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... means conducive to this end , is an essential part of the system under which we live . It is therefore a manifestation of divine beneficence , a proof of the interest that the Father takes in us , not a ground of complaint or distrust ...
... means conducive to this end , is an essential part of the system under which we live . It is therefore a manifestation of divine beneficence , a proof of the interest that the Father takes in us , not a ground of complaint or distrust ...
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... means to lead us to it , we are natu- rally induced to ask why , this being the case , he often leaves us in , yea exposes us to , misfortune ; and we can find no other reason , except that our afflictions have their uses , seen of God ...
... means to lead us to it , we are natu- rally induced to ask why , this being the case , he often leaves us in , yea exposes us to , misfortune ; and we can find no other reason , except that our afflictions have their uses , seen of God ...
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... mean , " trusting in the name of the Lord , and staying ourselves upon God . " Are then any of us dejected or unhappy ? Is our prospect darkened by any cloud , or are we discouraged by the prospect of impending evil ? Let us turn our ...
... mean , " trusting in the name of the Lord , and staying ourselves upon God . " Are then any of us dejected or unhappy ? Is our prospect darkened by any cloud , or are we discouraged by the prospect of impending evil ? Let us turn our ...
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... be remote . Still we on earth may be visible to its inhabi- tants ; still in an important sense they may be present ; for what do we mean by presence ? Am I not present to those of you who are beyond the reach of my arm 90 THE FUTURE LIFE .
... be remote . Still we on earth may be visible to its inhabi- tants ; still in an important sense they may be present ; for what do we mean by presence ? Am I not present to those of you who are beyond the reach of my arm 90 THE FUTURE LIFE .
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... means of revealing themselves than here , the newly arrived immediately see and feel themselves encompassed with virtue and goodness ; and through this insight into the congenial spirits which surround them , intimacies stronger than ...
... means of revealing themselves than here , the newly arrived immediately see and feel themselves encompassed with virtue and goodness ; and through this insight into the congenial spirits which surround them , intimacies stronger than ...
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Page 139 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order and where the light is as darkness.
Page xv - My heart panteth, my strength faileth me : as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Page 52 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods, rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 147 - But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Page 216 - The winds breathe low ; the withering leaf Scarce whispers from the tree ; So gently flows the parting breath, When good men cease to be.
Page 52 - Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
Page 144 - ... from many mistakes, and a skill had been laboriously acquired in the use of many powers. And the being I looked upon had just compassed that most useful, most practical of all knowledge,— how to live and to act well and wisely. Yet I have seen such an one die. Was all this treasure gained only to be lost? Were all these faculties trained only to be thrown into utter disuse? Was this instrument, the intelligent soul, the noblest in the universe,— was it so laboriously fashioned, and by the...
Page 174 - BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN." OH, deem not they are blest alone Whose lives a peaceful tenor keep ; The Power who pities man, has shown A blessing for the eyes that weep. The light of smiles shall fill again The lids that overflow with tears; And weary hours of woe and pain Are promises of happier years.
Page 130 - MY God, I thank thee ! may no thought E'er deem thy chastisements severe; But may this heart, by sorrow taught, Calm each wild wish, each idle fear. 2 Thy mercy bids all nature bloom ; The sun shines bright, and man is gay; Thine equal mercy spreads the gloom, That darkens o'er his little day. 3 Full many a throb of grief and pain Thy frail and erring child must know: But not one prayer is breathed in vain, Nor does one tear unheeded flow.
Page 174 - There is a day of sunny rest For every dark and troubled night ; And Grief may bide, an evening guest, But Joy shall come with early light.