Ugo Bassi's sermon in the hospital

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James Pott & Company, 1885 - 29 páginas

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Página 27 - With loving-kindness curtain Thou my bed ; And cool in rest my burning pilgrim feet ; Thy pardon be the pillow for my head, — So shall my sleep be sweet. At peace with all the world, dear Lord, and Thee, No fears my soul's unwavering faith can shake...
Página 5 - Measure thy life by loss instead of gain ; Not by the wine drunk, but the wine poured forth ; For love's strength standeth in love's sacrifice ; And whoso suffers most hath most to give.
Página 26 - O Lord, support us all the day long of this troublous life, until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then in Thy mercy grant us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last.
Página 22 - But if, impatient, thou let slip thy cross, Thou wilt not find it in this world again, Nor in another ; here, and here alone Is given thee to suffer for God's sake. In other worlds we shall more perfectly Serve Him and love Him, praise Him, work for Him, Grow near and nearer Him with all delight ; But then we shall not any more be called To suffer, which is our appointment here. Canst thou not suffer then one hour, — or two...
Página 17 - Perfect through suffering,' our salvation's seal, Set in the front of His humanity. For God has other words for other worlds, But for this world the word of God is Christ.
Página 28 - LORD ! for to-morrow and its needs I do not pray ; Keep me, my GOD, from stain of sin, Just for to-day.
Página 28 - Lord, for tomorrow and its needs I do not pray: Keep me, my God, from stain of sin Just for today. Let me both diligently work And duly pray, Let me be kind in word and deed Just for today. Let me be slow to do my will, Prompt to obey, Help me to mortify my flesh Just for today.
Página 24 - Seek not to snatch presumptuously the palm By self-election ; poison not thy wine With bitter herbs if He has made it sweet ; Nor rob God's treasuries because the key Is easy to be turned by mortal hands. The gifts of birth, death, genius, suffering, Are all for His hand only to bestow. Receive thy portion, and be satisfied. Who crowns himself a king is not the more Royal ; nor he who mars himself with stripes The more partaker of the Cross of Christ. But if Himself He come to thee, and stand Beside...
Página 21 - Of suffering, and took it for a crown ; The loneliness, the weariness, the strife, The base return, the Passion and the Cross, And the withdrawal of His Father's face. — So that for ever since, in minds of men, By some true instinct this life has survived In a religious immemorial light, Pre-eminent in one thing most of all ; The Man of Sorrows ; — and the Cross of Christ Is more to us than all His miracles.
Página 14 - Sin of thy narents or some other one's (For our lives here are mostly in the power Of other lives, and each of us is bound To be his brother's keeper...

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