A Manual for Use at Funerals: Consisting of Scripture Readings, Poems, and Prose Selections from Various Sources[s.n.] : Printed for the compilers, 1886 - 230 pages |
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Page 105
... , their many dyes That yesterday so caught thy passing eye ; Soiled by the rain , each leaf neglected lies , Upon the path where now thou hurriest by . Yet think thee not their beauteous tints less fair Than SELECTED THOUGHTS . 105.
... , their many dyes That yesterday so caught thy passing eye ; Soiled by the rain , each leaf neglected lies , Upon the path where now thou hurriest by . Yet think thee not their beauteous tints less fair Than SELECTED THOUGHTS . 105.
Page 106
... fair Than when they hung so gayly o'er thy head ; But rather find thee eyes , and look thee there Where now thy feet so heedless o'er them tread , And thou shalt see , where wasting now they lie , The unseen hues of immortality ...
... fair Than when they hung so gayly o'er thy head ; But rather find thee eyes , and look thee there Where now thy feet so heedless o'er them tread , And thou shalt see , where wasting now they lie , The unseen hues of immortality ...
Page 109
... Fair mists of seraphs melt and fall Around him , changeless amid all , — Ancient of days , whose days go on . For us , - whatever's undergone , Thou knowest , willest what is done . Grief may be joy misunderstood ; Only the Good ...
... Fair mists of seraphs melt and fall Around him , changeless amid all , — Ancient of days , whose days go on . For us , - whatever's undergone , Thou knowest , willest what is done . Grief may be joy misunderstood ; Only the Good ...
Page 110
... fair . O glory of our race that so suddenly decays ! O crimson flush of morning that darkens as we gaze ! O breath of summer blossoms that on the restless air Scatters a moment's sweetness , and flies we know not where ! I grieve for ...
... fair . O glory of our race that so suddenly decays ! O crimson flush of morning that darkens as we gaze ! O breath of summer blossoms that on the restless air Scatters a moment's sweetness , and flies we know not where ! I grieve for ...
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... fair young buds unopened , with every wind that blows ! So come from every region , so enter , side by side , The strong and faint of spirit , the meek and men of pride . Steps of earth's great and mighty , between those pillars gray ...
... fair young buds unopened , with every wind that blows ! So come from every region , so enter , side by side , The strong and faint of spirit , the meek and men of pride . Steps of earth's great and mighty , between those pillars gray ...
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A. C. Swinburne Absalom Alfred Tennyson Alice Cary angels Anonymous beautiful behold Blessed breath bright bright promise child cloud cometh dark days go dead dear death Dora Greenwell doth dust earth eternal eyes faint fair faith Father fear feel feet flowers forever friends Gerald Massey give giveth glory God's gone grave grief hand hands to God hath heart heaven holy hope Horatius Bonar Hymns immortal J. G. Whittier land Leopold Schefer life's light live look Lord mercy morning mortal mourn never night o'er pain passed patient peace Poems prayer Quiet Hours R. H. CHARLES rest righteousness river Schaff & Gilman shadow shine silent sing sleep smile sorrow soul spirit stars strength Sursum Corda sweet tears tender thee thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thought troubled trust truth voice wait weary weep wisdom
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Page 37 - LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? who shall dwell in thy holy hill ? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Page 146 - OH yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood; That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroy'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 63 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is : For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 72 - ... also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets...
Page 32 - It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Page 58 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 66 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 40 - I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith : that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death ; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Page 130 - Life ! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear; — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time; Say not Good Night, — but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning.
Page 20 - Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.