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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Page 20
... unto Thee , O Thou most Highest ; he will continue to tell of Thy loving - kindness early in the morning , and of thy truth in the night - season . " Our reluctant devotions may remind us of the remark of 20 PRIVATE DEVOTION .
... unto Thee , O Thou most Highest ; he will continue to tell of Thy loving - kindness early in the morning , and of thy truth in the night - season . " Our reluctant devotions may remind us of the remark of 20 PRIVATE DEVOTION .
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... unto the end : when his heavenly Father , who seeth in secret , will , in an especial manner , openly reward him . The Saviour's example of private prayer arrested the attention of all the Evangelists . How often do we read of his ...
... unto the end : when his heavenly Father , who seeth in secret , will , in an especial manner , openly reward him . The Saviour's example of private prayer arrested the attention of all the Evangelists . How often do we read of his ...
Page 31
... unto them , " Sit ye here , while 1 go and pray yonder . " ( Matt . xxvi . 36. ) There he unbosomed his soul to his Fa- ther , offering up prayers and supplica- tions , with strong crying and tears , unto him who was able to save him ...
... unto them , " Sit ye here , while 1 go and pray yonder . " ( Matt . xxvi . 36. ) There he unbosomed his soul to his Fa- ther , offering up prayers and supplica- tions , with strong crying and tears , unto him who was able to save him ...
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... unto all things , having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come . " ( 1 Tim . iv . 8. ) To enter on the duties of our calling in the fear of God , and to do all with a view to his glory , is the surest way to ...
... unto all things , having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come . " ( 1 Tim . iv . 8. ) To enter on the duties of our calling in the fear of God , and to do all with a view to his glory , is the surest way to ...
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... unto the Lord the glory due unto his name , ( and to ) worship the Lord in the beauty of ho- liness . " ( Ps . xxix . 2. ) He is not satisfied with a mere external performance of the duty . He examines his motives , scru- tinizes the ...
... unto the Lord the glory due unto his name , ( and to ) worship the Lord in the beauty of ho- liness . " ( Ps . xxix . 2. ) He is not satisfied with a mere external performance of the duty . He examines his motives , scru- tinizes the ...
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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!