The History of Emily and Her MotherF.Houlston and Son,and sold at their warehouse,London, 1829 - 66 pages |
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Page 61 - God, from Whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed ; Give unto Thy servants that peace which the world cannot give ; that both our hearts may be set to obey Thy commandments, and also that by Thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness ; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Page 26 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out.
Page 60 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Page 62 - When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah's head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, "It would be better for me to die than to live.
Page 60 - Emily had attained her fifteenth year, growing up, under the blessing of God, an exceeding lovely young woman. Never did I see, in any young person, vivacity so tempered with an abiding fear of God, or natural and acquired endowments so sweetly shaded by Christian humility. Though she described herself to be (and that truly) a miserable sinner, in whom, naturally, dwelt no good thing ; yet her conversation and deportment displayed so much of the beauty of holiness, that we could not but feel assured,...
Page 10 - to mount up with wings as eagles ; to run and not be weary ; to walk and not faint.