The heiress, by E.H.

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Page 50 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Page 38 - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Page 66 - YE hearts, with youthful vigour warm, In smiling crowds draw near, And turn from every mortal charm, A Saviour's voice to hear. 2 He, Lord of all the worlds on high, Stoops to converse with you; And lays his radiant glories by, Your friendship to pursue. 3 " The soul, that longs to see my face, Is sure my love to gain ; And those that early seek my grace, Shall never seek in vain.
Page 52 - No; we must follow in the path Our Lord and Saviour run; We must not find a resting-place Where he we love had none.
Page 3 - EUCHARISTICA: Meditations and Prayers, with Select Passages on the most Holy Eucharist, from old English Divines, with an Introduction BY SAMUEL WILBERFORCE, MA, Archdeacon of Surrey.
Page 9 - BY MOSES STUART, Professor of Sacred Literature in the Theological Seminary, Andover. This Grammar is the only one in our language of the Hellenistic dialect It contains the substance of Winer's, which was originally translated by Professor Stuart, and incorporates all that is applicable in the works of Buttmann, Rost, Matthias, Hermann, and Thiersch.
Page 47 - Where Jesus sheds the brightest beams Of his o'erflowing grace ! 2 Sweet majesty and awful love Sit smiling on his brow ; And all the glorious ranks above At humble distance bow.
Page 51 - OFTEN the clouds of deepest woe So sweet a message bear, Dark though they seem, 'twere hard to find A frown of anger there.
Page 38 - ... the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.
Page 66 - Tis here I fix my lasting choice, And here true bliss I find.

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