The Western Messenger: Devoted to Religion, Life, and Literature, Volume 1T.H. Shreve & Company, 1836 |
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Page 47
... eyes on the distant mark of his high calling and going boldly for- ward , he is anxiously watching his own footsteps to see that they are in the track . He is always more intent on plucking up tares , than on planting wheat . He is ...
... eyes on the distant mark of his high calling and going boldly for- ward , he is anxiously watching his own footsteps to see that they are in the track . He is always more intent on plucking up tares , than on planting wheat . He is ...
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... eyes lighted up once more , he broke the bread , gave it to his family and himself , so he did with the wine , said amen , and died . Before that he said , " I do not know how it is , every thing becomes so dim about me , but this only ...
... eyes lighted up once more , he broke the bread , gave it to his family and himself , so he did with the wine , said amen , and died . Before that he said , " I do not know how it is , every thing becomes so dim about me , but this only ...
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... eyes were deeply set , And the demon - fires of guilty days Were burning in them yet . His beard was thick , and long , and black ; Apparently the growth Of many a day of wretchedness , And solitude , and sloth . His hair was matted o ...
... eyes were deeply set , And the demon - fires of guilty days Were burning in them yet . His beard was thick , and long , and black ; Apparently the growth Of many a day of wretchedness , And solitude , and sloth . His hair was matted o ...
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... eye had now caught the aged man's- And he shrieked , " Not yet ! Not yet ! " He drew in his breath , and shrank away ... eyes Were fixed , as if in death ; But still his lips , though mute , moved on , And still he drew his breath . And ...
... eye had now caught the aged man's- And he shrieked , " Not yet ! Not yet ! " He drew in his breath , and shrank away ... eyes Were fixed , as if in death ; But still his lips , though mute , moved on , And still he drew his breath . And ...
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... eyes above- The star of Hope was there ! It shone upon his soul , and lit That desert of Despair . And then he thanked the man of God Time after time , and bless'd , And asked to join with him in prayer : " Not now - thou needest rest ...
... eyes above- The star of Hope was there ! It shone upon his soul , and lit That desert of Despair . And then he thanked the man of God Time after time , and bless'd , And asked to join with him in prayer : " Not now - thou needest rest ...
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Page 111 - These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come ; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee...
Page 40 - Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 2 - Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
Page 305 - Heaven lies about us in our infancy. Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy; But he beholds the light and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy. The youth who daily farther from the East Must travel, still is Nature's priest, And, by the vision splendid, Is on his way attended. At length the man perceives it die away And fade into the light of common day.
Page 38 - But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
Page 152 - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life...
Page 338 - In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Page 357 - But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 225 - But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. 39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
Page 178 - And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them : then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.