Comfortings: Book of SelectionsC. H. Kerr, 1891 - 182 pages |
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affliction Amen behold believe better blessed blossoms body breath bright CHARLES LAMB covered bridge DANIEL MANN dark dear death divine dust dwell earth earthly eternal everlasting evermore evil eyes faith Father fear feel flesh flowers forever gentle GEORGE ELIOT glorious glory God's gone grave grief hath heart heavenly hope human immortality infinite J. G. WHITTIER JEAN PAUL RICHTER kingdom of heaven light LONGFELLOW look Lord memory mercy morning mortal nature night noble o'er pain pass peace pray prayer rest righteousness round seems shadow shadow falls shine shore sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit stars sweet tabernacle tears tender TENNYSON thank thee THEODORE PARKER thine thou art thou art God thou hast thought thy hands to-day trust unto VICTOR HUGO voice weary wilt thou withereth words world goes round Пь
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Page 37 - He has outsoared the shadow of our night; Envy and calumny and hate and pain, And that unrest which men miscall delight, Can touch him not and torture not again...
Page 153 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them : and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 111 - From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
Page 73 - Life ! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; 'Tis hard. to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear; — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time; Say not Good Night, — but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning.
Page 143 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 30 - To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours.
Page 152 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 153 - Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, verily, I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Page 43 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 11 - Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And lo, Creation widened in man's view.