| 1866 - 824 pages
...of the Divine presence. Truly " Thechamber where the Christian meets hi« fate, Is privileged above the common walks of virtuous life, Quite on the verge of heaven." Our sister lingered but a brief season beyond this on the shores of Jordan — gradually sinking, but... | |
| 1868 - 844 pages
...death, and in that humble cottage felt the truth of the 70160 — " The chamber where the good ">*•• meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walks of virtuous life — Close on the verge of heaven." There lay, in patient suffering, an heir of glory— unknown to... | |
| Daniel Baker - 1846 - 384 pages
...bed of death is most generally a terrible place .for the infidel, " the chamber where the Christian meets his fate is privileged beyond the common walks of virtuous life, quite on the verge of heaven." Here, we will suppose, is a dormitory on the right, where Christians are breathing 'their last. Here,... | |
| G. Hunt Jackson - 1870 - 376 pages
...some undecided one, from whose conscience the truth has often extorted the confession of Agrippa ? ' The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk of life, Quite on the verge of heaven.' Such a chamber you have been privileged to enter. As you... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...past, Whose yesterdays look backward with a smile, Nor, like the Parthian, wound him as they fly. v. The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven. Virtue alone has majesty in death. Through nature's... | |
| Society of friends - 1871 - 264 pages
...portion:—and as his redeemed spirit took its flight, the words of the poet were felt to be realized : " The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life,—quite on the verge of heaven." WILLIAM FAWDON, 54 18 7 mo. 1871 Gateshead.... | |
| 1871 - 256 pages
...— and as his redeemed spirit took its flight, the words of the poet were felt to be realized : " The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, — quite on the verge of heaven." WILLIAM FAWDON, 54 18 7 mo. 1871 Gateshead.... | |
| Henry Bleby - 1872 - 588 pages
...holiness and the power of Divine grace, and show how " The chamber where the good man meets his fato Is privileged beyond the common walks of virtuous life, Quite on the verge of heaven." As the reverse of those darkly shaded pictures that have been presented, two others are selected from... | |
| Mrs. M. E. M'Allister - 1873 - 258 pages
...for me," etc., were sung in his room, that all who entered felt the import of the words : " The place where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond...walks Of virtuous life, quite on the verge of heaven." At midnight, during a severe paroxysm of pain, we thought him going ; but he soon rallied, and from... | |
| 1874 - 398 pages
...Brother Giles was lying, waiting the Master's summons. The visitants found it, as the poet sings : " The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is...walks Of virtuous life, quite on the verge of heaven." One of our sisters visited him on the Sunday afternoon before his death. They had a glorious time together.... | |
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