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... prayers in the congregation , there was a warmth and fervour in his manner , that was at once awful and edifying : his utterance was never rapturous , it was never languid ; and a service , highly reasonable in itself , wherein human ...
... prayers in the congregation , there was a warmth and fervour in his manner , that was at once awful and edifying : his utterance was never rapturous , it was never languid ; and a service , highly reasonable in itself , wherein human ...
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... Prayer of the Church of England . The spirit of devotion , which per- vades and animates it , the energy and simplicity of it , are incontestable ; but it was his opinion that the prayers , compressed as they are in short collects , or ...
... Prayer of the Church of England . The spirit of devotion , which per- vades and animates it , the energy and simplicity of it , are incontestable ; but it was his opinion that the prayers , compressed as they are in short collects , or ...
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... prayer for the congregation exclusively , but , as the rubric ex- plains it , " a general supplication " for all man- kind . He thought a certain decency and solemnity of form were of great use , in giving life and effect to religious ...
... prayer for the congregation exclusively , but , as the rubric ex- plains it , " a general supplication " for all man- kind . He thought a certain decency and solemnity of form were of great use , in giving life and effect to religious ...
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... that it was the house of a truly devout and Chris- tian pastor , who summoned all under his roof to morning and evening prayer ; and the same sedate and holy fervour , which was so edifying in MEMOIR OF DR . TOWNSON . xxix.
... that it was the house of a truly devout and Chris- tian pastor , who summoned all under his roof to morning and evening prayer ; and the same sedate and holy fervour , which was so edifying in MEMOIR OF DR . TOWNSON . xxix.
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... prayer . At the same time it was a rule with him , not to encroach on the duties of this day by writing letters , much less by the too com- mon practice of travelling . It was always , within his walls , a day of peculiar hospitality ...
... prayer . At the same time it was a rule with him , not to encroach on the duties of this day by writing letters , much less by the too com- mon practice of travelling . It was always , within his walls , a day of peculiar hospitality ...
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Page 246 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 122 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house ; and his windows being open in his chamber * toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 128 - Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice.
Page 146 - For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, "Go," and he goeth; and to another, "Come," and he cometh; and to my servant, "Do this,
Page 157 - And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven ; but the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into utter darkness ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 81 - Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with thy free Spirit.
Page 24 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Page 121 - All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Page 132 - Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. **And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
Page 96 - And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel.