Some Remarkable Passages in the Life of the Honourable Col. James Gardiner |
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Page 146 - hath set his love upon me therefore deliver him ; I will set him on high, because he hath known my name : he shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him ; with long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Page 76 - joining with the blessed spirits above, in giving glory, and honour, and praise, unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb, for ever and ever. My praises began from a renewed view of him, whom I saw pierced for my transgressions. I summoned the whole hierarchy of heaven to join with me ; and
Page 146 - known my name : he shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him ; with long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.' This scripture could not but lead our meditations to survey the character of the good man, as one who
Page 166 - Ho comes from thickest films of vice To clear the mental ray And on the eye-balls of the blind, To pour celestial day.* . , 5 He comes the broken heart
Page 165 - The Saviour promis'd long; Let ev'ry heart prepare a throne^ And every voice a song. • 2 On him the spirit largely pour'd* Exerts its sacred fire : Wisdom, and might, and zeal, and love, His holy breast inspire.
Page 31 - blaze of light fall upon the book while he was reading, which he at first imagined might happen by some accident in the candle; but lifting up his eyes, he apprehended, to his extreme amazement, that there was before him, as it were suspended iu the air, a
Page 167 - noblest balm of all its wounds, The cordial of its care. 5 I'll speak the honours of thy name With my last lab'ring breath ; Then speechless clasp thee in my arms,, The antidote of death. 143. Those who were
Page 181 - his left hand, and waved it as a signal for him to retreat; and added, what were the last words he ever heard him speak ' Take care of yourself;' upon which the servant retired 154. It was reported at Edinburgh on the •day of the battle, by what seemed a considerable authority, that as the Colonel
Page 179 - bullet in his left breast, which made him give a sudden spring in his saddle ; upon which his servant, who had led the horse, would have persuaded him to retreat; but he said it was only a wound in the flesh : and fought on, though he presently after received a
Page 30 - his good mother or aunt had, without his knowledge, slipped into his portmanteau. It was called, if I remember the title exactly, The Christian Soldier, or Heaven taken by Storm ; and it was written by Mr. Thomas Watson. Guessing by the title of it, that he should