The Still Hour: Or, Communion with GodGould and Lincoln, 1860 - 136 Seiten |
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... devotion are observed conscientiously , the sense of the presence of God , as an invisible Friend , whose society is a joy , is by no means unintermittent . The truth of this will not be questioned by one who is familiar with those ...
... devotion are observed conscientiously , the sense of the presence of God , as an invisible Friend , whose society is a joy , is by no means unintermittent . The truth of this will not be questioned by one who is familiar with those ...
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... devotion , so overpowering was the revela- tion of God which opened upon his soul , and with augmenting intensity of effulgence as he prayed , that at length he recoiled from the intolerable joy as from a pain , and be- sought God to ...
... devotion , so overpowering was the revela- tion of God which opened upon his soul , and with augmenting intensity of effulgence as he prayed , that at length he recoiled from the intolerable joy as from a pain , and be- sought God to ...
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... devotion , he cannot stay there . He is like one gasping in a vacuum . One of the most impressive mysteries of the condition of man on this earth , is his deprivation of all visible and audible repre- sentations of God . We seem to be ...
... devotion , he cannot stay there . He is like one gasping in a vacuum . One of the most impressive mysteries of the condition of man on this earth , is his deprivation of all visible and audible repre- sentations of God . We seem to be ...
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... devotion , while he abides in impenitence , can only vibrate between the extremes of weariness and of terror . Quell his fear of God , and prayer becomes irk- some ; stimulate his indifference to God , and prayer becomes a torment . The ...
... devotion , while he abides in impenitence , can only vibrate between the extremes of weariness and of terror . Quell his fear of God , and prayer becomes irk- some ; stimulate his indifference to God , and prayer becomes a torment . The ...
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... devotion . We pray for blessings which we know to be accordant with God's will , and we persuade ourselves that we desire those blessings . In the ab- stract , we do desire them . A sane mind must be far gone in sympathy with devils ...
... devotion . We pray for blessings which we know to be accordant with God's will , and we persuade ourselves that we desire those blessings . In the ab- stract , we do desire them . A sane mind must be far gone in sympathy with devils ...
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Seite 74 - For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the...
Seite 11 - I know not how to express otherwise, than by a calm, sweet abstraction of soul from all the concerns of this world; and sometimes a kind of vision, or fixed ideas and imaginations, of being alone in the mountains, or some solitary wilderness, far from all mankind, sweetly conversing with Christ, and wrapt and swallowed up in God.
Seite 51 - Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude ; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
Seite 11 - And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, He took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. And as He prayed, the fashion of His countenance was altered, and His raiment was white and glistering.
Seite 51 - O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
Seite 73 - ... prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares, and the calm of our tempest; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness...
Seite 114 - The eternal regions. Lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground With solemn adoration down they cast Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold...
Seite 68 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh ; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Seite 107 - CTILL with thee, O my God, ^ I would desire to be ; By day, by night, at home, abroad, I would be still with thee...
Seite 75 - ... here below; so is the prayer of a good man ; when his affairs have required business, and his business was matter of discipline, and his discipline was to pass upon a sinning person, or had a design of. charity, his duty met with the...