Sonnets and Other Short Poems, Chiefly on Sacred SubjectsB. Fellowes, 1834 - 80 pages |
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... teach ? Instructing simple folk , that Jesus wrought No miracle , from God no message brought , But that his servants childish fables preach ! Why herein is a marvel - This same tale Hath swayed mankind near twice ten hundred years ...
... teach ? Instructing simple folk , that Jesus wrought No miracle , from God no message brought , But that his servants childish fables preach ! Why herein is a marvel - This same tale Hath swayed mankind near twice ten hundred years ...
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... TEACH us this lesson , gracious Lord- In life's long weary way , Through sin and murmurings , still thy Word Sustains us day by day . What have we learned ? to seek that bread On which thy wandering people fed ? By toil , and want , and ...
... TEACH us this lesson , gracious Lord- In life's long weary way , Through sin and murmurings , still thy Word Sustains us day by day . What have we learned ? to seek that bread On which thy wandering people fed ? By toil , and want , and ...
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... teach thee that , When thou shalt stand before His throne , Or sit as Mary sat . Wait , and He will himself disclose Things now beyond our reach ; And listen not , my child , to those Who the Lord's secrets teach ; - Who teach thee more ...
... teach thee that , When thou shalt stand before His throne , Or sit as Mary sat . Wait , and He will himself disclose Things now beyond our reach ; And listen not , my child , to those Who the Lord's secrets teach ; - Who teach thee more ...
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AMBASSADOR IN BONDS angel APOSTLES Art thou awful bless BREAD breath bridal city brother CALLED THEE cast child chords awaken dead dear death dread EPHESIAN SORCERERS fade faith FATHER fear forsaken friendless Go fearless God's gone HARP OF ZION heaven hither hope JERUSALEM JESUS CHRIST'S JOHN VI kindling brand KNOWEST Laboured LAD POSSESSED life's light lone quiet rill Look Lord LUKE Maida know Mary MATTHEW MENE Mercy's mmmmmmmmm MORNING STAR mother mourner NATHANAEL never yet believed night o'er pain PHILIPPIANS Poor Maida pray prayer RACHEL SAMUEL SATAN HATH BOUND Saviour seek senseless dust SHORT POEMS sight SONNETS sorrow soul speak strange and high tears There's THESSALONIANS Thine eye things thou art thou didst thou dost thou shalt thought thrall throne Thy children Thy heart thy Spirit led thy word token tomb torch that blazed TUNBRIDGE Twas UNTO WHENCE ZION SLEEPS Zion's daughter weep
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Page 8 - The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
Page 4 - In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace : and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Page 9 - Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men : and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Page 40 - And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
Page 47 - For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: 24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Page 27 - And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
Page 13 - And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know ; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
Page 39 - But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles
Page 20 - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Page 1 - ... and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.