Worship in solitude, being a series of private devotions

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Christian Knowledge Society, 1880 - 32 pages
 

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Page 13 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 55 - LORD, what a change within us one short hour Spent in Thy presence will prevail to make ; What heavy burdens from our bosoms take ; What parched grounds refresh as with a shower ! We kneel, and all around us seems to lower ; We rise, and all — the distant and the near — Stands forth, in sunny outline, brave and clear.
Page 12 - It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O Lord [1 Holy Father], Almighty, Everlasting God.
Page 14 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men ; for kings, and for all that are in authority ; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 14 - And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Page 55 - Lord, what a change within us one short hour Spent in Thy presence will prevail to make, What heavy burdens from our bosoms take, What parched grounds refresh, as with a shower ! We kneel, and all around us seems to lower ; We rise, and all, the distant and the near, Stands forth in sunny outline, brave and clear. We kneel, how weak! we rise, how full of power! Why therefore should we do ourselves this wrong, Or others, that we are not always strong, That we are ever overborne with care, That we...
Page 57 - O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing ; let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickedness, lest I eat of such things as please them.
Page 11 - Jacob, which have not sinned against thee ; but thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner: for I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea.
Page 13 - O God, thou art worthy to be praised with all pure and holy praise; therefore let thy saints praise thee with all thy creatures; and let all thine angels and thine elect praise thee for ever.
Page 54 - ... for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace and for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee give us that due sense of all thy mercies that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful and that we may show forth thy praise not only with our lips but in our lives...

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