Ellen Taylor; or, Early disciplineSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1852 - 120 pages |
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Page 103 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuons eye, 'And smiling say —
Page 90 - THEY sin who tell us Love can die ; With life all other passions fly — All others are but vanity. In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell ; Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth. But Love is indestructible ; Its holy flame for ever burneth, From heaven it came, to heaven returneth...
Page 107 - Wherever in the world I am, In whatsoe'er estate, I have a fellowship with hearts To keep and cultivate ; And a work of lowly love to do For the Lord on whom I wait.
Page 103 - Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love That planned, and built, and still upholds a world So clothed with beauty, for rebellious man...
Page 99 - THE dead are like the stars by day, Withdrawn from mortal eye, Yet holding unperceived their way Through the unclouded sky. 2. By them, through holy hope and love, We feel, in hours serene, Connected with a world above, Immortal and unseen.
Page 69 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 104 - The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Page 99 - For death his sacred seal hath set On bright and bygone hours ; And they we mourn are with us yet, * Are. more than ever ours...
Page 80 - Does each day upon its wing Its allotted burden bring ? Load it not besides with sorrow, Which belongeth to the morrow. Strength is promised, strength is given, When the heart by God is riven ; But foredate the day of woe, And, alone, thou bear'st the blow...
Page 108 - THOU cam'st not to thy place by accident, It is the very place God meant for thee ; And shouldst thou there small scope for action see, Do not for this give room to discontent ; Nor let the time thou owest to God be spent In idly dreaming how thou mightest be, In what concerns thy spiritual life, more free From outward hindrance or impediment. For presently this...