The Still Hour: Or, Communion with GodGould and Lincoln, 1860 - 136 Seiten |
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... lifelessness of his soul in prayer are rooted in this , - that he is not a Christian . If the heart is not right with God , enjoy- ment of communion with God is impossible . CONCEALMENT OF GOD . 17 I That communion itself is.
... lifelessness of his soul in prayer are rooted in this , - that he is not a Christian . If the heart is not right with God , enjoy- ment of communion with God is impossible . CONCEALMENT OF GOD . 17 I That communion itself is.
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... ment of God from the soul . Aside from the operation of physical causes , where is the warrant , in reason or revelation , for ascribing joylessness in prayer to any other cause than some wrong in the soul itself ? What says an old ...
... ment of God from the soul . Aside from the operation of physical causes , where is the warrant , in reason or revelation , for ascribing joylessness in prayer to any other cause than some wrong in the soul itself ? What says an old ...
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... ment . The spirit of prayer is to the soul what the eye is to the body , the eye , so limpid in its nature , of such fine finish and such intricate convolution in its structure , and of so sensitive nerve , that the point of a needle ...
... ment . The spirit of prayer is to the soul what the eye is to the body , the eye , so limpid in its nature , of such fine finish and such intricate convolution in its structure , and of so sensitive nerve , that the point of a needle ...
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... ment to the closet , we feel disposed to pray ? We are conscious of special attraction to- wards God . Perhaps with no obvious rea- son for ' looking up ' now rather than an hour ago , we do look up . We feel just like praying . ' It is ...
... ment to the closet , we feel disposed to pray ? We are conscious of special attraction to- wards God . Perhaps with no obvious rea- son for ' looking up ' now rather than an hour ago , we do look up . We feel just like praying . ' It is ...
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... , and in prayer without a revealed Saviour , as looming up in radiant twilight , and suffusing the heavens with beauty , to the eye of a heathen seer , because of the secret history of such prayer , in its move- ment.
... , and in prayer without a revealed Saviour , as looming up in radiant twilight , and suffusing the heavens with beauty , to the eye of a heathen seer , because of the secret history of such prayer , in its move- ment.
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act of devotion ANDOVER atoning blessing cause Chris Christ Christian prays closet cometh communion conception conceptions of God conscience consciousness conversant with God desire devo Divine duty ejaculate electric telegraph emotive enjoyment experience in prayer expression faith in prayer fragmentary prayer friendship fulness give God's habit of fragmentary hath hear heart heathen heaven Holy Ghost Holy Spirit hope hour human idea ideal of prayer idolatry impenitent sinner indolence infirmities intel intellect intensity intercourse Jeremy Taylor joylessness in prayer language lips living Lord Lord's Prayer meditation ment mental mystery of prayer nature ness never objects of prayer ourselves Payson peril piety presence prince of Persia reality religious rience secret seek sense sensibility solitude soul speak speech spirit of prayer struggles subject of prayer suppliant supplication thing thou thought throne of Grace tion truth ture uttering vivid words
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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...