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In His Steps

 

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Make my mortal dreams come true
Chapter 2: Beginning Well
John Greenleaf Whittier
Andrew Rykman’s Prayer
 
Heaven is not gained by a single bound
Chapter 3: The Christian Life: The Ideal
Josiah Gilbert Holland
Gradatim
 
The trivial round, the common task
Chapter 4: Living for God: Consecration
John Keble
Hues of the Rich Unfolding Morn
 
Birds, by being glad, their Maker bless
Chapter 4: Living for God: Consecration
 
The grave itself is but a covered bridge
Chapter 5: Meeting Temptation: Conflict
 
He who hath never a conflict hath never a victor’s palm
Chapter 5: Meeting Temptation: Conflict
 
Be thy best thoughts to work divine addressed
Chapter 6: Working for Christ: Service
 
As some rare perfume in a vase of clay
Chapter 6: Working for Christ: Service
 
For the heart grow rich in giving
Chapter 6: Working for Christ: Service
 
Work for some good, be it ever so slowly
Chapter 6: Working for Christ: Service
 
Yea, through life, through death, through sorrow
Chapter 9: Helps: The Church and its Services
 
Not worthy, Lord, to gather up the crumbs
Chapter 9: Helps: The Church and its Services
 
Thou cam’st not to thy place by accident
Chapter 11: Growing in One's Place: Providence
 
Hark, hark! A voice amid the quiet intense
Chapter 11: Growing in One's Place: Providence
 
What are we set on earth for? Say to toil
Chapter 11: Growing in One's Place: Providence
 
Make a little fence of trust
Chapter 12: Preparation for Trial
 
Know well, my soul, God’s hand controls
Chapter 12: Preparation for Trial
 
When the sun withdraws his light
Chapter 12: Preparation for Trial
 
Count each affliction, whether light or grave
Chapter 12: Preparation for Trial
 

 

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