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Meditating on Scripture with the Saints by Pasko, Mark
... life set apart from the world as the desert fathers were. To live a layman's life in ... seems that the way of life of the desert fathers promotes long life and vigor. There is no ...
Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (fifteenth edition) by Longfellow, Samuel (1819-1892)
. He lived as none but he has lived, That wisest Teacher from above; He died as none but he has died,— His every act an act of love. His fervent piety was breathed To the lone waste, the desert hill; And in the haunts of men he sought To do his Heavenly Father’s will.
Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (fifteenth edition) by Longfellow, Samuel (1819-1892)
A voice upon the midnight air, Where Kedron’s moonlit waters stray, Weeps forth in agony of prayer, “O Father, take this cup away!” Ah, thou who sorrow’st unto death,…
Favourite Welsh Hymns by Morris, Joseph
(FOR CHILDREN.) 8,8,8,8,4 My gentle Lamb, O come to me! The ravenous wolf lurks near thy path; No fold is nigh, where wilt thou flee? The desert wild no safety hath: O come to me! Young art thou, tender Lamb, but warm My mantle round thee shall be pressed; And in my bosom, safe from harm Of storm or terror shalt thou rest.
Hymns of Ter Steegen and Others (Second Series) by Bevan, Frances (1827-1909)
“The sheep hear His Voice.”—John x. 3. O Holy and mighty and marvellous Word That speakest ever to me; As of old in the silence of Eden heard In the shade of the sacred Tree— O Word from the depths of the ancient years, From deserts Thy pilgrims trod, From the hidden chambers of saints and seers, From the secret place of God— From the well of Sychar, the gate of Nain,…
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
St. Aldegundis Virgin and abbess (c. 639-684), variously written Adelgundis, Aldegonde, etc. She was nearly related to the Merovingian royal family. Her father and mother, afterwards honoured as St.
Treasury of Sacred Song by Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-1897)
In the land of light and love; Pleasant are Thy courts below In this land of sin and woe. O, my spirit longs and faints For the converse of Thy Saints, For the brightness of Thy face, For Thy fullness, GOD of grace! Happy birds that sing and fly Round Thy altars, O Most High! Happier souls that find a rest In a Heavenly Father's breast! Like the wandering dove, that found No repose on earth around,…
Catherine of Siena, St. (1347-1380)
Saint Catherine of Siena was the 25th of the 26 children of a northern Italy wool dyer named Giacomo di Benincasa. She was born on 25 March 1347. The family belonged to the lower-middle class.
Easton's Bible Dictionary by Easton, Matthew George (1823-1894)
Brother of insipidity or impiety, a man greatly renowned for his sagacity among the Jews. At the time of Absalom’s revolt he deserted David (Ps. 41:9; 55:12-14) and espoused the cause of Absalom (2 Sam.
Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts by Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)
HYMN 139 L. M. The example of Christ. My dear Redeemer and my Lord, I read my duty in thy word; But in thy life the law appears, Drawn out in living characters. Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, Such def'rence to thy Father's will, Such love, and meekness so divine, I would transcribe and make them mine.