The Cup of Consolation, Or Bright Messages for the Sickbed, from the Two Great Volumes of Nature and Revelation, by an Invalid |
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Page 154 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Page 37 - And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, "Fear not; I am the first and the last. I am he that liveth and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Page 26 - For his anger endureth but a moment ; in his favour is life : weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Page 257 - Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Page 274 - Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, And turneth the shadow of death into the morning, And maketh the day dark with night: That calleth for the waters of the sea, And poureth them out upon the face of the earth : The Lord is his name: That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, So that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Page 153 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Page 97 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is...
Page 282 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: but it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
Page 121 - And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season ; there shall be showers of blessing.
Page 119 - Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Cup of Consolation, Or Bright Messages for the Sickbed, from the Two Great Volumes of Nature and Revelation, by an Invalid |
| Author | Louisa Macduff |
| Contributor | John Ross Macduff |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton, 1880 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2008 |
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