| 1833 - 632 страница
...and to die is gain. Jesus is precious. Blessed Jesus !" and looking towards heaven, she exclaimed, " There is my house and portion fair, My treasure and my heart are there, And my abiding home." She desired that the family would sing that hymn; in doing which she joined heartily with them. As... | |
| 1855 - 488 страница
...conveniences of the world. He who has little can lose little. If we walk as pilgrims we shall walk safely. There is my house and portion fair ; My treasure and my heart are there, And my abiding home. All the real pleasures and conveniences of life lie in a narrow compass; but it is the humour of mankind... | |
| 1855 - 702 страница
...to dwell, He only sojourns here. 2 Nothing on earth I eall my own ; A stranger to the world unknown, I all their goods despise : I trample on their whole delight, And seek a eountry out of sight, A eountry in the skies. 3 There is my house and portion fair, My treasure and... | |
| 1856 - 626 страница
...and fro, Till I my Canaan gain. " Nothing on earth I call my own, A stranger, to the world unknown, I all their goods despise : — I trample on their...seek a city out of sight — A city in the skies." THE DEATH OF THE CHRISTIAN. IN the May Magazine I observe an article on " The Death of the Christian."... | |
| Henry Ward Beecher - 1856 - 578 страница
...Blest with the scorn of Unite good, My soul is lightened of its load, And seeks the things above. 3. There is my house and portion fair: My treasure and my heart are there, And my abiding homo ; For me my elder brethren stay, And angels beckon mo away, And Jesus bids me come. 4. I come,... | |
| Bible Christians - 1856 - 496 страница
...adopt the language — " A stranger to the world unknown I all its goods despise l I trample on its whole delight, And seek a city out of sight ; A city in the skies." 0 happy woman ! trophy of divine grace : privileged was thy position ; exalted thy character ; and... | |
| Helen Cross Knight - 1856 - 144 страница
...but when I look at myself as an individual, I feel 't were better to go. " ' There is my house, my portion fair, My treasure and my heart are there, And my abiding home.' " But I did not feel like this at the beginning of my sickness ; then I felt my own unfaithfulness... | |
| William Arthur - 1858 - 202 страница
...but when I look at myself as an individual, I feel 'twere better far to go. '' ' There is my house my portion fair, My treasure and my heart are there, And my abiding home.' I did not feel like this at the beginning of my illness ; then I felt my own unfaithfulness had been... | |
| 1859 - 690 страница
...feeling of aversion is expressed : " Nothing on earth I call mv own : A stranger to the world unknown, I all their goods despise: I trample on their whole...And seek a city out of sight, A city in the skies." These four or five ideas of the hymn correspond with the admirable definition of religion which the... | |
| Miriam Fletcher - 1859 - 372 страница
...fro, Till I my Canaan gain. 11 Nothing on earth I call my own; A stranger, to the world unknown, . I all their goods despise. I trample on their whole...And seek a city out of sight, A city in the skies." SEVERAL letters had been received from Mrs. Rodney, urging her niece to accompany Harry to Baltimore.... | |
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