Stray Sunbeams: a Book of Loving Counsel for My Young Friends

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G. Stoneman, 1884 - 126 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 27 - ... whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Pàgina 50 - But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
Pàgina 42 - Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure : for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall : for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ...
Pàgina 82 - He just turned round to the servant and said, " Go and tell them to fetch my trunk back. I will not go away to break my mother's heart.
Pàgina 28 - O give me the heart that can wait and be still, Nor know of a wish or a pleasure but Thine...
Pàgina 87 - You are not your own. You have been " bought with a price,
Pàgina 26 - I thought that the course of the pilgrim to heaven Would be bright as the summer, and glad as the morn :-• Thou show'dst me the path ; it was dark and uneven, All rugged with rock, and all tangled with thorn. I...
Pàgina 87 - Are you in earnest? seize this very minute — What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated — Begin it, and the work will be completed!
Pàgina 118 - ... home, Where grief and disappointment and fear can never come. Then turn not in despondence, poor weary heart, away, But meekly journey onwards, through the dark and cloudy day, Even now the bow of promise is above thee painted bright, And soon a joyful morning shall dissipate the night. Thy God hath not forgot thee, and, when He sees it best, Will lead thee into sunshine, will give thee bowers of rest; And all thy pain and sorrow, when the pilgrimage is o'er, Shall end in heavenly blessedness,...
Pàgina 63 - Thou usest all Thy works, The weakest things that be; Each has a service of its own, For all things wait on Thee. Thou usest the high stars, The tiny drops of dew, The giant peak and little hill : My God, oh use me too...

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