A Pilgrim's Foot-prints, Or, Passages in the Life of Rev. John Hancock, of East Madison, New Jersey

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Dix & Edwards, 1855 - 200 páginas
 

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Página 67 - Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith: or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching : or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity: he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Página 68 - Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
Página 65 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Página 63 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink : 22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Página 66 - Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it ; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Página 84 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts : but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of His hands.
Página 187 - How gently heaves the expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys ; And naught disturbs that peace profound Which his unfettered soul enjoys. 4 Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears, Where lights and shades alternate dwell ; How bright the unchanging morn appears!
Página 91 - Stay your footsteps — ere you drop Into the burning lake. 2 Say, have you an arm like God, That you his will oppose ? Fear...
Página 125 - That man may last, but never lives, Who much receives, but nothing gives ; Whom none can love, whom none can thank. Creation's blot, creation's blank...
Página 137 - As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried : he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

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