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Come Ye Apart

 

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In the hush of the valley of silence
Preface
A sweet-voiced poet thus writes of “The Valley of Silence”
Father Abram Ryan
 
Come and hear the grand old story
January 1: In the Beginning
Rev. Horatius. Bonar
 
Woman! above all women glorified;
February 7: The Mother of Christ
Wordsworth
The Virgin
 
For I thought, when the Master Builder
January 10: God Looketh on the Heart
Mrs. Herrick Johnson
 
All God’s angels come to us disguised
January 11: Messengers from God
James Russell Lowell
On the Death of a Friend‘s Child
 
Thy kingdom here?
May 4: Heaven Brought to Us
Susan Coolidge
At the Gate
“For behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”
 
Make a little fence of trust
May 6: Day by Day
 
This crust is My body broken for thee
May 6: Day by Day
 
Forgive us, Lord, because we have forgiven
May 7: A Forgiving Spirit
 
He always wins who sides with God
May 5: Doing the Will of God
One day at a time. A burden too great
May 15: One Day at a Time
 
There is no place where earth’s sorrows
May 30: Jesus Always Answers
 
Swiftly descending on a ray
June 3: A Broken Spirit
Sir Thomas Moore
Paradise and the Peri
 
He liveth long who liveth well
July 12: Death of John the Baptist
Horatius Bonar
Hymns of Faith and Hope, second series, 1862
 
He liveth long who liveth well;
All other life is short and vain;
He liveth longest who can tell
Of living most for heavenly gain.
 
He liveth long who liveth well;
All else is being flung away;
He liveth longest who can tell
Of true things truly done each day.
 
Be what thou seemest; live thy creed;
Hold up to earth the torch divine:
Be what thou prayest to be made;
Let the great Master’s steps be thine.
 
Fill up each hour with what will last;
Buy up the moments as they go;
The life above, when this is past,
Is the ripe fruit of life below.
 
Sow love, and taste its fruitage pure;
Sow peace, and reap its harvest bright;
Sow sunbeams on the rock and moor,
And find a harvest-home of light.
 
Only one talent small
July 16: The Barley Loaves
 
Rock of ages
July 20: Peace in Storm
Augustus M. Toplady
Rock of Ages
 
No father’s house is full
July 25: A Welcome for All
 
Not worthy, Lord, to gather up the crumbs
August 1: Crumbs from the Master’s Table
Edward H. Bickersteth
 
Hark, hark! a voice amid the quiet intense
August 6: Led Apart
 
Hark, hark! a voice amid the quiet intense
August 16: Duty After Privilege
George MacDonald
Within and Without Part ii
 
Sorrow touched by love grows bright
August 17: Bright Clouds
 
Tis a little thing
August 23: Little Deeds of Love
Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795–1854)
Ion. Act i. Scene 2.
 
We sadly watched the close of all
September 15: Unbelieving “Ifs”
 
There were ninety and nine that safely lay
September 17: The Seeking of Saviour
I am the Burden-bearer;
September 18: Brought Home
 
Yea, Lord! — Yet some must serve;
October 1: Household Duties
 
How can they live who, sinning, never seek Jesus
October 9: The Corner Stone
 
Should’st thou not need some mighty charm
October 14: A Saviour for All
Keble
 
Some time, when all life’s lessons have been learned
October 16: Mysterious Providence
 
He’s better to us than many mothers are
October 18: Resting on Jesus
 
Other friends remain
October 24: Peace in Believing
 
Now the pruning, sharp, unsparing
October 29: The Pruning-Knife
 
One look of that pale, suffering face
November 8: The Baffled Tempter
Longfellow
 
O lead me, Lord, that I may lead
November 9: Strength out of Weakness
 
“Not as I will!” —the sound grows sweet
November 12: Thy Will Be Done
 
We might have lent
November 14: Lost Opportunities
 
Give her, I pray, all good
November 19: God’s Will is Best
 
Mother, I see you with your nursery light
December 23: Why Weepest Thou?
 
And she is gone, sweet human love is gone!
December 28: Prize Present Blessings
one has sung,
 

Alphabetical

All God’s angels come to us disguised
January 11: Messengers from God
James Russell Lowell
On the Death of a Friend‘s Child
 
And she is gone, sweet human love is gone!
December 28: Prize Present Blessings
one has sung,
 
Come and hear the grand old story
January 1: In the Beginning
Rev. Horatius. Bonar
 
For I thought, when the Master Builder
January 10: God Looketh on the Heart
Mrs. Herrick Johnson
 
Give her, I pray, all good
November 19: God’s Will is Best
 
Hark, hark! a voice amid the quiet intense
August 16: Duty After Privilege
George MacDonald
Within and Without Part ii
 
He’s better to us than many mothers are
October 18: Resting on Jesus
 
How can they live who, sinning, never seek Jesus
October 9: The Corner Stone
 
I am the Burden-bearer;
September 18: Brought Home
 
Mother, I see you with your nursery light
December 23: Why Weepest Thou?
 
“Not as I will!” —the sound grows sweet
November 12: Thy Will Be Done
 
Not worthy, Lord, to gather up the crumbs
August 1: Crumbs from the Master’s Table
Edward H. Bickersteth
 
Now the pruning, sharp, unsparing
October 29: The Pruning-Knife
 
One look of that pale, suffering face
November 8: The Baffled Tempter
 
O lead me, Lord, that I may lead
November 9: Strength out of Weakness
 
Other friends remain
October 24: Peace in Believing
 
Rock of ages
July 20: Peace in Storm
Augustus M. Toplady
Rock of Ages
 
Should’st thou not need some mighty charm
October 14: A Saviour for All
Keble
 
Some time, when all life’s lessons have been learned
October 16: Mysterious Providence
 
Swiftly descending on a ray
June 3: A Broken Spirit
Sir Thomas Moore
Paradise and the Peri
 
We might have lent
November 14: Lost Opportunities
 
We sadly watched the close of all
September 15: Unbelieving “Ifs”
 
Yea, Lord! ——Yet some must serve;
October 1: Household Duties
 

 

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