Henry Westcott, a MemorialPrivately printed, 1884 - 262 pages |
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... Lord , for their works do follow them . " SERVANT of God , well done ! Thy rest has come . The work thou hadst to do , and didst so well , Still in its silent influence lives to tell How dear thou wast in many a heart and home That now ...
... Lord , for their works do follow them . " SERVANT of God , well done ! Thy rest has come . The work thou hadst to do , and didst so well , Still in its silent influence lives to tell How dear thou wast in many a heart and home That now ...
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... Lord hath need of thee , " he said , And oped the gate of heaven straightway . Prone in the arms of Death he fell , - - This we beheld , and nothing more : O Faith ! anoint our eyes to see The angels that his soul upbore . O hearts that ...
... Lord hath need of thee , " he said , And oped the gate of heaven straightway . Prone in the arms of Death he fell , - - This we beheld , and nothing more : O Faith ! anoint our eyes to see The angels that his soul upbore . O hearts that ...
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... Lord , saying , " It shall come to pass afterwards , that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy , your old men shall dream dreams , your young men shall see visions . " On the day of ...
... Lord , saying , " It shall come to pass afterwards , that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy , your old men shall dream dreams , your young men shall see visions . " On the day of ...
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... Lord Jesus on the cross , surrounded by a glory ; and he was impressed as if a voice had addressed him . He was not sure whether it was before his bodily eyes , or in the mind ; but he was certain that it was a vision . Such incidents ...
... Lord Jesus on the cross , surrounded by a glory ; and he was impressed as if a voice had addressed him . He was not sure whether it was before his bodily eyes , or in the mind ; but he was certain that it was a vision . Such incidents ...
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... sight of these things long enough to ask the question . which Paul asked , " Who art thou , Lord ? " And again the vision faded , and the voice was still . If it came later , when we had acquired riches OBEDIENCE TO THE HEAVENLY VISION .
... sight of these things long enough to ask the question . which Paul asked , " Who art thou , Lord ? " And again the vision faded , and the voice was still . If it came later , when we had acquired riches OBEDIENCE TO THE HEAVENLY VISION .
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Page 143 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 136 - Say not the struggle nought availeth, The labour and the wounds are vain, The enemy faints not, nor faileth. And as things have been they remain. If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars ; It may be, in yon smoke concealed, Your comrades chase e'en now the fliers, And, but for you, possess the field.
Page 217 - O May I Join The Choir Invisible! O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence...
Page 246 - This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.
Page 74 - I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 195 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 169 - They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
Page 245 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Page 204 - Write on your doors the saying wise and old", "Be bold ! be bold !" and everywhere — " Be bold ; Be not too bold ! " Yet better the excess Than the defect ; better the more than less ; Better like Hector in the field to die, Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly.
Page 46 - But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood...