The Church Missionary Gleaner, Volumes 15-16Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1865 |
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Popular passages
Page 68 - Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Page 22 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 34 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 4 - Renew my will from day to day, Blend it with Thine, and take away All that now makes it hard to say,
Page 74 - He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground ; a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into water-springs...
Page 96 - God so loved the world as to give his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting.
Page 18 - Till from the straw, the flail the corn doth beat, Until the chaff be purged from the wheat, Yea, till the mill the grains in pieces tear, The richness of the flour will scarce appear. So, till men's persons great afflictions touch, If worth be found, their worth is not so much, Because, like wheat in straw, they have not yet That value which in threshing they may get. For till the bruising flails of God's corrections Have...
Page 85 - Why should ye be stricken any more ? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Page 86 - Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day.
Page 4 - Though dark my path and sad my lot, Let me be still, and murmur not, Or breathe the prayer divinely taught, "Thy will be done.