Do You Attend the Morning Service? Or, Recollections of the Old Man's Church

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Page 6 - And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all : for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.
Page 12 - Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
Page 8 - O come, let us worship, and fall down : and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God : and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Page 10 - For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
Page 5 - I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God : and will make mention of thy righteousness only.
Page 11 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 2 - Then, fainting soul, arise and sing ; Mount, but be sober on the wing ; Mount up, for Heaven is won by prayer, Be sober, for thou art not there ; Till Death the weary spirit free, Thy God hath said, 'Tis good for thee To walk by faith and not by sight : Take it on trust a little while ; Soon shalt thou read the mystery right In the full sunshine of His smile.
Page 16 - O may I always ready stand, With my lamp burning in my hand ; May I in sight of Heaven rejoice, Whene'er I hear the Bridegroom's voice.
Page 8 - And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer ? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

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