An Offering of Sympathy to the Afflicted: Especially to Parents Bereaved of Their Children: Being a Collection from Manuscripts Never Before Published, with an Appendix of Extracts from Various AuthorsJ. Munroe, 1842 - 270 páginas |
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... wishes to contribute some- thing to the supply of a want , that has been much felt among us . The children of sorrow are at all times a numerous class of mankind . It pleases God that they should always be with us ; and we ourselves ...
... wishes to contribute some- thing to the supply of a want , that has been much felt among us . The children of sorrow are at all times a numerous class of mankind . It pleases God that they should always be with us ; and we ourselves ...
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... wish to recall them if we could ? wish to take them from their heavenly re- ward , to restore them to earth , again to suffer , to weep , to renew their conflict with the world and with sin , and to undergo afresh the pangs of ...
... wish to recall them if we could ? wish to take them from their heavenly re- ward , to restore them to earth , again to suffer , to weep , to renew their conflict with the world and with sin , and to undergo afresh the pangs of ...
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... wishes attend you , that all the evils of life may thus disappoint you , as I am sure our happiness in the next , if we conduct well in this , will exceed our most unbounded expectations . Though these small occurrences gave me pleasure ...
... wishes attend you , that all the evils of life may thus disappoint you , as I am sure our happiness in the next , if we conduct well in this , will exceed our most unbounded expectations . Though these small occurrences gave me pleasure ...
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... wish and just ex- pectation . I could write a volume , were it necessary , on the excellent lesson conveyed in the beautiful fable of the ' Hermit , ' but you know it already ; and if you have not before , I hope you will now indulge ...
... wish and just ex- pectation . I could write a volume , were it necessary , on the excellent lesson conveyed in the beautiful fable of the ' Hermit , ' but you know it already ; and if you have not before , I hope you will now indulge ...
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... wish to be true ? On a subject so obscure as the peculiar nature of the future life , well does it become a creature of the dust to be modest and humble . But if our light is fee- ble and faint , we ought not to close our eyes on that ...
... wish to be true ? On a subject so obscure as the peculiar nature of the future life , well does it become a creature of the dust to be modest and humble . But if our light is fee- ble and faint , we ought not to close our eyes on that ...
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Página 21 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee ; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee, When thou walkest through the fire Thou shalt not be burned, Neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, The Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour...
Página 109 - From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Página 125 - The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
Página 15 - While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Página 139 - And standest undecayed within our presence, Thou wilt hear nothing till the Judgment morning, When the great Trump shall thrill thee with its warning! Why should this worthless tegument endure, If its undying guest be lost for ever ? O let us keep the soul embalmed and pure In living virtue ; that, when both must sever.
Página 46 - Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
Página 108 - Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the LORD : (for we walk by faith, not by sight :) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the LORD.
Página 154 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends ; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Página 182 - The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Página 170 - They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.