The Voice of pity for South America [afterw.] A Voice for South America, Volum 10

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Pàgina 82 - He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Pàgina 239 - A little while," to sow the seed with weeping, Then bind the sheaves, and sing the harvest song. "A little while," to wear the weeds of sadness, To pace, with weary step, through miry ways ; Then — to pour forth the fragrant oil of gladness, And clasp the girdle round the robe of praise. "A little while...
Pàgina 239 - little while ! " 2 "A little while," for patient vigil-keeping, To face the stern, to wrestle with the strong ; "A little while," to sow the seed with weeping, Then bind the sheaves, and sing the harvest song.
Pàgina 116 - Soon, and for ever. Soon, and for ever, The work shall be done, The warfare accomplished, The victory won ; Soon, and for ever, The soldier lay down His sword for a harp, And his cross for a crown. Then droop not in sorrow, Despond not in fear, A glorious to-morrow Is brightening and near : When, — blessed reward Of each faithful endeavour, — Christians with Christ shall be Soon, and for ever.
Pàgina 81 - Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors ; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Pàgina 288 - Wealth, labour, talents, freely give, Yea, life itself, that they may live. What hath your Saviour done for you ? And what for Him will ye not do...
Pàgina 289 - THE world's a room of sickness, where each heart Knows its own anguish and unrest ; The truest wisdom there, and noblest art, Is his who skills of comfort best ; Whom by the softest step and gentlest tone Enfeebled spirits own, And love to raise the languid eye, When, like an angel's wing, they feel him fleeting by...
Pàgina 116 - Press forward and fear not; be strong in the Lord, In the power of His promise, the truth of His word ; Through the sea and the desert our pathway may tend, But He who hath saved us will save to the end.
Pàgina 197 - It was foretold, that to him should the gathering of the people be ; and that God would give him the Heathen for his inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for his possession, which was punctually fulfilled by the wonderful success of the gospel, and its universal propagation throughout the world.
Pàgina 76 - Must I reprove his sin, Must I partake his grief, And kindly enter in And minister relief — The naked clothe, the hungry feed, And love him, not in word but deed ? Then, Jesus, at Thy feet A student let me be, And learn, as it is meet, My duty, Lord, of Thee ; For Thou didst come on mercy's plan, And all Thy life was love to man.

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