Voices from the Silent Land: Or, Leaves of Consolation for the AfflictedJ. P. Jewett, 1853 - 274 էջ |
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... , – - " " Tis sweet , as year by year we lose Friends out of sight , in faith to muse How grows in paradise our store . " May 10 , 1851 . M. N. W. NOTE . THE Compiler would express her grateful acknowledgments to PREFACE . 7.
... , – - " " Tis sweet , as year by year we lose Friends out of sight , in faith to muse How grows in paradise our store . " May 10 , 1851 . M. N. W. NOTE . THE Compiler would express her grateful acknowledgments to PREFACE . 7.
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... faith penetrates , the heart of faith lives , in that spiritual world . There is sorrow and trembling yet . But there is hope , the anchor of the soul . There is faith , the very substance of things hoped for , the evidence of things ...
... faith penetrates , the heart of faith lives , in that spiritual world . There is sorrow and trembling yet . But there is hope , the anchor of the soul . There is faith , the very substance of things hoped for , the evidence of things ...
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... dead are every where ! Where'er is love , or tenderness , or faith ; Where'er is pleasure , pomp , or pride ; where'er Life is or was , is death ! 16 BLESSED ARE THE DEAD . BLESSED ARE THE DEAD THE DEAD ARE EVERY WHERE . 15.
... dead are every where ! Where'er is love , or tenderness , or faith ; Where'er is pleasure , pomp , or pride ; where'er Life is or was , is death ! 16 BLESSED ARE THE DEAD . BLESSED ARE THE DEAD THE DEAD ARE EVERY WHERE . 15.
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... faith's victory . Deeper ! O , may no richer power Be in those notes enshrined ? Can all , which crowds on earth's last hour , No fuller language find ? Away , and hush the feeble song , And let the chord be stilled ; For in another ...
... faith's victory . Deeper ! O , may no richer power Be in those notes enshrined ? Can all , which crowds on earth's last hour , No fuller language find ? Away , and hush the feeble song , And let the chord be stilled ; For in another ...
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... Faith beholds evidence that goodness regulates might ; so that all her expec- tations are raptures , because all futurity , all eternity , can be nothing but the unfolding of love . Hence Death is no longer the king of terrors , with ...
... Faith beholds evidence that goodness regulates might ; so that all her expec- tations are raptures , because all futurity , all eternity , can be nothing but the unfolding of love . Hence Death is no longer the king of terrors , with ...
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Voices from the Silent Land, Or Leaves of Consolation for the Afflicted Martha Noyes Williams Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1854 |
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affliction ANDREWS NORTON angels bear beauty behold beloved BERNARD BARTON better blessed blest bosom breast breath bright brow cheerful child Christ Christian comfort consolation dark dead dear death didst divine grace doth dust dwell earth earthly ELIZA COOK ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING eternity evil eyes faith Father fear flowers forever giveth gloom glory God's grave grief hand happy hast lost thy hath heaven heavenly holy hope immortal Jesus life's light living look Lord MADAME GUYON mercy mortal mother Mount of Olives mourn N. P. WILLIS never night o'er pain passed peace praise prayer rejoice rest resurrection rocky steps saints Savior shalt shining bands sigh silent land SIMON DACH sing sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit stars stranger band suffering sweet tears tender thee thine things thou art thought tomb trouble unto voice weary weep WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT wilt
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Էջ 256 - 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.
Էջ 256 - In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying place. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Էջ 18 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Էջ 160 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Էջ 54 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.
Էջ 155 - Although my house be not so with God; yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although He make it not to grow.
Էջ 26 - We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. " ' So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. " ' Our very hopes belied our fears ; Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. " ' For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed ; — she had Another morn...
Էջ 84 - FRIEND after friend departs ; Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts, That finds not here an end : Were this frail world our only rest, Living or dying none were blest.
Էջ 236 - For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Էջ 26 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.