Memoirs of Joseph W. Pickett: Missionary Superintendent in Southern Iowa and in the Rocky Mountains for the American Home Missionary Society |
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Page 114 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 149 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Page 66 - If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 3 - So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.
Page 142 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 120 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 67 - I say unto you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 67 - Paul exhorts poverty-stricken disciples to labor with their hands, that they may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 120 - I counsel thee to buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich...
Page 52 - Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: his mercy endureth for ever.