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... hour of our evening devo tions , while we are kneeling at the family altar , thou art nearer to us than our dearest earthly friend ; that the tie which binds our hearts to thee is more enduring than those which bind us as a family by ...
... hour of our evening devo tions , while we are kneeling at the family altar , thou art nearer to us than our dearest earthly friend ; that the tie which binds our hearts to thee is more enduring than those which bind us as a family by ...
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... hours of this day . Without thee , we should have nothing and be nothing . But thou- hast been pleased to appoint that thy purposes should be carried forward by the efforts which thy children make according to thy Holy Word . With our ...
... hours of this day . Without thee , we should have nothing and be nothing . But thou- hast been pleased to appoint that thy purposes should be carried forward by the efforts which thy children make according to thy Holy Word . With our ...
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... hours of darkness , from all harm and danger , from all dis- quieting thoughts and evil influences , and wake us , if it be thy good pleasure , in the morning , re- freshed and renewed by sweet and pure slumbers , to praise thee with ...
... hours of darkness , from all harm and danger , from all dis- quieting thoughts and evil influences , and wake us , if it be thy good pleasure , in the morning , re- freshed and renewed by sweet and pure slumbers , to praise thee with ...
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... hour of his death . À Kempis . - One generation passeth away , and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth forever . Here we have no continuing city , but we seek one to come . What man is he that desireth life , and loveth ...
... hour of his death . À Kempis . - One generation passeth away , and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth forever . Here we have no continuing city , but we seek one to come . What man is he that desireth life , and loveth ...
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... hours , we would realize also the uncertainty of all , as we remember how frail we are . Even the bright return of ... hour brings its sacred responsibilities , and opens to us its holy uses and ways of attaining eternal good . O grant ...
... hours , we would realize also the uncertainty of all , as we remember how frail we are . Even the bright return of ... hour brings its sacred responsibilities , and opens to us its holy uses and ways of attaining eternal good . O grant ...
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À Kempis Amen behold beseech thee bless thee children of men Christ Jesus Christ our Lord darkness desire duty dwell earth earthly eternal everlasting evermore evil eyes faith fear feel Fénelon forever forgive FRANCIS QUARLES give gracious grant hath hear hearts heaven Heavenly Father honor hope humble Jesus Christ JOHN FRYER Kempis labor Let thy light of thy live LMIGHTY love thee lowly mind MORNING ness night night unto night obedience ourselves peace perfect praise pray prayer pure purity rejoice renewed righteousness Saviour seek shine sins souls strength Teach temptation tender mercy thank thee thanksgiving things thou art thou shalt thou wilt thoughts thy blessing thy children thy commandments thy glory thy grace thy Holy Spirit thy kingdom thy love thy majesty thy mercy thy presence thy providence thy sight thy Spirit thy word thyself trust unto thee walk wilt thou wisdom
Popular passages
Page 50 - Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Page 45 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Page 181 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord ; for they rest from their labors and their works do follow them.
Page 178 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Page 311 - Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort ; who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Page 307 - Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense ; And the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Page 274 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world ; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Page 2 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Page 202 - The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Page 186 - Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.