , for the most part , in the fruitful lowlands or the gentle hills ; not in spots of 18 BEAUTIES OF SACRED ...
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... earth . The solitary place was glad at its coming , and the wilderness rejoiced under it and blossomed as the rose . We who see it from this distance of time , taking its course through every climate upon the globe , strong in its deep ...
... earth . The solitary place was glad at its coming , and the wilderness rejoiced under it and blossomed as the rose . We who see it from this distance of time , taking its course through every climate upon the globe , strong in its deep ...
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... earth . He that keepeth me will not sleep . " In a moment the place is all alight with the glory of a messenger from the Almighty . " He maketh his angels spirits , and his ministers a flame of fire . " One that stood amid the hierarchy ...
... earth . He that keepeth me will not sleep . " In a moment the place is all alight with the glory of a messenger from the Almighty . " He maketh his angels spirits , and his ministers a flame of fire . " One that stood amid the hierarchy ...
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Page 39 - Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 80 - Jesus answered, He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
Page 96 - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Page 133 - And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him. And when he was come near, he asked him, Saying ; What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee ? And he said $ Lord, that I may receive my sight.
Page 38 - To be a brother to the insensible rock, And to the sluggish clod which the rude swain Turns with his share and treads upon.
Page 79 - Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Page 40 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the...
Page 39 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound, Save his own dashings — yet the dead are there: And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone.
Page 96 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them ; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them ; Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not ; for of such is the kingdom of God.
Page 171 - Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again : but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst ; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.