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 161
... wounded heart of mine from a dying world . I will not love it as I have done . I will seek my comforts in things which death cannot reach . I will not rest in any thing below my God . My exalted Lord shall have the heart he died to gain ...
... wounded heart of mine from a dying world . I will not love it as I have done . I will seek my comforts in things which death cannot reach . I will not rest in any thing below my God . My exalted Lord shall have the heart he died to gain ...
Page 167
... wounded and scourged , that thou mightest be healed . He was arrayed with scorn in the purple robe , that he might procure for thee the robe of righteousness and salvation . He was crowned with thorns , that thou mightest be crowned ...
... wounded and scourged , that thou mightest be healed . He was arrayed with scorn in the purple robe , that he might procure for thee the robe of righteousness and salvation . He was crowned with thorns , that thou mightest be crowned ...
Page 208
... wounded bosom whole ? Is not his voice in evening's gale ? Beams not with him the star so pale ? Is there a leaf can fade or die , Unnoticed by his watchful eye ? Each fluttering hope , each anxious fear Each lonely sigh , each silent ...
... wounded bosom whole ? Is not his voice in evening's gale ? Beams not with him the star so pale ? Is there a leaf can fade or die , Unnoticed by his watchful eye ? Each fluttering hope , each anxious fear Each lonely sigh , each silent ...
Page 226
... from his death : May I still enjoy this feeling , In all need to Jesus go ; Prove his wounds each day more healing , And himself more deeply know . A SACRAMENTAL HYMN . BREAD of heaven ! -on thee 226 PRIVATE DEVOTION .
... from his death : May I still enjoy this feeling , In all need to Jesus go ; Prove his wounds each day more healing , And himself more deeply know . A SACRAMENTAL HYMN . BREAD of heaven ! -on thee 226 PRIVATE DEVOTION .
Page 227
... wounds my healing give : To thy cross I look , and live . Thou , my life ! Oh ! let me be Rooted , grafted , built on thee ! THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME . IF human kindness meets return , And owns the grateful tie ; If tender thoughts ...
... wounds my healing give : To thy cross I look , and live . Thou , my life ! Oh ! let me be Rooted , grafted , built on thee ! THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME . IF human kindness meets return , And owns the grateful tie ; If tender thoughts ...
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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!