The Lives of the British Hymn-writers: Being Personal Memoirs Derived Largely from Unpublished Materials ...

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Farncombe, 1911
 

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Pàgina 106 - Can fulfil thy law's demands ; Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears for ever flow, All for sin could not atone ; Thou must save, and thou alone.
Pàgina 128 - I'll make Goldsmith forgive me;" and then •called to him in a loud voice, " Dr. Goldsmith, — something passed to-day where you and I dined: I ask your pardon." Goldsmith answered placidly, " It must be much from you, sir, that I take ill.
Pàgina 213 - Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance...
Pàgina 102 - Object of my first desire, Jesus ! crucified for me, All to happiness aspire Only to be found in Thee : Thee to praise and Thee to know, Constitute our bliss below : Thee to see and Thee to love Constitute our bliss above.
Pàgina 101 - My name from the palms of his hands Eternity will not erase ; Impress'd on his heart it remains, In marks of indelible grace : Yes ! I to the end shall endure, As sure as the earnest is given ; More happy, but not more secure, The glorified spirits in heaven.
Pàgina 104 - AT anchor laid, remote from home, Toiling, I cry, " Sweet Spirit, come ; Celestial Breeze, no longer stay, But swell my sails, and speed my way. 2 " Fain would I mount, fain would I glow, And loose my cable from below ; But I can only spread my sail ; Thou, thou must breathe the auspicious gale.
Pàgina 87 - Wesley, who has stated the case with equal force and truth, " the sum of all is this ; one in twenty (suppose) of mankind, are elected; nineteen in twenty are reprobated! The elect shall be saved, do 'what they will : the reprobate shall be damned, do what they can.
Pàgina 59 - Kind author and ground of my hope, Thee, thee, for my God I avow, My glad Ebenezer set up, And own thou hast help'd me till now ; I muse on the years that are past, Wherein my defence thou hast prov'd, Nor wilt thou relinquish at last A sinner so signally lov'd.
Pàgina 102 - Lord, it is not life to live, If thy presence thou deny ; Lord, if thou thy presence give, 'Tis no longer death to die : Source and giver of repose, Singly from thy smile it flows ; Peace and happiness are thine ; Mine they are, if thou art mine.
Pàgina 128 - Once when he was beginning to speak, he found himself overpowered by the loud voice of Johnson, who was at the opposite end of the table, and did not perceive Goldsmith's attempt.

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