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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... feels , nor entreats for greater indulgence from her readers than she knows to be necessary . This alone she ventures confi- dently to affirm , that the work was begun in a humble spirit , and with an anxious desire to supply a defi ...
... feels , nor entreats for greater indulgence from her readers than she knows to be necessary . This alone she ventures confi- dently to affirm , that the work was begun in a humble spirit , and with an anxious desire to supply a defi ...
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... feeling stronger than the mere mortification arising from a sense of defeat - the hope of so far succeeding as to benefit those at least , who may be considered beneath the exertions of powers superior to her own . If this result should ...
... feeling stronger than the mere mortification arising from a sense of defeat - the hope of so far succeeding as to benefit those at least , who may be considered beneath the exertions of powers superior to her own . If this result should ...
Page ix
... feeling , or of firm attachment to the Church in the young , or de- prive the devout , though uninstructed mind , of the cheering and salutary impression which the Church , in her wisdom , intended to convey . It was with a modest hope ...
... feeling , or of firm attachment to the Church in the young , or de- prive the devout , though uninstructed mind , of the cheering and salutary impression which the Church , in her wisdom , intended to convey . It was with a modest hope ...
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... feeling for their own welfare and that of the Church , or the slightest gratitude for the mercies which they receive from the religion they profess , can refuse to join earnestly and heartily in the petitions thus offered upin their ...
... feeling for their own welfare and that of the Church , or the slightest gratitude for the mercies which they receive from the religion they profess , can refuse to join earnestly and heartily in the petitions thus offered upin their ...
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... feeling of awe . It matters not what degree of happiness we may pro- mise to ourselves as its result ; serious and solemn thoughts , in spite almost of ourselves , spring up in our mind , and an inward sense of demerit or un- worthiness ...
... feeling of awe . It matters not what degree of happiness we may pro- mise to ourselves as its result ; serious and solemn thoughts , in spite almost of ourselves , spring up in our mind , and an inward sense of demerit or un- worthiness ...
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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.