Arvendel; Or, Sketches in Italy and Switzerland. [Followed by "Lines in Part Illustrative of the Preceding Sketches"]

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James Nisbet, 1826 - 123 páginas

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Página 65 - The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Página 32 - Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Página 40 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Página 64 - The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Página 113 - Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need
Página 65 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Página 115 - Tis sweet to think of peace at last, And feel that death is gain.' 2 'Tis not that murmuring thoughts arise, And dread a Father's will ; 'Tis not that meek submission flies, And would not suffer still ; — 3 It is, that...
Página 31 - But, none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Página 115 - While yet his anguished soul surveyed Those pangs he would not flee, What love his latest words displayed ! —
Página 52 - Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord ; for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them.

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