Select Miscellanies: Chiefly Illustrative of the History, Christian Principles, and Sufferings, of the Society of Friends...Charles Gilpin, 1851 Consists of miscellaneous short pieces by and about Quakers in prose and poetry. |
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Page 146 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. ; Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. . Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air ; His watchword at the gates of death : He enters heaven with prayer. Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways ; While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry,
Page 175 - And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury : for all they did cast in of their abundance ; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
Page 150 - And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, "Fear not; I am the first and the last. I am he that liveth and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Page 218 - And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Page 213 - They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Page 251 - These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Page 150 - Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter ; 20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks.
Page 143 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he giveth to all life and breath and all things...
Page 22 - Walk in the light ! and thou shalt find Thy heart made truly his, Who dwells in cloudless light enshrined, In whom no darkness is. Walk in the light...
Page 146 - Thou, by whom we come to God, The life, the truth, the way, The path of prayer thyself hast trod Lord, teach us how to pray.