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The rewards of their prowess and patriotism have descended to their successors
; who, holding these, enjoy honors and estates, which we do not grudge them,
but which their wealth never bought, and their courage never won. Thus the
saints ...
The rewards of their prowess and patriotism have descended to their successors
; who, holding these, enjoy honors and estates, which we do not grudge them,
but which their wealth never bought, and their courage never won. Thus the
saints ...
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... what would they do, who hear no music in church bells, and say of holy
services, "When will they be over?" Oh, the slow, weary march of the hours of
never-ending Sabbath devotions ! Oh, the painful glare of a never-setting
Sabbath sun !
... what would they do, who hear no music in church bells, and say of holy
services, "When will they be over?" Oh, the slow, weary march of the hours of
never-ending Sabbath devotions ! Oh, the painful glare of a never-setting
Sabbath sun !
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Thy people's shield, thou art also thy people's sun ; a shield that never broke in
battle, and a sun that never sets in night ; the source of all the knowledge that
illumes, and of all the love that warms us ; with healing, as well as heating virtue
in ...
Thy people's shield, thou art also thy people's sun ; a shield that never broke in
battle, and a sun that never sets in night ; the source of all the knowledge that
illumes, and of all the love that warms us ; with healing, as well as heating virtue
in ...
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They never reach the harbor, nor arriving in heaven, get home ! And I am bound
to tell you that, unless He, who gave sight to the blind, apply his finger, and touch
your eyes with " eye-salve," their fate shall be yours. What though light streams ...
They never reach the harbor, nor arriving in heaven, get home ! And I am bound
to tell you that, unless He, who gave sight to the blind, apply his finger, and touch
your eyes with " eye-salve," their fate shall be yours. What though light streams ...
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... a home, where they have never looked on each other's faocs ; but a blind
father sits by the dull fire with a blind boy on his knee, and the sightless mother
nurses at her bosom a sightless babe, that never gladdened her with its happy
smile.
... a home, where they have never looked on each other's faocs ; but a blind
father sits by the dull fire with a blind boy on his knee, and the sightless mother
nurses at her bosom a sightless babe, that never gladdened her with its happy
smile.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Christ and the inheritance of the saints |
| Author | Thomas Guthrie |
| Publisher | R. Cater & brothers, 1859 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 25 Oct 2010 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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