The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse ...

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Parker, 1837 - 417 páginas

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Página 2 - New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray ; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven.
Página 8 - Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take, - Till in the ocean of Thy love We lose ourselves in heaven above.
Página 4 - The trivial round, the common task, Would furnish all we ought to ask ; Room to deny ourselves ; a road To bring us daily nearer God.
Página 321 - Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted ; but the rich in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Página 79 - THERE is a book, who runs may read, Which heavenly truth imparts, And all the lore its scholars need, Pure eyes and Christian hearts. The works of God above, below, Within us and around, Are pages in that book, to show How God Himself is found.
Página 181 - But when He came the second time, He came in power and love ; Softer than gale at morning prime Hovered His holy Dove.
Página 308 - BLEST are the pure in heart, For they shall see our God ; The secret of the Lord is theirs ; Their soul is Christ's abode.
Página 3 - Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be, As more of Heaven in each we see ; Some softening gleam of love and prayer Shall dawn on every cross and care.
Página 386 - Tis sweet, as year by year we lose Friends out of sight, in faith to muse How grows in Paradise our store. Then pass, ye mourners, cheerly on, Through prayer unto the tomb, Still, as ye watch life's falling leaf, Gathering from every loss and grief Hope of new spring and endless home.
Página 182 - Come, Lord, come Wisdom, Love, and Power. Open our ears to hear ; Let us not miss the accepted hour ; Save, Lord, by Love or Fear.

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