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... rest . " ( g ) The testimony mute of fragrant things , Cheering the wilderness which sin has made , May faintly witness that there yet is hope ; Those tiny footprints of creative skill May hint encouragement , but Christ alone Proclaims ...
... rest . " ( g ) The testimony mute of fragrant things , Cheering the wilderness which sin has made , May faintly witness that there yet is hope ; Those tiny footprints of creative skill May hint encouragement , but Christ alone Proclaims ...
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... rest in hearing till He make Jerusalem a praise upon the earth : In psalms and hymns and spirit - stirring songs Make melody which He delighteth in ; ( n ) Offer thy praises and thy thanks to Him , Who takes them as his honour . ( o ) ...
... rest in hearing till He make Jerusalem a praise upon the earth : In psalms and hymns and spirit - stirring songs Make melody which He delighteth in ; ( n ) Offer thy praises and thy thanks to Him , Who takes them as his honour . ( o ) ...
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... rest ( e ) itself be half so panted for ; But wisdom compasses what mercy wills , And , oh ! to float upon that stream is bliss ! 66 Till breaks the day then of eternal joy And shadows flee afar , ( f ) —Oh , yes ! till then The voice ...
... rest ( e ) itself be half so panted for ; But wisdom compasses what mercy wills , And , oh ! to float upon that stream is bliss ! 66 Till breaks the day then of eternal joy And shadows flee afar , ( f ) —Oh , yes ! till then The voice ...
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... rest the over - thoughtful - vainly oft Entreated to appease the storm of woe Which rends the widow'd bosom ; or the mind Winging its way o'er oceans to a spot Where lies , or lives , one dearer than itself— Dreaded by others , ( h ) ...
... rest the over - thoughtful - vainly oft Entreated to appease the storm of woe Which rends the widow'd bosom ; or the mind Winging its way o'er oceans to a spot Where lies , or lives , one dearer than itself— Dreaded by others , ( h ) ...
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... rest by weariness , That thus He treats one gracious suppliant , And who ( 6 ) but such an one can truly cry , Thou , whom my spirit loveth ? Pluck we ( c ) figs From nature's thistle ? -or the fruits of love ( d ) From the harsh stock ...
... rest by weariness , That thus He treats one gracious suppliant , And who ( 6 ) but such an one can truly cry , Thou , whom my spirit loveth ? Pluck we ( c ) figs From nature's thistle ? -or the fruits of love ( d ) From the harsh stock ...
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Behold beloved beneath blessed bright cheer CHELTENHAM Christ Church Comforter cxix dark daughters of Jerusalem delight desert Deut doth dwell E'en earth Eccles eternal Ezek faith gaze glad glorious hast hath hear heart hinds holy hope Hosea Jesus Job xv John iii John vi John x John xix John xv Josh Jude King King of Jerusalem Lebanon Lily Lord Luke xxiii lxiii Matt MEDITATIONS night o'er path peace Phil praise prayer Prov Rise Rose Rose of Sharon sacred Satan Saviour soul loveth spoil the vines sweet sword tender grapes thee Thess thine things thorns Thou throne thy voice truth unto viii watchmen Wertheim and Macintosh wondrous words xlii xvii xxiv xxvi xxxii xxxiv ye daughters Zion's
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Page 21 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 55 - Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Page 42 - I will rise now, and go about the city In the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth : I sought him, but I found him not.
Page 46 - Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?
Page 46 - I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, and by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Page 43 - It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her dial conceived me.
Page 24 - Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Page 14 - I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, And his banner over me was love. Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples : For I am sick of love.
Page 49 - Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; Threescore valiant men are about it, Of the valiant of Israel. They all hold swords, being expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
Page 22 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely.