Life of James MontgomeryGould and Lincoln, 1857 - 416 pages |
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Page 382 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 357 - Week in, week out, from morn till night You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell, When the evening sun is low.
Page 404 - The Lord bless you, and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace, both now and evermore.
Page 378 - I desired also, that they would cause their overseers to deal mildly and gently with their negroes, and not use cruelty towards them, as the manner of some hath been and is ; and that after certain years of servitude they should make them free.
Page 206 - Lonely I no longer roam, Like the cloud, the wind, the wave, Where you dwell shall be my home, Where you die shall be my grave : Mine the God whom you adore, Your Redeemer shall be mine ; Earth can fill my heart no more, Every idol I resign.
Page 253 - Then in a moment, to my view, The stranger darted from disguise ; The tokens in his hands I knew—- My Saviour stood before mine eyes. He spake ; and my poor name he named — " Of Me thou hast not been ashamed ; These deeds shall thy memorial be ; Fear not ! thou didst them unto me.
Page 357 - A tear out of his eyes. Toiling— rejoicing —sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
Page 225 - They shall come from the east and the west, the north and the south, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom, of God.
Page 200 - And doubtless the answer of every serious and reflecting mind must be, that in 'pure and undefiled religion,' in 'loving the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our mind, with all our soul, and with all our strength...
Page 111 - Christ, who, though He was rich, yet, for our sakes, He became poor, that we, through His poverty, might be made rich.