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Study detains the mind by the perpetual occurrence of something new, which may gratefully strike the imagination.
When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
There is a dreadful Hell, And everlasting pains; There sinners must with devils dwell In darkness, fire, and chains.
Salvation, O the joyful sound! 'Tis pleasure to our ears; A sov'reign balm for ev'ry wound, A cordial for our fears.
Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.
A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun.
Now shall my inward joys arise, And burst into a song; Almighty love inspires my heart, And pleasure tunes my tongue.
At books, or work, or healthy play, Let all my years be passed; That I may give for every day A good account at last.
Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do here.
Two sentiments alone suffice for man, were he to live the age of the rocks - love, and the contemplation of the Deity.
Order my footsteps by Thy Word and make my heart sincere; let sin have no dominion, Lord, but keep my conscience clear.
Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight When children of one family Fall out, and chide, and fight.
There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.
But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes.
Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, And sound his power abroad; Sing the sweet promise of his grace, And the performing God.
Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas?
Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them.
Lord, I ascribe it to thy grace,And not to chance as others do,That I was born of Christian race,And not a Heathen, or a Jew.
Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessing without number Gently falling on thy head.
It is not to be expected that we should love God supremely if we have not known him to be more desirable than all other things.
He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove, the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love.
No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found.
What bliss will fill the ransomed souls, when they in glory dwell, to see the sinner as he rolls, in quenchless flames of hell.
The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given; But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.
Joy to the world, the Lord is come / Let earth receive her King / Let every heart, prepare him room / And heaven and nature sing.
When general observations are drawn from so many particulars as to become certain and indisputable, these are jewels of knowledge.
Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life, my all.
From all who dwell below the skiesLet the Creator's praise arise;Let the Redeemer's name be sungThrough every land, by every tongue.
Our life contains a thousand springs, And dies if one be gone. Strange! that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long.
Prayer is a sacred and appointed means to obtain all the blessings that we want, whether they relate to this life or the life to come.
Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment.
If I could reach from pole to pole or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul The mind's the standard of the Man.
Academical disputation gives vigor and briskness to the mind thus exercised, and relieves the languor of private study and meditation.
The tulip and the butterfly Appear in gayer coats than I: Let me be dressed fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.
Kind words toward those you daily meet, Kind words and actions right, Will make this life of ours most sweet, Turn darkness into night.
When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.
To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.
In Job and the Psalms we shall find more sublime ideas, more elevated language, than in any of the heathen versifiers of Greece or Rome.
Sweet is the day of sacred rest; No mortal cares shall seize my breast; O may my heart in tune be found Like David's harp of solemn sound.
So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns; And 't is a poor relief we gain To change the place, but keep the pain.
In matters of equity between man and man, our Saviour has taught us to put my neighbor in place of myself, and myself in place of my neighbor.
For sov'reign pow'r reign not alone, Grace is the partner of the throne; Thy grace and justice mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward.
The very substance which last week was grazing in the field, waving in the milk pail, or growing in the garden, is now become part of the man.
Forbid it Lord that I should boast, save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.
Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light.
The Fondness we have for Self, and the Relation which other Persons and Things have to ourselves, furnish us with another long Rank of Prejudices.
Instructors should not only be skilful in those sciences which they teach, but have skill in the method of teaching, and patience in the practice.
Some have a violent and turgid manner of talking and thinking; they are always in extremes, and pronounce concerning everything in the superlative.
Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world.
Vice and virtue chiefly imply the relation of our actions to men in this world; sin and holiness rather imply their relation to God and the other world.