The Amaranth: A Gift for All SeasonsAmerican Sunday-school union, 1842 - 233 pages |
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Page 15
... From the fur- nace of affliction he sent up the penitent's prayer , and received an answer of peace . His joys now became as ecstatic as his sorrows had been intense . Every sound seemed a voice of THE DISCIPLE OF ST . HELENA . 15.
... From the fur- nace of affliction he sent up the penitent's prayer , and received an answer of peace . His joys now became as ecstatic as his sorrows had been intense . Every sound seemed a voice of THE DISCIPLE OF ST . HELENA . 15.
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... received me with true Christian cordiality , and with the familiarity of old friendship . Her house , herself , and all about her , bespoke that elegance , neatness , and simplicity I had expected to see from the re- port which I had ...
... received me with true Christian cordiality , and with the familiarity of old friendship . Her house , herself , and all about her , bespoke that elegance , neatness , and simplicity I had expected to see from the re- port which I had ...
Page 26
... received , from one of our ships , a donation of small books , which he had carefully distributed , or lent , to such as could read , and would receive them , or which he had read , in his imperfect way , and explained to the poor and ...
... received , from one of our ships , a donation of small books , which he had carefully distributed , or lent , to such as could read , and would receive them , or which he had read , in his imperfect way , and explained to the poor and ...
Page 42
... receive ; but we have no newspapers to tell what we suffer . ' Who shall tell the story of the traders coming to them under the garb of friend- ship , and giving them the ' fire - water , ' as they ap- propriately styled ardent spirits ...
... receive ; but we have no newspapers to tell what we suffer . ' Who shall tell the story of the traders coming to them under the garb of friend- ship , and giving them the ' fire - water , ' as they ap- propriately styled ardent spirits ...
Page 43
... won- der that one of their chiefs said , in answer to a re- quest that they would receive missionaries , ' Let them go and preach to our white brethren , and teach them not to cheat the poor Indian , and THE INDIAN SACRIFICE . 43.
... won- der that one of their chiefs said , in answer to a re- quest that they would receive missionaries , ' Let them go and preach to our white brethren , and teach them not to cheat the poor Indian , and THE INDIAN SACRIFICE . 43.
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Page 161 - The eternal regions: lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground, With solemn adoration, down they cast Their crowns, inwove with amarant and gold; Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom; but soon for man's offence To heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows, And flowers aloft, shading the fount of life, And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven Rolls o'er Elysian flowers her amber stream; With these, that...
Page 188 - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion ; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem : behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation ; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Page 161 - No sooner had the Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy, heaven rung With jubilee, and loud hosannas filled The eternal regions...
Page 114 - The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 32 - Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Page 128 - For GOD so loved the world, that he gave his only Begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have Everlasting life.
Page 159 - Of mercy and justice in thy face discern'd, Regardless of the bliss wherein he sat Second to thee, offer'd himself to die For man's offence. O unexampled love ! Love no where to be found less than divine ! Hail, Son of God, Saviour of men! Thy name Shall be the copious matter of my song Henceforth, and never shall my harp thy praise Forget, nor from thy Father's praise disjoin ! " Thus they in heaven, above the starry sphere, Their happy hours in joy and hymning spent.
Page 157 - And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Page 32 - Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Page 75 - Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.