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... , in sad and wintry time , Her heavens all dark with doubt and crime , Why lifts the Church her drooping head , As though her evil hour were fled ? Is she less wise than leaves of spring , Or 12 Second Sunday in Advent .
... , in sad and wintry time , Her heavens all dark with doubt and crime , Why lifts the Church her drooping head , As though her evil hour were fled ? Is she less wise than leaves of spring , Or 12 Second Sunday in Advent .
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... spring , Or birds that cower with folded wing ? What sees she in this lowering sky To tempt her meditative eye ? She has a charm , a word of fire , A pledge of love that cannot tire ; By tempests , earthquakes , and by wars , By rushing ...
... spring , Or birds that cower with folded wing ? What sees she in this lowering sky To tempt her meditative eye ? She has a charm , a word of fire , A pledge of love that cannot tire ; By tempests , earthquakes , and by wars , By rushing ...
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... springs of Love , that never die , Among the olives kneel The chill night - blast to feel , And watch the Moon that saw thy Master's agony . Then rise at dawn of day , And wind thy thoughtful way , Where rested once the Temple's stately ...
... springs of Love , that never die , Among the olives kneel The chill night - blast to feel , And watch the Moon that saw thy Master's agony . Then rise at dawn of day , And wind thy thoughtful way , Where rested once the Temple's stately ...
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... spring up as among the grass , as willows by the water- Isaiah xliv . 4 . courses . LESSONS Sweet of spring returning , Welcome to the thoughtful heart ! May I call ye sense or learning , Instinct pure , or heav'n - taught art ? Be your ...
... spring up as among the grass , as willows by the water- Isaiah xliv . 4 . courses . LESSONS Sweet of spring returning , Welcome to the thoughtful heart ! May I call ye sense or learning , Instinct pure , or heav'n - taught art ? Be your ...
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... spring tide Worth all the changeful year beside ? The last - born babe , why lies its part Deep in the mother's inmost heart ? But that the LORD and source of love Would have his weakest ever prove Our tenderest care - and most of all ...
... spring tide Worth all the changeful year beside ? The last - born babe , why lies its part Deep in the mother's inmost heart ? But that the LORD and source of love Would have his weakest ever prove Our tenderest care - and most of all ...
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angelic songs angels art thou behold blessing blest bliss bower breast breath bright brow calm Christ CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST cloud crown dark dear deep divine dreams dreary earth earthly EASTER EPIPHANY eternal evermore fain faint faith faithless Fancy Father fear fire flower flowers of Eden gaze gleam glorious glory glow God's grace hast hath hear heart Heaven heavenly hide holy HOLY INNOCENTS hope hour Isaiah Israel Jesus light lonely look Lord Luke martyr mercy midnight rose morn o'er praise prayer rill round sacred sailors spring saints Saviour's shade shame shew shine shower sigh sight silent sinners smile soaring soft soul spirits star sunbright SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY sure sweet sweet forgiving tears thee thine Thou art thought throne turn unto vernal vex'd voice wake wandering watch weary wild wilt wings wrath
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Page 220 - Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 163 - And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire ; and it sat upon each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost ; and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Page 206 - And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 225 - And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed ? but where are the nine ? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Page 355 - Tis sweet, as year by year we lose Friends out of sight, in faith to muse How grows in Paradise our store.
Page 301 - Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord ; and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Page 243 - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Page 141 - I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 164 - WHEN God of old came down from heaven, in power and wrath he came; before his feet the clouds were riven, half darkness and half flame.
Page 352 - 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. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.