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... , or ruler , probideth her meat in the summer , and gathereth her food in the harvest . — Proverbs , vi . 6–8 . The night is far spent , the day is at LIFE - ITS UNCERTAINTY . [ Jan. 3 . As for man, his days are as grass; ...
... , or ruler , probideth her meat in the summer , and gathereth her food in the harvest . — Proverbs , vi . 6–8 . The night is far spent , the day is at LIFE - ITS UNCERTAINTY . [ Jan. 3 . As for man, his days are as grass; ...
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Christian life. The night is far spent , the day is at hand ; let us there- fore cast off the works of darkness , and let us put on the armour of light . — Romans , xiii . 12 . W A RULE OF LIFE . THAT art thou , Life ? The saint and sage ...
Christian life. The night is far spent , the day is at hand ; let us there- fore cast off the works of darkness , and let us put on the armour of light . — Romans , xiii . 12 . W A RULE OF LIFE . THAT art thou , Life ? The saint and sage ...
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... night with its silence and darkness shows the winter , in which all the powers of vegetation are benumbed ; and the winter points out the time when life shall cease , with its hopes and pleasures .- " The Idler . " The wise shall ...
... night with its silence and darkness shows the winter , in which all the powers of vegetation are benumbed ; and the winter points out the time when life shall cease , with its hopes and pleasures .- " The Idler . " The wise shall ...
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... night , With one consenting voice , All hymn Thy glory , Lord , aright , All worship and rejoice . Man only mars the sweet accord , O'erpowering with " harsh din " The music of Thy works and word , Ill match'd with grief and sin . Sin ...
... night , With one consenting voice , All hymn Thy glory , Lord , aright , All worship and rejoice . Man only mars the sweet accord , O'erpowering with " harsh din " The music of Thy works and word , Ill match'd with grief and sin . Sin ...
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... night , when we are asleep or regard it not ; but a delicate plant , that groweth slowly and tenderly , needing much pains to cultivate it , much care to guard it , much time to mature it . Neither is vice a spirit that will be conjured ...
... night , when we are asleep or regard it not ; but a delicate plant , that groweth slowly and tenderly , needing much pains to cultivate it , much care to guard it , much time to mature it . Neither is vice a spirit that will be conjured ...
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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...