The Still Hour: Or, Communion with GodGould and Lincoln, 1860 - 136 Seiten |
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... thoughts upon them the most timely . Such , it is hoped , will be found to be the character of the fol- lowing pages . A portion of them have been delivered as a sermon , in the Chapel of the Andover Theological Seminary , and several ...
... thoughts upon them the most timely . Such , it is hoped , will be found to be the character of the fol- lowing pages . A portion of them have been delivered as a sermon , in the Chapel of the Andover Theological Seminary , and several ...
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... thoughts of God , of Christ , of Eter- nity , of Heaven- ' As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean . ' Such experiences in prayer are often startling in the contrast with those of cer- tain Christians , whose communion with God ...
... thoughts of God , of Christ , of Eter- nity , of Heaven- ' As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean . ' Such experiences in prayer are often startling in the contrast with those of cer- tain Christians , whose communion with God ...
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... thought he should have died with joy , if special strength had not been imparted to him to bear the disclosure . We read of one of the Tennents , that on one occasion , when he was engaged in secret devotion , so overpowering was the ...
... thought he should have died with joy , if special strength had not been imparted to him to bear the disclosure . We read of one of the Tennents , that on one occasion , when he was engaged in secret devotion , so overpowering was the ...
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... thoughts upon the CAUSES OF A WANT OF ENJOYMENT IN PRAYER . The evil of such an experience in prayer , is too obvious to need illustration . If any light can be thrown upon the causes of it , there is no man living , whatever may be his ...
... thoughts upon the CAUSES OF A WANT OF ENJOYMENT IN PRAYER . The evil of such an experience in prayer , is too obvious to need illustration . If any light can be thrown upon the causes of it , there is no man living , whatever may be his ...
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... thoughts of God which it has faith in . Such a soul does not enjoy God , for it does not see God with an eye of faith - that is , as a living God , living close to itself , and in vital relations to its own des- tiny except as a ...
... thoughts of God which it has faith in . Such a soul does not enjoy God , for it does not see God with an eye of faith - that is , as a living God , living close to itself , and in vital relations to its own des- tiny except as a ...
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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...