The Book of Private Devotion: A Series of Prayers and Meditations, with an Introductory Essay on PrayerLeavitt, Lord, and Company, 1835 - 256 pages |
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... sakes ; the worst , on repent- ance , will be accepted for His sake and through His merits . In prayer , then , the perfections of God , and especially his mercies in our redemp- tion , should occupy our thoughts as much as our sins ...
... sakes ; the worst , on repent- ance , will be accepted for His sake and through His merits . In prayer , then , the perfections of God , and especially his mercies in our redemp- tion , should occupy our thoughts as much as our sins ...
Page 31
... sake of private prayer , he would forego the pleasure of conversation with his dis- ciples on the most interesting subjects . When his heart was full of heaviness , and his soul exceeding sorrowful , instead of telling the particulars ...
... sake of private prayer , he would forego the pleasure of conversation with his dis- ciples on the most interesting subjects . When his heart was full of heaviness , and his soul exceeding sorrowful , instead of telling the particulars ...
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... sakes ; and shall we think it too much to spend a portion of the day in our closets , for the furtherance of our own spiritual and eternal welfare ? Oh , that we were daily imitating more that noble pattern which his holy life ex hibits ...
... sakes ; and shall we think it too much to spend a portion of the day in our closets , for the furtherance of our own spiritual and eternal welfare ? Oh , that we were daily imitating more that noble pattern which his holy life ex hibits ...
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... sake . Or , should his conscience testify that he has time sufficient , another circumstance will fur- nish him with an excuse - the want of a convenient place . Oh , let it ever be re- membered , that the most illustrious ex- ample we ...
... sake . Or , should his conscience testify that he has time sufficient , another circumstance will fur- nish him with an excuse - the want of a convenient place . Oh , let it ever be re- membered , that the most illustrious ex- ample we ...
Page 55
... sake , and grace to be more watchful in future . It must be done , or the consequences will be most awful ; and the sooner it is done the better , For 66 with the Lord there is mercy , and with him PRIVATE DEVOTION . 55.
... sake , and grace to be more watchful in future . It must be done , or the consequences will be most awful ; and the sooner it is done the better , For 66 with the Lord there is mercy , and with him PRIVATE DEVOTION . 55.
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Page 222 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 49 - Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with thy free Spirit.
Page 74 - Verily verily I say unto you ; Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name ; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Page 34 - He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Page 219 - Return) O holy Dove ! return, Sweet messenger of rest; I hate the sins that made Thee mourn. And drove Thee from my breast.
Page 138 - Rejoice the soul of thy servant : for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Page 218 - Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Page 28 - 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.
Page 230 - I view, And days are dark, and friends are few, On Him I lean, who, not in vain, Experienced every human pain : He sees my wants, allays my fears, And counts and treasures up my tears.
Page 223 - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning! Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid! Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid!