Memoirs, including letters and select remains, of John Urquhart. [Ed.] with a prefatory notice by A. Duff |
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Page 275 - For all flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Page 283 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Page 298 - Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonished at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men...
Page 33 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 153 - For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake ; 30 Having the same conflict "which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
Page 248 - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low. So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel „ While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Page 251 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never withering flowers ; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours.
Page 200 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
Page 253 - I" ASKED the Lord, that I might grow -»- In faith, and love, and every grace; Might more of his salvation know, And seek more earnestly his face. 2 'Twas He who taught me thus to pray, And He, I trust, has answered prayer; But it has been in such a way, As almost drove me to despair.
Page 296 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
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| Title | Memoirs, including letters and select remains, of John Urquhart. [Ed.] with a prefatory notice by A. Duff |
| Author | William Orme |
| Editor | Alexander Duff |
| Published | 1869 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 Jun 2006 |
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