Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church (earlier "for Younger Members of the English Church")

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J. and C. Mozley, 1882

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Side 600 - Remember all who love thee, All who are loved by thee, Pray too for those who hate thee, If any such there be ; Then for thyself in meekness, A blessing humbly claim, And link with each petition Thy great Redeemer's name.
Side 98 - But none of the ransomed ever knew How deep were the waters crossed; Nor how dark was the night that the Lord passed through Ere He found His sheep that was lost Out in the desert He heard its cry, Sick, and helpless, and ready to die.
Side 247 - From all society, from love and hate Of worldly folk ! Then should he sleep secure ; •:..'•> Then wake again, and yield God ever praise ; Content with hips, and haws, and...
Side 97 - The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook, That...
Side 299 - As when a painter, poring on a face, Divinely thro' all hindrance finds the man Behind it, and so paints him that his face, The shape and colour of a mind and life, Lives for his children, ever at its best And fullest...
Side 247 - Pardon me, pardon me, my good lord, I can never subscribe to these principles. Let Solomon's fool laugh when he is stricken ; let those that mean to make their profit of princes, show to have no sense of princes' injuries ; let them acknowledge an infinite absoluteness on earth, that do not believe in an absolute infiniteness in heaven.
Side 279 - God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks...
Side 385 - That before living he'd learn how to live — No end to learning: Earn the means first — God surely will contrive Use for our earning. 80 Others mistrust and say, "But time escapes: Live now or never!" He said, "What's time? Leave Now for dogs and apes! Man has Forever.
Side 581 - Thou hast a Spanish heart, and thyself art a spider of hell; for thou confessest the king to be a most sweet and gracious prince, and yet hast conspired against him.
Side 485 - I say unto you, except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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