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Page 13
If I ascend up into heaven , thou art there ; if I make my bed in hell , behold , thou art there . If I take the wings of the morning , and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; even there shall thy hand lead me , and thy right hand ...
If I ascend up into heaven , thou art there ; if I make my bed in hell , behold , thou art there . If I take the wings of the morning , and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; even there shall thy hand lead me , and thy right hand ...
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We have all said to sin “ Cover thou me , " but we have also made the same appeal to things in themselves lawful and good . Man has the power of making the good an enemy to the best , and of turning what should be a means of communion ...
We have all said to sin “ Cover thou me , " but we have also made the same appeal to things in themselves lawful and good . Man has the power of making the good an enemy to the best , and of turning what should be a means of communion ...
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“ Out of the mouth of children and of little children hast Thou made a fortress for Thyself ” is one of the great utterances of the Psalmist — a state-a ment which afterwards received the sanction of our Lord Himself .
“ Out of the mouth of children and of little children hast Thou made a fortress for Thyself ” is one of the great utterances of the Psalmist — a state-a ment which afterwards received the sanction of our Lord Himself .
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... in the kindness of untutored sailors , and in the penitent people of Nineveh ; and who , when he turned in bitterness to the labyrinthine ways of his own mind , heard even there the voice , “ Doest thou well to be angry , Jonah ?
... in the kindness of untutored sailors , and in the penitent people of Nineveh ; and who , when he turned in bitterness to the labyrinthine ways of his own mind , heard even there the voice , “ Doest thou well to be angry , Jonah ?
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How little worthy of any love thou art ! Whom wilt thou find to love ignoble thee Save Me , save only Me ? ' We have marvelled that the soul should seek to evade 32 SPIRITUAL VOICES.
How little worthy of any love thou art ! Whom wilt thou find to love ignoble thee Save Me , save only Me ? ' We have marvelled that the soul should seek to evade 32 SPIRITUAL VOICES.
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| Title | Spiritual Voices in Modern Literature |
| Author | Trevor H. Davies |
| Publisher | George H. Doran Company, 1919 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 312 pages |
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