The Gospel missionary, 1851-68, 71-78, 81-1902 |
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Page 29 - Let none hear you idly saying, " There is nothing I can do," While the souls of men are dying, And the Master calls for you. Take the task He gives you gladly, Let His work your pleasure be ; Answer quickly when He calleth, " Here am I ; send me, send me...
Page 107 - THERE were ninety and nine that * safely lay In the shelter of the fold ; But one was out on the hills away, Far off from the gates of gold, Away on the mountains wild and bare, Away from the tender Shepherd's care. 2 ' Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine; Are they not enough for Thee ? ' But the Shepherd made answer : — 'This of Mine Has wandered away from Me ; And, although the road be rough and steep, I go to the desert to find My sheep.
Page 29 - If you cannot cross the ocean, And the heathen lands explore, You can find the heathen nearer, You can help them at your door ; If you cannot give your thousands, You can give the widow's mite, And the least you give for Jesus Will be precious in His sight.
Page 12 - Fifty straight columns propped its lofty head; And many a long, depending shoot, Seeking to strike its root, Straight, like a plummet, grew towards the ground. Some on the lower boughs which...
Page 69 - ... shall hide themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains, and shall say to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb ; for the great day of his wrath is come ; and who shall be able to stand...
Page 107 - Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine; Are they not enough for Thee ? ' But the Shepherd made answer : — 'This of Mine Has wandered away from Me ; And, although the road be rough and steep, I go to the desert to find My sheep.
Page 29 - If you cannot speak like angels, If you cannot preach like Paul, You can tell the love of Jesus, You can say He died for all.
Page 107 - And all through the mountains, thunder-riven And up from the rocky steep, There rose a cry to the gate of heaven, " Rejoice ! I have found my sheep ! " And the angels echoed around the throne, " Rejoice, for the Lord brings back his own !
Page 42 - Sown in the darkness or sown in the light, Sown in our weakness or sown in our might ; Gathered in time or eternity, Sure, ah, sure, will the harvest be...
Page 88 - Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.