| Mary Atkinson Maurice - 1844 - 200 pages
...event. 5 One sweet solemn night, when the stars were shining brilliantly, and the air was calm, and "there were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks," they were astonished and overwhelmed by suddenly hearing the voice of an angel announcing the birth... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth - 1845 - 524 pages
...which those splendid creatures are arrayed, when not walking the earth in the form and the garb of men. There were " Shepherds abiding in the field, keeping...their flocks by night : and lo, the angel of the Lord came • 431 upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore nfraid."... | |
| Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1845 - 436 pages
...winter, one has been gathered from that passage in the sacred history of the event which states that " there were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night." It is an argument, however, which does not seem very conclusive in a pastoral country, and eastern... | |
| William Scott (of Teviotbank.) - 1846 - 208 pages
...sacred poetry, and which may be done without altering a single word of our authorized translation. " And there were shepherds, abiding in the field, Keeping watch over their flocks by night. And suddenly The angel of the Lord came upon them, And the glory of the Lord shone round about them ; And... | |
| Durham city, cathedral - 1848 - 300 pages
...Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. LUKE II. RECITATIVE, TREBLE. 8. There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. 9. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them :... | |
| Robert Brett - 1849 - 436 pages
...HIS EIETH. Gospel JJarratibe. S. Lukeii. 8—18. AND there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And, lo, the angel of the LOED came upon them, and the glory of the L1 > n i1 shone round about them ; and they were sore afraid.... | |
| James Gallaher - 1849 - 432 pages
...directed to accompany me. " ' It was in Bethlehem of Judea that the Savior had chosen first to appear. There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. I approached in the form of an angel of the Lord, and the glory of the Lord shone all around them.... | |
| John Aikin - 1850 - 764 pages
...thy right hand shall hold me." Psal. cxuix. S "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And lo I the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they... | |
| Hymns - 1851 - 266 pages
...given. Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, goodwill towards men ! Alleluia ! Morales. XXII. There were Shepherds abiding in the field, keeping...their flocks by night. And lo, the Angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid. And the... | |
| 1851 - 606 pages
...perceived that the event was announced in a manner which had never before attended any human birth. " There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night, and the Angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were... | |
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