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How rapid is its motion ! like the swift tide which overflows the sand till all is lost in
one vast ocean ; so prevails the light over the darkness , but with incredible more
velocity , till night is overwhelmed in the glare of day . “ Truly the light is sweet ...
How rapid is its motion ! like the swift tide which overflows the sand till all is lost in
one vast ocean ; so prevails the light over the darkness , but with incredible more
velocity , till night is overwhelmed in the glare of day . “ Truly the light is sweet ...
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6 . ; for , through the fall of man , gross darkness hath overspread the whole soul ,
so that “ the “ natural man receiveth not the things of « the Spirit of God , for they
are foolishness « unto him ; neither can he know them , be“ cause they are ...
6 . ; for , through the fall of man , gross darkness hath overspread the whole soul ,
so that “ the “ natural man receiveth not the things of « the Spirit of God , for they
are foolishness « unto him ; neither can he know them , be“ cause they are ...
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When the sun goes down , darkness does not immediately ensue ; but though the
light is protracted for a little , yet are there not the smallest hopes of his rising
again that day ; no , for it is ended . In the twilight which is quickly lost , in the ...
When the sun goes down , darkness does not immediately ensue ; but though the
light is protracted for a little , yet are there not the smallest hopes of his rising
again that day ; no , for it is ended . In the twilight which is quickly lost , in the ...
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O that I and every one else would remem - . ber that the all - penetrating eye of
God is ever upon us , and that darkness covereth not from him , but to him the
night doth shine as day , Ps . cxxxix . 12 . This , through grace , would deter us
from ...
O that I and every one else would remem - . ber that the all - penetrating eye of
God is ever upon us , and that darkness covereth not from him , but to him the
night doth shine as day , Ps . cxxxix . 12 . This , through grace , would deter us
from ...
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325 CONTEMPLATION XIV , ON THE EVENING OF THE DAY The bright
monarch of day having but a little ago disappeared in the west , darkness
beginneth again to resume her ancient reign , and claimeth a primeval right ;
while the village ...
325 CONTEMPLATION XIV , ON THE EVENING OF THE DAY The bright
monarch of day having but a little ago disappeared in the west , darkness
beginneth again to resume her ancient reign , and claimeth a primeval right ;
while the village ...
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Page 133 - For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another ; though my reins be consumed within me.
Page 85 - When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart.
Page 287 - Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, And shut thy doors about thee: Hide thyself as it were for a little moment, Until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity : The earth also shall disclose her blood, And shall no more cover her slain.
Page 286 - Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing : let them not feed, nor drink water : but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God : yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
Page 226 - Passing through the street near her corner ; And he went the way to her house, In the twilight, in the evening, In the black and dark night...
Page 256 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 115 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Page 163 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 227 - He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks ; till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Page 279 - How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
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| Title | A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Season |
| Author | James Fisher |
| Publisher | author, 1806 |
| Length | 338 pages |
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