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... Behold these lilies , which Thy hands have made Fair copies of my life , and open laid To view , how soon they droop , how soon they fade ! Quarles . REFLECTIONS . AN Italian philosopher expressed in his motto , that time was his estate ...
... Behold these lilies , which Thy hands have made Fair copies of my life , and open laid To view , how soon they droop , how soon they fade ! Quarles . REFLECTIONS . AN Italian philosopher expressed in his motto , that time was his estate ...
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... BEHOLD , the longest day hath his evening , and that thou shalt enjoy it but once , that it never turns again ; use it , therefore , as the spring - time , which soon departeth , and wherein thou oughtest to plant and sow all provisions ...
... BEHOLD , the longest day hath his evening , and that thou shalt enjoy it but once , that it never turns again ; use it , therefore , as the spring - time , which soon departeth , and wherein thou oughtest to plant and sow all provisions ...
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... Behold , I say unto you , lift up your eyes , and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest . - ST . JOHN , iv . 35 . SOWING FOR ETERNITY . O MY SON ! The ostentatious virtues which still press For notice and for praise ...
... Behold , I say unto you , lift up your eyes , and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest . - ST . JOHN , iv . 35 . SOWING FOR ETERNITY . O MY SON ! The ostentatious virtues which still press For notice and for praise ...
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... behold the life and immortality of a future state , he then wipes away all tears from off his eyes for ever . - Sterne . Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord , and find the knowledge of God . — PROVERBS , ii . 5 . Looking ...
... behold the life and immortality of a future state , he then wipes away all tears from off his eyes for ever . - Sterne . Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord , and find the knowledge of God . — PROVERBS , ii . 5 . Looking ...
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... Behold he prays ! O Thou , by whom we come to God , The Life , the Truth , the Way , - The path of prayer Thyself hast trod , Lord , teach us how to pray ! REFLECTIONS . PRAYER reminds us we are frail , dependent creatures , far from ...
... Behold he prays ! O Thou , by whom we come to God , The Life , the Truth , the Way , - The path of prayer Thyself hast trod , Lord , teach us how to pray ! REFLECTIONS . PRAYER reminds us we are frail , dependent creatures , far from ...
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Page 29 - If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way!
Page 16 - This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 25 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these Heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 26 - OH ! for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame, — A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...
Page 31 - This world is all a fleeting show For man's illusion given ; The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, — There's nothing true but Heaven...