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... night shineth as the day , " but to the unhappy blind , " He maketh the day dark with night . " Yet strong as this figure is , it does not adequately re- present the full misery of our condition . We had neither light nor sight . That ...
... night shineth as the day , " but to the unhappy blind , " He maketh the day dark with night . " Yet strong as this figure is , it does not adequately re- present the full misery of our condition . We had neither light nor sight . That ...
Page 29
... night . Notwithstanding the fulness of our light , what mul- titudes are wrecked and perish ! They never reach the harbour , -nor , arriving in heaven , get home ! And I am bound to tell you that , unless He , who gave sight to the ...
... night . Notwithstanding the fulness of our light , what mul- titudes are wrecked and perish ! They never reach the harbour , -nor , arriving in heaven , get home ! And I am bound to tell you that , unless He , who gave sight to the ...
Page 30
... night has no stars , the morning no blushing dawn , and the azure sky no glorious sun - a home , where they have never looked on each other's faces ; but a blind father sits by the dull fire with a blind boy on his knee , and the ...
... night has no stars , the morning no blushing dawn , and the azure sky no glorious sun - a home , where they have never looked on each other's faces ; but a blind father sits by the dull fire with a blind boy on his knee , and the ...
Page 31
... Night is the proper period for rest . When - em- blem of a Christian at his evening prayers - the lark sings in the close of day , and leaves the skies to drop 66 into her dewy nest ; when from distant uplands THE POWER OF DARKNESS . 31.
... Night is the proper period for rest . When - em- blem of a Christian at his evening prayers - the lark sings in the close of day , and leaves the skies to drop 66 into her dewy nest ; when from distant uplands THE POWER OF DARKNESS . 31.
Page 32
... night ; " and this busy world lies hushed in the arms of slumber , till morning , looking in at the window , calls up toil to resume her labours . And thus , when we have been summoned at midnight to a bed of death , how loud the foot ...
... night ; " and this busy world lies hushed in the arms of slumber , till morning , looking in at the window , calls up toil to resume her labours . And thus , when we have been summoned at midnight to a bed of death , how loud the foot ...
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