The voice of thanksgiving, a selection of passages, in prose and verse, from various Christian authors by the compiler of 'The invalid's own book' [signing herself L.A.D.].Knight&Son, 1861 - 136 pages |
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adore affliction angels beautiful bless Thee blest bliss blood bright CAROLINE FRY cheerful Christian Christian joy CLERKENWELL comfort darkness death delight desire Divine dwell earth earthly EDMESTON eternal everlasting evermore faith Father fear feel fields and streams fountain fulness glorify glorious glory God's grace gracious grateful gratitude hand happy hath heart heaven heavenly Holy Spirit hope HUGH WHITE hymn innu Jesus Christ Lamb light Lord's mind ness never night o'er pain peace praise Thee prayer precious promise Redeemer rejoice rest rience righteousness sacred saints salvation sanctify Saviour sick sing sins song songs of praise sorrow soul sweet tender tender mercy thank Thee THANKSGIVING Thine things Thou art thoughts throne Thy holy Thy love Thy mercy Thy name Thy praise Thy servant Thy word tion tongue trial tribulation unspeakable unto the Lord unto Thee voice weary ye saints
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Page 124 - How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
Page 132 - After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; And cried with a loud voice ; saying; Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Page 43 - Thou visitest the earth and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou prepares! them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
Page 125 - The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose, I will not, I will not desert to his foes; That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake.
Page 31 - I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness towards the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them, according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses.
Page 49 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 11 - That we on Earth, with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise; As once we did, till disproportion'd sin Jarr'd against nature's chime, and with harsh din Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great Lord, whose love their motion sway'd In perfect diapason, whilst they stood In first obedience, and their state of good.
Page 39 - God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Page 99 - And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us : and if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.
Page 88 - Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.