A Real Treasure for the Pious MindJohn Babcock, 1797 - 96 стор. |
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... first began The scheme to refcue fallen man ; Hail matchlefs free eternal grace That gave my foul a hiding - place . Against the God that rules the skies , I fought with hands uplifted high ; Defpifed the manfions of his grace , Too ...
... first began The scheme to refcue fallen man ; Hail matchlefs free eternal grace That gave my foul a hiding - place . Against the God that rules the skies , I fought with hands uplifted high ; Defpifed the manfions of his grace , Too ...
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... first - born , and give all I have to the poor , or go to pilgrim- age to the Holy Land to vifit his fepulchre , or go to the top of Mount Calvary where the crofs ftood , as a token of thankfulness for his love , could I have refused it ...
... first - born , and give all I have to the poor , or go to pilgrim- age to the Holy Land to vifit his fepulchre , or go to the top of Mount Calvary where the crofs ftood , as a token of thankfulness for his love , could I have refused it ...
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... first- born fons of light lose themselves in blifsful af- tonishment in fearch of thy excellencies ; even they , with filent ecftacy , adore thee , while thou art veiled with ineffable splendour , The bright , the blefs'd Divinity is ...
... first- born fons of light lose themselves in blifsful af- tonishment in fearch of thy excellencies ; even they , with filent ecftacy , adore thee , while thou art veiled with ineffable splendour , The bright , the blefs'd Divinity is ...
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... first she charm'd my fight ! But rofes will not always laft . Yet ftill Sophronia pleas'd . Nor time , nor care Could take her youthful bloom away : Virtue has charms which nothing can impair ; Beauty like her's could ne'er decay ...
... first she charm'd my fight ! But rofes will not always laft . Yet ftill Sophronia pleas'd . Nor time , nor care Could take her youthful bloom away : Virtue has charms which nothing can impair ; Beauty like her's could ne'er decay ...
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... first arri- val in Paradife , to wear out the impreffions of the laft agonies , and qualify them for the pleaf- ures of that happy place . My heart melted away in fecret raptures . " I had often been told that the rock before me was the ...
... first arri- val in Paradife , to wear out the impreffions of the laft agonies , and qualify them for the pleaf- ures of that happy place . My heart melted away in fecret raptures . " I had often been told that the rock before me was the ...
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Сторінка 62 - I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Сторінка 57 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The Genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and...
Сторінка 33 - Here's love and grief beyond degree, The Lord of glory dies for men ! But lo ! what sudden joys we see ! Jesus the dead revives again ! 4 The rising God forsakes the tomb ! Up to his Father's court he flies ; Cherubic legions guard him home, And shout him welcome to the skies.
Сторінка 59 - ... hundred. As I was counting the arches the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches ; but that a great flood swept away the rest, and left the bridge in the ruinous condition I now beheld it. But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it...
Сторінка 60 - Some were looking up towards the heavens in a thoughtful posture, and in the midst of a speculation stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes and danced before them, but often when they thought themselves within the reach of them their footing failed and down they sunk.
Сторінка 58 - The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and taking me by the hand, Mirza, said he, I have heard thee in thy soliloquies; follow me.
Сторінка 59 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Сторінка 27 - Born Thy people to deliver, Born a child, and yet a King, Born to reign in us for ever, Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.
Сторінка 59 - There were indeed some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk.
Сторінка 57 - Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.