The Life of the Rev. Richard Knill, of St. PetersburgReligious Tract Society, 1878 - 272 pages |
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Page 133 - For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self...
Page 109 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Page 36 - Paul and Silas were thrust into the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks, but Jesus drew near and caused them to burst into a song even at midnight.
Page 37 - ... and obey. 2 What is my being, but for thee, Its sure support, its noblest end ? Thine ever-smiling face to see, And serve the cause of such a Friend.
Page 63 - Behold, how good and how pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity...
Page 119 - God, we have a sure word of prophecy, to which we do well to take heed !
Page 58 - I'm constrained to be ! Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee : Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it ; Prone to leave the God I love ; Here's my heart, oh take and seal it, Seal it from Thy courts above.
Page 144 - Fear not: for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be unto all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Page 33 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come 15 which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Page 48 - But blessed are our eyes for they see, and our ears for they hear.