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... hour Eternity is hung , Awake , by Thine almighty pow'r , The aged and the young . " One thing " demands our care ; Oh , be it still pursued ; Lest , slighted once , the season fair Should never be renew'd ! Doddridge . REFLECTIONS ...
... hour Eternity is hung , Awake , by Thine almighty pow'r , The aged and the young . " One thing " demands our care ; Oh , be it still pursued ; Lest , slighted once , the season fair Should never be renew'd ! Doddridge . REFLECTIONS ...
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... hour eats up hour ; Alas ! the total's but from eight to four . 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 ...
... hour eats up hour ; Alas ! the total's but from eight to four . 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 ...
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... hour of grief and pain , Can lean upon its God : A faith that shines more bright , more clear , When tempests rage without ; That when in danger knows no fear , In darkness feels no doubt : A faith that keeps the narrow way , Till ...
... hour of grief and pain , Can lean upon its God : A faith that shines more bright , more clear , When tempests rage without ; That when in danger knows no fear , In darkness feels no doubt : A faith that keeps the narrow way , Till ...
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... hour Perhaps I must appear ! If I have wander'd in those paths Of life I ought to shun , As something loudly in my breast Remonstrates I have done ; Thou know'st that Thou hast formed me With passions wild and strong ; And list'ning to ...
... hour Perhaps I must appear ! If I have wander'd in those paths Of life I ought to shun , As something loudly in my breast Remonstrates I have done ; Thou know'st that Thou hast formed me With passions wild and strong ; And list'ning to ...
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... hour , Who owns the Lord of love and power ? Or waves there not around his brow , A wand no human arm may wield , Fraught with a spell no angels know , His steps to guide , his soul to shield ? Thou , Saviour , art his Charmed Bower ...
... hour , Who owns the Lord of love and power ? Or waves there not around his brow , A wand no human arm may wield , Fraught with a spell no angels know , His steps to guide , his soul to shield ? Thou , Saviour , art his Charmed Bower ...
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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...