The world-wide want [by G.H. Jackson].

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Page 74 - He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Page 13 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 21 - Canst thou by searching find out God ? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection ? It is as high as heaven, what canst thou do ? Deeper than hell, @o&vrepa Se ruv ev aSov, what canst thou know ? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 1 - Though gay companions o'er the bowl Dispel awhile the sense of ill: Though pleasure fires the maddening soul, The heart — the heart is lonely still!
Page 76 - with whom there is fulness of joy, and at whose right hand are pleasures for evermore.
Page 61 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Page 2 - scape from folly free ? Can we reverse the general plan, Nor be what all in turn must be ? No ; for myself, so dark my fate Through every turn of life hath been ; Man and the world so much I hate, I care not when I quit the scene.

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