The Watchers on the Longships: A Tale of Cornwall in the Last CenturyW. Wells, 1878 - 283 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 220 - My soul, wait thou only upon God ; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation : he is my defence ; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory : the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust in him at all times ; ye people, pour out your heart before him : God is a refuge for us.
الصفحة 82 - Lo ! on a narrow neck of land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand, Secure, insensible ; A point of time, a moment's space, Removes me to that heavenly place, Or shuts me up in hell.
الصفحة 221 - Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved, and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea.
الصفحة 130 - COMMIT thou all thy griefs And ways into His hands, To His sure truth and tender care, Who earth and heaven commands.
الصفحة 129 - My soul is athirst for GOD, yea, even for the living GOD: when shall I come to appear before the presence of GOD...
الصفحة 63 - Leave to his sovereign sway to choose and to command; so shalt thou wondering own his way how wise, how strong his hand. Far, far above thy thought his counsel shall appear, when fully he the work hath wrought that caused thy needless fear.
الصفحة 5 - Thrice blest is he to whom is given The instinct that can tell That God is on the field when He Is most invisible.
الصفحة 33 - Think not of rest; though dreams be sweet, Start up, and ply your heaven-ward feet. Is not God's oath upon your head, Ne'er to sink back on slothful bed, Never again your loins untie, Nor let your torches waste and die, Till, when the shadows thickest fall, Ye hear your Master's midnight call?
الصفحة 230 - Lord, thou hast searched me out, and known me : thou knowest my down-sitting, and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thoughts long before. Thou art about my path, and about my bed : and spiest out all my ways.
الصفحة 41 - Thou, who in darkness walking didst appear Upon the waves, and thy disciples cheer, Come, Lord, in lonesome days, when storms assail, And earthly hopes and human succours fail. When all is dark may we behold thee nigh, And hear thy voice: "Fear not, for it is I.