 | Morning and evening prayers - 1818 - 714 sayfa
...blessings. Thee I adore, O father of mercies, because the sun of righteousness has risen on our world to give light to those who sat in darkness, and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the ways of peace and life. Praised be thy name, that Jesus Christ has appeared... | |
 | 1822 - 872 sayfa
...true religion, and knowing, in some measure, the value of my own soul, I began to feel a regard for those who ' sat in darkness and in the shadow of death ; ' and was convinced that it was my duty u > attempt something for the benefit of my fellow- creatures, and... | |
 | James Amiraux Jeremie - 1824 - 108 sayfa
...rapture and gratitude, in which he hailed the approaching dawn of salvation, — the light arising on those who sat 'in darkness, and in the shadow of death;' — and concluded by a prophetic description of the future character and ministry of his infant son. These... | |
 | 1837 - 424 sayfa
...tasks of preaching, visiting, and instruction, never deterred by the dark squalidness of barbariiy, never daunted by the fierce threats of men who knew...power of spiritual truth and spiritual sympathy.*" — pp. 5237-242. « * ' Since the death of the Apostle Paul,' says Mr. Everett, ' a noWe quote the... | |
 | King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.) - 1841 - 482 sayfa
...FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. O GOD, our Father, through whose mercy the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to those who sat in. darkness, and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace ; we bless thee that unto us was born this day in the... | |
 | 1877 - 506 sayfa
...heard. As in former years the Report contains instances of the usefulness of the printed word in giving light to those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death. STATISTICS OF THE ORISSA MISSION. The Statistics for the year are as follows : — Increase:... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1842 - 1004 sayfa
...principalities and powers, and made a show of them openly. The glad light of immortality now shone upon those who sat in darkness, and in the shadow of death; and man can now say, ' O death ! where is thy sting ? O grave ! where is thy victory? The sting of death... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1836 - 386 sayfa
...expression of a benevolence, which fainted in no effort to give light to those who sat in VOL. v. 16 darkness and in the shadow of death ; and so it remains,...Apostle Paul," says Mr. Everett, " a nobler, truer, and warmer spirit, than John Eliot, never lived ; and taking the state of the country, the narrowness of... | |
 | 1848 - 614 sayfa
...true religion and knowing in some measure the value of his own soul, he began to feel a regard for those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, and was convinced that it was his duty to attempt something for the benefit of his fellow creatures, and... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1851 - 388 sayfa
...expression of a benevolence, which fainted in no effort to give light to those who sat in VOL. v. 16 darkness and in the shadow of death; and so it remains,...* " Since the death of the Apostle Paul," says Mr. Ever ett, " a nobler, truer, and warmer spirit, than John Eliot, never lived; and taking the state... | |
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When we take that old dark volume into our hands, we understand not the words in which it is written ; but it has another and beautiful meaning which we do understand. It is a symbol of the affection... 
