Graphic Sketches; Or, Wanderings in the Field of Truth |
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Absalom amid angels archangel asso asylum awful Babylon banquet barque battle bear beautiful behold Belshazzar bosom brow burning Calvary Canaan celestial Chaldeans chariot of fire child Christ concubines crown dark dark shadows dead death deep dying earthly eloquence eternal Euphrates evermore eyes father Father's house fear forest gates gaze glorious glory grace grand grandeur Graphic Sketches grave hand harp hear heard heart heaven holy hope hour HUNSLET Israel Jehovah Jesus king kingdom land Leeds light lonely look Lord lost Medes mercy mighty MINISTER Moses mother Nebuchadnezzar never night palace passed Persians pilgrims prayer PRIMITIVE METHODIST prodigal remembrance rest river robe sacred says scene seraph shining silent sinner solemn song sorrow soul spirit splendour stand star stood storm stream tears tempest thee things thou thought thousand throne tion trembled unto voice wander waves weeping wild William Clowes
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Page 73 - There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. The eternal God is thy refuge; and underneath are the everlasting arms; and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee, and shall, say, Destroy them.
Page 54 - ... but When his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: and he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the Wild asses ; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of Heaven, till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it Whomsoever he will.
Page 54 - Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
Page 100 - For, behold, the day cometh, That shall burn as an oven ; And all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble : And the day that cometh shall burn them up, Saith the LORD of hosts, That it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Page 90 - Cold is thy brow, my son, and I am chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thee. How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill, Like a rich harp-string, yearning to caress thee, And hear thy sweet 'my father,' from these dumb And cold lips, Absalom!
Page 10 - Eternal Hope ! when yonder spheres sublime Pealed their first notes to sound the march of Time, Thy joyous youth began — but not to fade. — When all the sister planets have decayed ; When...
Page 22 - Fear not; for behold, I bring you glad tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord...
Page 55 - This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Page 54 - O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: and for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
Page 54 - And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven...