English Monasticism: Its Rise and InfluenceJackson, Walford and Hodder, 1867 - 540 pages |
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Page 41 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Page 362 - All jubilant with song, And bright with many an Angel, And all the Martyr throng ; The Prince is ever in them, The daylight is serene : The pastures of the blessed Are decked in glorious sheen. There is the throne of David ; And there, from care released, The shout of them that triumph, The song of them that feast; And they, who with their Leader Have conquered in the fight, For ever and for ever Are clad in robes of white.
Page 361 - THE world is very evil ; The times are waxing late : Be sober and keep vigil ; The Judge is at the gate : The Judge that comes in mercy, The Judge that comes with might, To terminate the evil, To diadem the right.
Page 446 - Lo, I come (in the volume of the Book it is written of me,) to do Thy will, O God. Above when He said, sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings, and offering for sin Thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein : which are offered by the law ; then said He, Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God. He taketh away the first that He may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Page 6 - I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 369 - To thee, all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory.
Page 41 - And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Page 448 - Always bearing about in the body, the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Page 358 - Faithful Cross! above all other, One and only noble tree! None in foliage, none in blossom, None in fruit thy peer may be; Sweetest wood and sweetest iron! Sweetest weight is hung on thee.
Page 370 - We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy saints, in glory everlasting.