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... prayer ; There humbly fall before His feet , For none can perish there . Thy promise is my only plea ; With this I venture nigh ; Thou callest burden'd souls to Thee , And such , O Lord , am I. Bow'd down beneath a load of sin , By ...
... prayer ; There humbly fall before His feet , For none can perish there . Thy promise is my only plea ; With this I venture nigh ; Thou callest burden'd souls to Thee , And such , O Lord , am I. Bow'd down beneath a load of sin , By ...
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... prayer , Unnumber'd comforts to my soul , -Thy tender care bestow'd ; Before my infant heart conceiv'd From whom those comforts flow'd . When in the slippery paths of youth , With heedless steps I ran , Thine arm , unseen , convey'd me ...
... prayer , Unnumber'd comforts to my soul , -Thy tender care bestow'd ; Before my infant heart conceiv'd From whom those comforts flow'd . When in the slippery paths of youth , With heedless steps I ran , Thine arm , unseen , convey'd me ...
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... PRAYER . PAYER is the soul's sincere desire PP Uttered or unexpressed , — The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast . Prayer is the burthen of a sigh , The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye , When none but ...
... PRAYER . PAYER is the soul's sincere desire PP Uttered or unexpressed , — The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast . Prayer is the burthen of a sigh , The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye , When none but ...
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... prayer unto thee , and will Look up . - PSALM v . 3 . WHEN THEN first thy eyes unveil , give thy soul leave To do the like ; our bodies but forerun The spirit's duty ; true hearts spread and heave Unto their God , as flowers to the sun ...
... prayer unto thee , and will Look up . - PSALM v . 3 . WHEN THEN first thy eyes unveil , give thy soul leave To do the like ; our bodies but forerun The spirit's duty ; true hearts spread and heave Unto their God , as flowers to the sun ...
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... prayers , and read his duty in his petitions . For the body of our prayer is the sum of our duty ; and as we must ask of God whatsoever we need , so we must labour for all that we ask . - JEREMY TAYLOR . The fear of the Lord is the ...
... prayers , and read his duty in his petitions . For the body of our prayer is the sum of our duty ; and as we must ask of God whatsoever we need , so we must labour for all that we ask . - JEREMY TAYLOR . The fear of the Lord is the ...
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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...