Sunday Evenings at Beechwood; Or, Lessons from the PsalmsSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1865 - 296 pages |
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... never for- gotten it . " " Very well ; and why do you put prayer first and preaching last ? " " Because you said that prayer and praise make worship ; and to worship God is a higher thing than to listen to a sermon . ” 66 Yes ; as a ...
... never for- gotten it . " " Very well ; and why do you put prayer first and preaching last ? " " Because you said that prayer and praise make worship ; and to worship God is a higher thing than to listen to a sermon . ” 66 Yes ; as a ...
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... never thought of that before . Then did they play the Psalm tunes on the psaltery , mother ? Mrs. A. - The psaltery was one of the instruments used in the Temple services , 1 and from it comes the Greek word psalms , meaning songs sung ...
... never thought of that before . Then did they play the Psalm tunes on the psaltery , mother ? Mrs. A. - The psaltery was one of the instruments used in the Temple services , 1 and from it comes the Greek word psalms , meaning songs sung ...
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... never knew that there were choristers chanting the psalms in the Bible - days . How beautiful it must have been with such a lot of voices ! But I think the harps and trumpets must have sounded rather strange together . " Oh ! but ...
... never knew that there were choristers chanting the psalms in the Bible - days . How beautiful it must have been with such a lot of voices ! But I think the harps and trumpets must have sounded rather strange together . " Oh ! but ...
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... never lose hold of God's hand , however He may be trying you , and wherever He may be leading you ; and if you grow up to be men you will perhaps have a great deal to try you ; still , hold fast by that hand , be- cause then you will be ...
... never lose hold of God's hand , however He may be trying you , and wherever He may be leading you ; and if you grow up to be men you will perhaps have a great deal to try you ; still , hold fast by that hand , be- cause then you will be ...
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... never thought there was so much meaning in the Psalms . You'll like them better now , Clement , won't you ? " " O yes ! if they are all like this ; it is as good as a story when mother explains it . Are there any more Psalms as old as ...
... never thought there was so much meaning in the Psalms . You'll like them better now , Clement , won't you ? " " O yes ! if they are all like this ; it is as good as a story when mother explains it . Are there any more Psalms as old as ...
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Page 138 - When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer.
Page 172 - To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul : And he said, I WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Page 235 - How amiable are thy tabernacles,- O Lord of hosts ! " My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of the Lord ; my heart and, my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 51 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 139 - I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, " I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord ;" and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
Page 285 - NOT UNTO us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Page 217 - Ye shall not need to fight in this battle : set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem : fear not, nor be dismayed ; to-morrow go out against them : for the LORD will be with you.
Page 165 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
Page 207 - How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear ! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.