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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... Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night ; nor for the arrow that flieth by day ; nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness ; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday . For he shall give his angels charge over thee ...
... Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night ; nor for the arrow that flieth by day ; nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness ; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday . For he shall give his angels charge over thee ...
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... shall be puri- fied , and made white , and tried ; but the wicked shall do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand ; but the wise shall understand . Blessed is he that waiteth . But go thou thy way till the end be : for thou shalt ...
... shall be puri- fied , and made white , and tried ; but the wicked shall do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand ; but the wise shall understand . Blessed is he that waiteth . But go thou thy way till the end be : for thou shalt ...
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... shall no evil touch thee . In famine he shall redeem thee from death : and in war from the power of the sword . Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue : neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh . [ Job v . ] My ...
... shall no evil touch thee . In famine he shall redeem thee from death : and in war from the power of the sword . Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue : neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh . [ Job v . ] My ...
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... thou art mine . When thou passest through the waters , I will be with thee ; and through the rivers , they shall not overflow thee : when thou walkest through the fire , thou shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee ...
... thou art mine . When thou passest through the waters , I will be with thee ; and through the rivers , they shall not overflow thee : when thou walkest through the fire , thou shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee ...
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... shall cover thee with his feathers , and under his wings shalt thou trust : his truth shall be thy shield and buckler . Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night ; nor for the arrow that flieth by day : nor for the pestilence ...
... shall cover thee with his feathers , and under his wings shalt thou trust : his truth shall be thy shield and buckler . Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night ; nor for the arrow that flieth by day : nor for the pestilence ...
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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.