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... pleasures ; They nought but pain afford : Seek thou , my soul , for heavenly treasures , And wait upon the Lord . How swift the silent moments move , When all , with sweet accord , Together meet in sacred love , To wait upon the Lord ...
... pleasures ; They nought but pain afford : Seek thou , my soul , for heavenly treasures , And wait upon the Lord . How swift the silent moments move , When all , with sweet accord , Together meet in sacred love , To wait upon the Lord ...
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... pleasures all I spurn : From me the Siren's cup be hurl'd , To streams of purest joy I turn : May then my glowing bosom thrill , With sacred love to do Thy will ! Through darkest clouds and thickest gloom , The sun will dart its ray ...
... pleasures all I spurn : From me the Siren's cup be hurl'd , To streams of purest joy I turn : May then my glowing bosom thrill , With sacred love to do Thy will ! Through darkest clouds and thickest gloom , The sun will dart its ray ...
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... pleasure seems to cloy , And leaves the mind still more distress'd . In vain for me the warblers sing , In vain the opening flow'rets bloom ; In vain the smiles of verdant Spring : O'er all , without thee , hangs a gloom . But , oh ...
... pleasure seems to cloy , And leaves the mind still more distress'd . In vain for me the warblers sing , In vain the opening flow'rets bloom ; In vain the smiles of verdant Spring : O'er all , without thee , hangs a gloom . But , oh ...
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... pleasure , my nights in repose ? For the wisdom of this world , that passeth away , For mere human knowledge , -for this shall I pray ? Ah no ! I'll not pray for such vain things as these , Which only the pride of the creature can ...
... pleasure , my nights in repose ? For the wisdom of this world , that passeth away , For mere human knowledge , -for this shall I pray ? Ah no ! I'll not pray for such vain things as these , Which only the pride of the creature can ...
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... from the truth we'll ne'er wander astray , To follow the pleasures of sin : But we the still voice of the Lord will obey , That warneth in secret within . XXXVII . ON THE SUDDEN DEATH OF A YOUNG FRIEND 56 HOURS OF RETIREMENT .
... from the truth we'll ne'er wander astray , To follow the pleasures of sin : But we the still voice of the Lord will obey , That warneth in secret within . XXXVII . ON THE SUDDEN DEATH OF A YOUNG FRIEND 56 HOURS OF RETIREMENT .
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Сторінка 183 - It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Сторінка 178 - THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: Where is the house that ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest ? For all those things hath mine hand made...
Сторінка 181 - My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. * He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
Сторінка 184 - And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord ; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Сторінка 178 - Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie : to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Сторінка 183 - The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
Сторінка 178 - Lord : but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
Сторінка 180 - Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
Сторінка 181 - UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes : O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 2 Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress : even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.
Сторінка 78 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.