No Gains Without Pains: A True Life for the Boys

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American Tract Society, 1856 - 120 страница
 

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Страница 47 - I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: "I will guide thee with mine eye.
Страница 107 - For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, And for my praise will I refrain for thee, That I cut thee not off. Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Страница 25 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flocks shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls ; yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Страница 114 - In my hand no price I bring, Simply to thy cross I cling. 3 While I draw this fleeting breath. When mine eyelids close in death, When I rise to worlds unknown, And behold thee on thy throne, Rock of ages ! cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee . HYMN 140.
Страница 12 - The open firmament above me," says he, " the prospect of the adjacent fields, with the sight of thousands and thousands, some in coaches, some on horseback, and some in the trees, and at times all affected and drenched in tears together ; to which...
Страница 114 - There is my house and portion fair, My treasure, and my heart are there, And my abiding home ; For me my elder brethren stay, And angels becko'n me away, And Jesus bids me come...
Страница 110 - HOW happy every child of grace, Who knows his sins forgiven ! This earth, he cries, is not my place ; I seek my place in heaven : A country far from mortal sight, Yet, O, by faith I see ; The land of rest, the saints' delight, — The heaven prepared for me.
Страница 14 - It is no longer full of wars and fightings, of clamour and bitterness, of wrath and envyings. Peace and love are there. Great numbers of the people are mild, gentle, and easy to be entreated. They 'do not cry, neither strive...
Страница 60 - By the gate hung a black board divided into squares, each square was numbered and contained a nail, on the nail hung a little copper plate. Each man had his number, and as he went out he took a plate with him, leaving his number exposed on the board. As he entered he placed the plate on the nail, so covering his number. The moment the bell ceased ringing, the board was removed, and all whose numbers were not covered were at once set down as defaulters. He who did not appear once...
Страница 115 - I am glad to see you, my dear friend. How hard it is in life and vigour to bring our minds to believe that we must suffer ; but the Lord has seen fit to bring me to a death-bed. I this day hang like a little child in a brook, catching hold of a branch that is thrown out to save it; only there is this one difference in my case, I hang upon the branch of Jesse's stem. Christ will keep me; I am safe. The day of mourning is better than the day of rejoicing. God...

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