History of Jefferson College: Including an Account of the Early "log-cabin" Schools, and the Canonsburg Academy ; with Biographical Sketches of Rev. Matthew Brown, Rev. Samuel Ralston, Rev. Matthew Henderson, Rev. James Ramsey, Rev. John H. Kennedy, and Rev. Abr'm. Anderson

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J. T. Shryock, 1857 - 451 páginas
 

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Página 57 - YE that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways...
Página 217 - To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Página 360 - A guilty, weak, and helpless worm, On thy kind arms I fall ; Be thou my strength and righteousness, My Jesus, and my all.
Página 349 - And play his brilliant parts before my eyes, When I am hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames His noble office, and, instead of truth, Displaying his own beauty, starves his flock ! Therefore, avaunt all attitude, and stare, And start theatric, practised at the glass ! I seek divine simplicity in him Who handles things divine...
Página 223 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: 6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. 7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
Página 340 - I know in whom I have believed, and that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.
Página 349 - Tis my perfect scorn ; Object of my implacable disgust. What ! — will a man play tricks ? will he indulge A silly fond conceit of his fair form, And just proportion, fashionable mien, And pretty face, in presence of his God...
Página 199 - I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen...
Página 124 - Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them!
Página 199 - State or sovereignty, whereof he was before a citizen or subject; and moreover, on its appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that during the said term of two years, he has behaved as a man of good moral character attached to the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same...

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