Diamond DustHitchcock and Walden, 1880 - 242 pages |
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... soul's confidences with itself a ceaseless moan for fellowship with God in his grand schemes of benevolence . This universal bent indicates the divine inten- tion . God uses human agents . He would use each of us to the limit of our ...
... soul's confidences with itself a ceaseless moan for fellowship with God in his grand schemes of benevolence . This universal bent indicates the divine inten- tion . God uses human agents . He would use each of us to the limit of our ...
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... soul asks itself , " Have I found the line of life in which I can do most ? " " Have I strength for any broader work than that which now occupies my time ? " It is plain that to work successfully we must find first , what we can do best ...
... soul asks itself , " Have I found the line of life in which I can do most ? " " Have I strength for any broader work than that which now occupies my time ? " It is plain that to work successfully we must find first , what we can do best ...
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... souls may be rescued from ultimate loss and death . How simple is the story of the genesis of light , that wonderful effluence that makes possi- ble all growth and beauty ! How marvelous its movements ! It puts its shoulder beneath all ...
... souls may be rescued from ultimate loss and death . How simple is the story of the genesis of light , that wonderful effluence that makes possi- ble all growth and beauty ! How marvelous its movements ! It puts its shoulder beneath all ...
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... utterly inadequate to the result to be produced , that it may be thor- oughly understood that the excellency of the power is not of men , but of himself . Then needy souls will know that to him alone they must 12 DIAMOND DUST .
... utterly inadequate to the result to be produced , that it may be thor- oughly understood that the excellency of the power is not of men , but of himself . Then needy souls will know that to him alone they must 12 DIAMOND DUST .
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Jennie Fowler Willing. needy souls will know that to him alone they must look as the source of help and strength . and not to the servants that do his bidding . God's use of inadequate means may be seen in the material world . When he ...
Jennie Fowler Willing. needy souls will know that to him alone they must look as the source of help and strength . and not to the servants that do his bidding . God's use of inadequate means may be seen in the material world . When he ...
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Page 119 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Page 148 - The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a
Page 181 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels : for I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me not in : naked, and ye clothed me not : sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 184 - Lo, it is I, be not afraid! In many climes, without avail, Thou hast spent thy life for the Holy Grail; Behold, it is here, — this cup which thou Didst fill at the streamlet for me but now; This crust is my body broken for thee, This water His blood that died on the tree; The Holy Supper is kept, indeed, In whatso we share with another's need...
Page 97 - A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity...
Page 148 - Our toils obscure, and a* that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp ; The man's the gowd for a* that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden-gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a
Page 182 - Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Page 182 - Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was an hungered and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me: I was sick and ye visited me; I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 77 - Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 183 - I behold in thee An image of Him who died on the tree ; Thou also hast had thy crown of thorns, — Thou also hast had the world's buffets and scorns, — And to thy life were not denied The wounds in the hands and feet and side : Mild Mary's Son, acknowledge me ; Behold, through him, I give to thee...