The Christian's Sunday companion; being reflections in prose and verse on the Collect, Epistle and Gospel, and proper lessons, for each Sunday |
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... clothes the sky , No welcome star shoots forth a cheerful ray ; The wind itself low hushed forgets to sigh , And all is still , as life had passed away . It is a solemn hour , and one that speaks With solemn though with silent voice to ...
... clothes the sky , No welcome star shoots forth a cheerful ray ; The wind itself low hushed forgets to sigh , And all is still , as life had passed away . It is a solemn hour , and one that speaks With solemn though with silent voice to ...
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... latent blossom kindly hides ; Till the glad voice of Spring each germ disclosing , Awakes new charms , and clothes the mountain's sides . Shall man , this lesson in his folly slighting , 32 SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY .
... latent blossom kindly hides ; Till the glad voice of Spring each germ disclosing , Awakes new charms , and clothes the mountain's sides . Shall man , this lesson in his folly slighting , 32 SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY .
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... Clothes them with immortality . She reads the universal reign Which our Redeemer yet must have , When earth shall Eden be again , And all shall own His power to save . The spiritual desert then The noblest plants shall rich display ...
... Clothes them with immortality . She reads the universal reign Which our Redeemer yet must have , When earth shall Eden be again , And all shall own His power to save . The spiritual desert then The noblest plants shall rich display ...
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... clothes the earth And for shame and for penitence change her glad smiles . And , mark ! ' twas but late that all Nature seemed dead ,, Though now she arises more bright from her tomb ; A gayer existence o'er all things is shed , While ...
... clothes the earth And for shame and for penitence change her glad smiles . And , mark ! ' twas but late that all Nature seemed dead ,, Though now she arises more bright from her tomb ; A gayer existence o'er all things is shed , While ...
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... cloth , and laid it in his own new tomb . HE that has watched beside the bed Where parting life is laid , And marked the hues that o'er it spread Their dark and ghastly shade : He best can tell , and only he , the keen , The bitter ...
... cloth , and laid it in his own new tomb . HE that has watched beside the bed Where parting life is laid , And marked the hues that o'er it spread Their dark and ghastly shade : He best can tell , and only he , the keen , The bitter ...
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Page 184 - SON JESUS CHRIST, hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life ; we humbly beseech Thee, that, as by Thy special grace preventing us, Thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by Thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect...
Page 81 - Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool : where is the house that ye build unto me ? and where is the place of my rest ? For all those things hath mine hand made...
Page 301 - GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 394 - STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people : that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 397 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Page 5 - Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
Page 268 - LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; and grant that we, to whom thou hast given an hearty desire to pray, may, by thy mighty aid, be defended and comforted in all dangers and adversities, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord.
Page 344 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Page 213 - O ALMIGHTY GOD, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.
Page 119 - WE beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty, to be our defence against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ our Lord.