The Annual Monitor for ... , Or, Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland, Issue 49

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Executors of the late William Alexander, 1890 - Society of Friends
 

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Page 111 - When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity.
Page 144 - Renew my will from day to day, Blend it with Thine, and take away All that now makes it hard to say, Thy will be done.
Page 113 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Page 89 - Earth to earth, and dust to dust, the solemn priest hath said ; So we lay the turf above thee now, and we seal thy narrow bed ; But thy spirit, brother, soars away among the faithful blest, Where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest. And when the Lord shall summon us, whom thou hast left behind, May we, untainted by the world, as sure a welcome find! May each, like thee, depart in peace, to be a glorious guest, Where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest...
Page 58 - To Jesus, the Crown of my Hope, My soul is in haste to be gone ; Oh bear me, ye cherubim, up, And waft me away to his throne...
Page 168 - My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. * He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
Page 163 - To Zion's peaceful courts above In faith triumphant may we soar, Embracing in the arms of love, The friends not lost, but gone before.
Page 7 - My heart panteth, my strength faileth me : as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Page 163 - Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God : whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.

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