A Rhymed Harmony of the Gospels

Front Cover
F. Pitman, 1870 - Bible - 262 pages
 

Selected pages

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 258 - And the Lord shall be King over all the earth : in that day there shall be one Lord, and his name one.
Page 19 - Fear not," said he, — for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind, — " Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind.
Page 86 - And men stood breathless in their dread, And baffled in their skill — But One was there, who rose and said To the wild sea,
Page 262 - The memory of the dead passes into it. The potent traditions of childhood are stereotyped in its verses. The power of all the griefs and trials of a man is hidden beneath its words.
Page 19 - Thus spake the seraph ; and forthwith Appeared a shining throng Of angels, praising God, who thus Addressed their joyful song: 6 '• All glory be to God on high, And to the earth be peace ; Good-will henceforth from Heaven to men Begin, and never cease !" 164 1 MY God, the spring of all my joys.
Page 227 - Thou hast said : nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
Page 207 - So after He had washed their feet, and had taken His garments, and was set down again, He said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you ? Ye call Me Master, and Lord : and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 18 - WHILE shepherds -vvatch'd their flocks by night. All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around. Fear not...
Page 174 - ... (And this spake he not of himself; but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation ; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.) Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
Page 212 - ... concerns a miraculous work ; but spiritual works are in reality no less, they requiring as much or more of virtue supernatural, or the present interposition of God's hand, to effect them ; they make less show without, but need as great efficacy within; so our Saviour, it seems, did imply, when he said, " He that believes in me, the works that I do he shall do, and greater works than these shall he do.

Bibliographic information