Echoes from our Paris homes [afterw.] Echoes from Paris. no.1-pt.22, nos.11/12; new ser., no.1-3; new cent. ser., 1901, [no.1]-3

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Page 8 - THY way, not mine, O Lord, However dark it be ! Lead me by Thine own hand, Choose out the path for me.
Page 11 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day ; And call the sabbath a delight, The holy of the Lord, honourable; And shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, Nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Page 2 - Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home — Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene, — one step enough for me.
Page 5 - Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Page 7 - Wherefore if they shall say unto you. Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 11 - Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Page 6 - Joy, my Life, my Crown ! My heart was meaning all the day, Somewhat it fain would say ; And still it runneth, muttering up and down, With only this, My Joy, my Life, my Crown I Yet slight not these few words ; If truly said, they may take part Among the best in art.
Page 2 - I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou ShouldSt lead me on. I loved to choose and see my path, but now Lead Thou me on!
Page 2 - If you have a friend worth loving. Love him. Yes, and let him know That you love him, ere life's evening Tinge his brow with sunset glow. Why should good words ne'er be said Of a friend — till he is dead? If you hear a song that thrills you. Sung by any child of song. Praise it. Do not let the singer Wait deserved praises long. Why should one who thrills your heart Lack the joy you may impart? If you hear a prayer that moves you By its humble, pleading tone. Join it. Do not let the seeker Bow before...
Page 2 - FRET not, poor soul : while doubt and fear Disturb thy breast, The pitying angels, who can see How vain thy wild regret must be, Say, Trust and Rest Plan not, nor scheme, — but calmly wait ; His choice is best. While blind and erring is thy sight, His wisdom sees and judges right, Strive not, nor struggle : thy poor might Can never wrest The meanest thing to serve thy will; All power is His alone : Be still. And Trust and Rest...

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