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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... heavens , but ac- cording to the course of the Sun of Righteousness , her Lord and Master . She now calls on her ... heavenly armour of Christianity , that so , fighting against our spiritual enemies , the great powers of darkness ...
... heavens , but ac- cording to the course of the Sun of Righteousness , her Lord and Master . She now calls on her ... heavenly armour of Christianity , that so , fighting against our spiritual enemies , the great powers of darkness ...
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... heavens are all on fire , And ' midst those flames with groans expire . He comes ! he comes ! the Judge of all the world , By angel hands his banner is unfurl'd . Ye prisoners of hope , arise ! And meet your Saviour in the skies ; Lift ...
... heavens are all on fire , And ' midst those flames with groans expire . He comes ! he comes ! the Judge of all the world , By angel hands his banner is unfurl'd . Ye prisoners of hope , arise ! And meet your Saviour in the skies ; Lift ...
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... Heavenly love around is beaming , Anger finds no entrance now . God , the Father , smiles on earth , Since his Son partakes man's birth . While our hearts with joy are beating May we ask , " Didst thou then weep ? " Didst thou give ...
... Heavenly love around is beaming , Anger finds no entrance now . God , the Father , smiles on earth , Since his Son partakes man's birth . While our hearts with joy are beating May we ask , " Didst thou then weep ? " Didst thou give ...
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... heavens are telling In night's calm ear , what mighty hand on high First formed them out of nought ; -man's earthly dwelling Speaks with a voice as clear- " Prepare to die . " Look on the face of Nature widely lying , Bound fast by ...
... heavens are telling In night's calm ear , what mighty hand on high First formed them out of nought ; -man's earthly dwelling Speaks with a voice as clear- " Prepare to die . " Look on the face of Nature widely lying , Bound fast by ...
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... heavenly Father . It was customary among the Jews to present their children in the temple at the age of twelve years , when it was con- sidered that they were old enough to comprehend , and therefore to take upon themselves the duties ...
... heavenly Father . It was customary among the Jews to present their children in the temple at the age of twelve years , when it was con- sidered that they were old enough to comprehend , and therefore to take upon themselves the duties ...
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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.