The Bee: A Collection of Poems, Chiefly Designed for the Young |
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... tears he'll wipe away . For all who early seek his face Shall surely taste his love , Jesus shall guide them by his grace To dwell with him above . HELPLESSNESS OF INFANCY , SAFE sleeping on its mother's breast 10 An Infant's Prayer.
... tears he'll wipe away . For all who early seek his face Shall surely taste his love , Jesus shall guide them by his grace To dwell with him above . HELPLESSNESS OF INFANCY , SAFE sleeping on its mother's breast 10 An Infant's Prayer.
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... Jesus said , let little children come nigh , - He will not despise such an infant as I. As long as thou seest it right That here upon earth I should stay , I pray thee to guard me by night , And help me to serve thee by day ; ' That ...
... Jesus said , let little children come nigh , - He will not despise such an infant as I. As long as thou seest it right That here upon earth I should stay , I pray thee to guard me by night , And help me to serve thee by day ; ' That ...
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... Jesus ' sake , To listen to my ev'ning prayer . A CHILD'S GRAVE . WHAT is this little grassy mound , Where pretty daisies bloom ? What is there lying under ground ? It is an infant's tomb . Alas ! poor baby , did it die ? How 16 A ...
... Jesus ' sake , To listen to my ev'ning prayer . A CHILD'S GRAVE . WHAT is this little grassy mound , Where pretty daisies bloom ? What is there lying under ground ? It is an infant's tomb . Alas ! poor baby , did it die ? How 16 A ...
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... Jesus Christ the Lord . DUTY TO GOD AND OUR NEIGHBOUR . LOVE God with all your soul and strength , With all your heart and mind ; And love your neighbour as yourself ; Be faithful , just , and kind . Deal with an other as you'd have ...
... Jesus Christ the Lord . DUTY TO GOD AND OUR NEIGHBOUR . LOVE God with all your soul and strength , With all your heart and mind ; And love your neighbour as yourself ; Be faithful , just , and kind . Deal with an other as you'd have ...
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... ; I cannot from his anger flee ! Yet I may flee , -He shows me where ; To Jesus Christ he bids me fly ; And while I seek for pardon there , There's only mercy in his eye . C GOD SEES AND KNOWS EVERY THING I'm not too young 33.
... ; I cannot from his anger flee ! Yet I may flee , -He shows me where ; To Jesus Christ he bids me fly ; And while I seek for pardon there , There's only mercy in his eye . C GOD SEES AND KNOWS EVERY THING I'm not too young 33.
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Page 83 - Though in the paths of death I tread. With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord ! art with me still; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Page 94 - If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way!
Page 55 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Page 153 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 154 - Mercies, O my God, My rising Soul surveys; Transported with the View, I'm lost In Wonder, Love, and Praise. W! O how shall Words with equal Warmth The Gratitude declare That glows within my Ravish'd Heart ! But thou canst read it there. Thy Providence my Life sustain'd And all my Wants redrest, When in the silent Womb I lay, And hung upon the Breast.
Page 115 - And darkness and doubt are now flying away, No longer I roam in conjecture forlorn : So breaks on the traveller, faint and astray, The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. See truth, love, and mercy, in triumph descending, And nature all glowing in Eden's first bloom ! On the cold cheek of death smiles and roses are blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb ! EARLY PIETY.
Page 174 - The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day.
Page 41 - Tis the voice of the sluggard ; I heard him complain, " You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again." As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed, Turns his sides, and his shoulders, and his heavy head. "A little more sleep, and a little more slumber...
Page 67 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite 'day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.
Page 144 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.