The Christian Lady's Magazine, Volume 27R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1847 |
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... perhaps even at every system of stars , which the telescope has latterly revealed . How can we dwell for one moment in quiet thought on such a universe , and not borrow from that song of the harpers on the glassy sea ; - " Great and ...
... perhaps even at every system of stars , which the telescope has latterly revealed . How can we dwell for one moment in quiet thought on such a universe , and not borrow from that song of the harpers on the glassy sea ; - " Great and ...
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... perhaps science itself may now be standing on the beach , and ready to launch out into this untried ocean . The un- dulations of light , the flashes of the lightning , the groups of distant nebulæ , the pervading ether , the strange and ...
... perhaps science itself may now be standing on the beach , and ready to launch out into this untried ocean . The un- dulations of light , the flashes of the lightning , the groups of distant nebulæ , the pervading ether , the strange and ...
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... perhaps one reason why we taste so little of triumphant joy , is be- cause we shrink from disturbing the quiet lull of our spirits , and awakening to the painful duties of self - ex- amination and repentance . These sources of joy are ...
... perhaps one reason why we taste so little of triumphant joy , is be- cause we shrink from disturbing the quiet lull of our spirits , and awakening to the painful duties of self - ex- amination and repentance . These sources of joy are ...
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... perhaps compar'd With those whose mansions glitter in his sight , Calls the delightful scenery all her own . * * * * She lifts to heaven an unpresumptuous eye , And smiling , says , My Father made them all . " The following testimony ...
... perhaps compar'd With those whose mansions glitter in his sight , Calls the delightful scenery all her own . * * * * She lifts to heaven an unpresumptuous eye , And smiling , says , My Father made them all . " The following testimony ...
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... perhaps not until then , shall we be able to trace the paths by which we are conducted through life , then shall be laid bare the shoals which we have escaped , the quicksands which would have engulphed us , had we not been led by paths ...
... perhaps not until then , shall we be able to trace the paths by which we are conducted through life , then shall be laid bare the shoals which we have escaped , the quicksands which would have engulphed us , had we not been led by paths ...
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Page 280 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
Page 171 - And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen : and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
Page 39 - And he took up his parable and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said...
Page 171 - He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; He that despiseth the gain of oppressions, That shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, That stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, And shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell on high: His place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: Bread shall be given him ; his waters shall be sure.
Page 73 - And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again ; as it is also written in the second Psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
Page 202 - And God saw every thing that he had made ; and behold it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Page 161 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise.
Page 173 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'on, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Page 216 - Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage. Govern them and lift them up for ever. Day by day we magnify thee, and we worship thy name ever world without end.
Page 462 - For thus saith the high and lofty One That inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, With him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.