The World's Childhood: A Series of Sunday Evening Sermons from Themes Drawn from the First Three Chapters of Genesis, Volume 20Funk & Wagnalls, 1910 - 363 pages |
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... The souls of the world to win , - If God's is the awful battle Where the darkling legions ride- Hasten to sword and to saddle ! Lord , let me fight on Thy side ! A WORLD OF CHAOS " And the earth was without 121 THE WORLD'S CHILDHOOD.
... The souls of the world to win , - If God's is the awful battle Where the darkling legions ride- Hasten to sword and to saddle ! Lord , let me fight on Thy side ! A WORLD OF CHAOS " And the earth was without 121 THE WORLD'S CHILDHOOD.
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... earth was without form , and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep . And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters . " - Gen. 1 : 2 . I T is almost impossible to picture the world at this stage in its history ...
... earth was without form , and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep . And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters . " - Gen. 1 : 2 . I T is almost impossible to picture the world at this stage in its history ...
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... earth green with herbage , that caused forests to grow upon the hillsides , with birds to sing in them , and planted flowers to exhale their perfume in the valleys . So God's Spirit broods over the 18 THE WORLD'S CHILDHOOD.
... earth green with herbage , that caused forests to grow upon the hillsides , with birds to sing in them , and planted flowers to exhale their perfume in the valleys . So God's Spirit broods over the 18 THE WORLD'S CHILDHOOD.
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... earth . " Let there be light , " said God , and forthwith light Ethereal , first of things , quintessence pure , Sprung from the deep ; and from her native east To journey through the airy gloom began , Sphered in a radiant cloud , for ...
... earth . " Let there be light , " said God , and forthwith light Ethereal , first of things , quintessence pure , Sprung from the deep ; and from her native east To journey through the airy gloom began , Sphered in a radiant cloud , for ...
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... earth , Dr. Joseph Cook , speaking of the certainties of religion , said , " Lady Macbeth hath blood- stains on her hands , " and he asked the representatives of each religion what they could do to remove those stains . He waited for an ...
... earth , Dr. Joseph Cook , speaking of the certainties of religion , said , " Lady Macbeth hath blood- stains on her hands , " and he asked the representatives of each religion what they could do to remove those stains . He waited for an ...
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Page 204 - And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of GOD and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month : and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Page 28 - Thou compassest my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Lord, Thou knowest it altogether.
Page 224 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Page 295 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty, guilty!
Page 185 - I'll tell thee: He is called by thy name, For He calls Himself a Lamb. He is meek, and He is mild; He became a little child. I a child, and thou a lamb, We are called by His name. Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Page 332 - I FLED Him, down the nights and down the days ; I fled Him, down the arches of the years ; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind ; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed hopes I sped ; And shot, precipitated, Adown Titanic glooms of chasmed fears, From those strong Feet that followed, followed after.
Page 178 - From branch to branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings Till even ; nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays : Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breasts ; the swan with arched neck Between her white wings, mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet...
Page 204 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face ; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Page 104 - And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Page 284 - In that same hour and hall, The fingers of a hand Came forth against the wall, And wrote as if on sand : The fingers of a man ; — A solitary hand Along the letters ran, And traced them like a wand.