Methodist Magazine and Review, Volume 57W. Briggs., 1903 |
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... holy living Let us remember long . Whatever things were good and true and gracious , Whate'er of right has triumphed over wrong , What love of God or man has rendered precious , Let us remember long . So , pondering well the lessons it ...
... holy living Let us remember long . Whatever things were good and true and gracious , Whate'er of right has triumphed over wrong , What love of God or man has rendered precious , Let us remember long . So , pondering well the lessons it ...
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... bring a better day , When all shall praise Thy holy name , And do Thy sovereign will , When God shall rule o'er all the earth , And goodness banish ill . T HE scene is laid in Bethany , in the. A New Year's Invocation . 43.
... bring a better day , When all shall praise Thy holy name , And do Thy sovereign will , When God shall rule o'er all the earth , And goodness banish ill . T HE scene is laid in Bethany , in the. A New Year's Invocation . 43.
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... holy ideal . Success , as men count success , and utility are not to be mistaken one for the other . We are to remember the truth , often repeated , but not sufficiently em- phasized , that it is our business to make a life , not a mere ...
... holy ideal . Success , as men count success , and utility are not to be mistaken one for the other . We are to remember the truth , often repeated , but not sufficiently em- phasized , that it is our business to make a life , not a mere ...
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... Holy Sepulchre , we cannot call in ques- tion the utility of deeds of heroism , of lives shortened by Christ - like devotion to man , of beautiful lives prematurely ending on earth to be- gin careers of unceasing activity in heaven ...
... Holy Sepulchre , we cannot call in ques- tion the utility of deeds of heroism , of lives shortened by Christ - like devotion to man , of beautiful lives prematurely ending on earth to be- gin careers of unceasing activity in heaven ...
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... holy power . But as matters of form these should be relegated away to the background , for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything , nor uncircumcis- ion , but a new spiritual creation . The great " must be " of the ...
... holy power . But as matters of form these should be relegated away to the background , for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything , nor uncircumcis- ion , but a new spiritual creation . The great " must be " of the ...
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Page 46 - That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it: This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it.
Page 394 - Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter King-at-Arms.
Page 157 - DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
Page 249 - Sadly, but not with upbraiding, The generous deed was done, In the storm of the years that are fading, No braver battle was won . Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Under the blossoms, the Blue, Under the garlands, the Gray.
Page 396 - There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa.
Page 491 - Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Page 43 - And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Page 545 - This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Page 545 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 245 - tis weary; Round its staff 'tis drooping dreary; Furl it, fold it, it is best; For there's not a man to wave it, And there's not a sword to save it, And there's not one left to lave it In the blood which heroes gave it; And its foes now scorn and brave it; Furl it, hide it— let it rest!