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... death , shall reach the place . No groans shall mingle with the songs Which warble from immortal tongues . And this , thought I , is a practical exhibi- tion of christianity . These are the joys , the ennobling , purifying joys , which ...
... death , shall reach the place . No groans shall mingle with the songs Which warble from immortal tongues . And this , thought I , is a practical exhibi- tion of christianity . These are the joys , the ennobling , purifying joys , which ...
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... death where God has sent the destroy- ing angel to blight every earthly joy , and to accumulate anguish , which shall for years oppress the heart , by night and by day . Let us then enter this chamber , and study the B 2 MERRIMENT IS ...
... death where God has sent the destroy- ing angel to blight every earthly joy , and to accumulate anguish , which shall for years oppress the heart , by night and by day . Let us then enter this chamber , and study the B 2 MERRIMENT IS ...
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... death is upon her . Medical skill has been in vain . Prayers and tears have been unavailing . The last hour has come . The child is dying . Ex- tended on her little bed , with folded hands and fixed eyes she is heavily drawing her last ...
... death is upon her . Medical skill has been in vain . Prayers and tears have been unavailing . The last hour has come . The child is dying . Ex- tended on her little bed , with folded hands and fixed eyes she is heavily drawing her last ...
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... death of her child , led her to think of the salvation of her soul . And , when she is taking her departure from the world , she says that the choicest blessing she had on earth was the voice which came to her heart through her dying ...
... death of her child , led her to think of the salvation of her soul . And , when she is taking her departure from the world , she says that the choicest blessing she had on earth was the voice which came to her heart through her dying ...
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... death . In the chamber of silence and pain she reviews her worthless life , and weeps in bitterness of spirit to find that she has lived in vain , and is going down to an unhonoured grave . In 10 MERRIMENT IS NOT HAPPINESS .
... death . In the chamber of silence and pain she reviews her worthless life , and weeps in bitterness of spirit to find that she has lived in vain , and is going down to an unhonoured grave . In 10 MERRIMENT IS NOT HAPPINESS .
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The Path of Peace: Or a Practical Guide to Duty and Happiness John S. C. Abbott No preview available - 2015 |
The Path of Peace: Or a Practical Guide to Duty and Happiness (Classic Reprint) John S. C. Abbott No preview available - 2017 |
The Path of Peace: Or, a Practical Guide to Duty and Happiness John Stevens Cabot Abbott No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 24 - Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; not slothful in business ; fervent in spirit ; serving the Lord ; rejoicing in hope ; patient in tribulation ; continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the necessity of saints ; given to hospitality.
Page 13 - Father's will, Such love, and meekness so divine, I would transcribe and make them mine. 3 Cold mountains and the midnight air Witnessed the fervor of Thy prayer ; The desert Thy temptations knew, Thy conflict and Thy victory too. 4 Be Thou my pattern ; make me bear More of Thy gracious image here ; Then God, the Judge, shall own my name Among the followers of the Lamb.
Page 109 - BLEST be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares.
Page 18 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Page 155 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Page 24 - Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another...
Page 93 - I have seen,' says this man of the world, " the silly rounds of business and pleasure, and have done with them all. I have enjoyed all the pleasures of the world, and consequently know their futility, and do not regret their loss.
Page 159 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Page 60 - God, which should come between her and him, though it should be like plucking out a right eye or cutting off" a right hand ? Must she not now choose between God and man, between religion and love ? She must. I mean not to say that this was sound reasoning ; but I apprehend that it requires no deep insight into human nature, to be made aware that in many individuals, religion is a much stronger passion than love, and...
Page 157 - They know, indeed, at what hour they may beat the door of an acquaintance, how many steps they must attend him towards the gate, and what interval should pass before his visit is returned ; but seldom extend their care beyond the exterior and unessential parts of civility, nor refuse their own vanity any gratification, however expensive to the quiet of another.