George Mostyn: the Story of a Young Pilgrim-warriorPassmore & Alabaster, 1874 - 177 pages |
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Page 68 - The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
Page 31 - ONE by one the sands are flowing, One by one the moments fall ; Some are coming, some are going ; Do not strive to grasp them all. One by one thy duties wait thee, Let thy whole strength go to each, Let no future dreams elate thee, Learn thou first what these can teach.
Page 70 - All these must first be trampled down Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright fields of fair renown The right of eminent domain.
Page 34 - And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
Page 70 - All thoughts of ill — all evil deeds, That have their root in thoughts of ill, Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will! All these must first be trampled down Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright field of fair renown The right of eminent domain. We have not wings— we cannot soar — But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudly summits of our time.
Page 31 - Every hour that fleets so slowly Has its task to do or bear; Luminous the crown, and holy, When each gem is set with care. Do not linger with regretting, Or for passing hours despond; Nor, the daily toil forgetting, Look too eagerly beyond. Hours are golden links, God's token, Reaching Heaven; but one by one Take them, lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
Page 69 - SAINT AUGUSTINE ! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame ! All common things, each day's events, That with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend. The low desire, the base design, That makes another's virtues less ; The revel of the...
Page 66 - If any man sin," saith St. John, " we have an advocate with the Father, even Jesus Christ the righteous, and he is the propitiation for our sins.
Page 68 - WITH joy we meditate the grace Of our High Priest above ; His heart is made of tenderness, His bowels melt with love. 2 Touched with a sympathy within, He knows our feeble frame ; ' He knows what sore temptations mean, For he has felt the same.