Thanksgiving, a psalm for the day; or, Reasons of thankfulness to God on his withdrawal of pestilence, an exposition of Psalm ciii1850 |
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... Christians to overtake and evangelize the heathen at our doors . The fourteen thousand added to the ordinary mortality of 1849 were not cut off because signally guilty . We who remain have been spared not because signally right- eous ...
... Christians to overtake and evangelize the heathen at our doors . The fourteen thousand added to the ordinary mortality of 1849 were not cut off because signally guilty . We who remain have been spared not because signally right- eous ...
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... Christian's experience that there are not in it predominating mercies and blessings . We look , while we suffer , at the dark side , and see nothing but reasons for dissatisfaction , murmuring , and dis- quiet ; but if we change our ...
... Christian's experience that there are not in it predominating mercies and blessings . We look , while we suffer , at the dark side , and see nothing but reasons for dissatisfaction , murmuring , and dis- quiet ; but if we change our ...
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... Christians , we read in the Acts of the Apostles , were so thankful a people that they were " continually in the temple praising God . " The present dispensation is made up very much of prayer , necessarily and truly so ; but the more ...
... Christians , we read in the Acts of the Apostles , were so thankful a people that they were " continually in the temple praising God . " The present dispensation is made up very much of prayer , necessarily and truly so ; but the more ...
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... Christians acknowledge their mercies just as thoughtless sin- ners confess their sins , i.e. by halves . The sinner thinks his sins not so bad ; the thoughtless Christian thinks his mercies not so many ; whereas sins can neither be ...
... Christians acknowledge their mercies just as thoughtless sin- ners confess their sins , i.e. by halves . The sinner thinks his sins not so bad ; the thoughtless Christian thinks his mercies not so many ; whereas sins can neither be ...
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... Christian character is not otherwise maintained . Is it right to be earnest in praying to God for mercies that we have ... Christians when we have not and wish , but to be atheists when we have , by being ungrateful for it ? Let us show ...
... Christian character is not otherwise maintained . Is it right to be earnest in praying to God for mercies that we have ... Christians when we have not and wish , but to be atheists when we have , by being ungrateful for it ? Let us show ...
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Page xi - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Page 186 - God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. To thee, all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory.
Page 185 - Bless the LORD, ye his angels, That excel in strength, that do his commandments, Hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Page 91 - BLESS the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 173 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page xii - But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
Page xi - ... BLESS the LORD, O my soul : And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul, And forget not all his benefits : Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 88 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings : So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Page 186 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page xi - Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. 6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.