Narrative of the Life of William CowperBeilby and Knotts, 1817 - 115 sidor |
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Sida 96 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing they are lost, and rove At random without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all, that soothes the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve...
Sida 53 - But the happy period, which was to shake off my fetters, and afford me a clear discovery of the free mercy of God in Christ Jesus, was now arrived. I flung myself into a chair near the window, and seeing a Bible there, ventured once more to apply to it for comfort and instruction. The first verse I saw, was the 25th of the...
Sida 30 - I made a noose and fixed it about my neck, straining it so tight that I hardly left a passage for my breath or for the blood to circulate; the tongue of the buckle held it fast. At each corner of the bed was placed a wreath of carved work fastened by an iron pin which...
Sida 54 - Spirit and with power. ^Unless the Almighty arm had been under me, I think I should have died with gratitude and joy. My eyes filled with tears, and my voice choked with transport. I could only look up to heaven in silent fear, overwhelmed with love and wonder. But the work of the Holy Spirit is best described in his own words: — it is "joy unspeakable, and full of glory.
Sida 13 - In this posture of mind, I attended regularly at the office; where, instead of a soul upon the rack, the most active spirits were essentially necessary for my purpose. I expected no assistance from anybody there, all the inferior clerks being under the influence of my opponent; and accordingly I received none.
Sida 2 - At length I met with Herbert's Poems; and Gothic and uncouth as they were, I yet found in them a strain of piety which I could not but admire. This was the only author I had any delight in reading. I pored over him all day long ; and though I found not here, what I might have found, a cure for my malady, yet it never seemed so much alleviated as while I was reading him.
Sida 81 - To my inexpressible joy, I found him one whose notions of religion were spiritual and lively ; one whom the Lord had been training up from his infancy for the service of the temple. We opened our hearts to each other at the first interview, and when we parted, I immediately retired to my chamber, and prayed the Lord, who had been the author, to be the guardian of our friendship...
Sida 31 - ... the carved work slipped off, and the garter with it. I then fastened it to the frame of the tester, winding it round, and tying it in a strong knot. The frame broke short, and let me down again. " The third effort was more likely to succeed. I set the door open, which reached within...
Sida 3 - I found not here, what I might have found, a cure for my malady, yet it never seemed so much alleviated as while I was reading him. At length I was advised by a very near and dear relative, to lay him aside ; for he thought such an author more likely to nourish my disorder than to remove it.
Sida 109 - Christ, the very Life of my Soul, and the Soul of all my Happiness. That Jesus is a present Saviour, from the Guilt of Sin by his most precious Blood, and from the Power of it by his Spirit, that corrupt and wretched in ourselves, in Him, and in Him only we are complete, that being united to Jesus by a lively Faith, we have a solid and Eternal Interest in his Obedience...