| Henry Scawen Plumptre - 1833 - 224 strani
...Father's house, amidst all the melody of celestial anthems. Wherefore ? because, says God, " this my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found." This is the case of all mankind by nature. With respect to God and their immortal souls, they are in... | |
| Mary Martha Sherwood - 1833 - 304 strani
...guilty since he had left us. The good old man embraced me with tears in his eyes, crying, " This my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found." Nevertheless, when I said, ' Now, uncle, that you are returned, I feel assured that all will be well... | |
| 1834 - 252 strani
..." Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." God the Father hastens to meet you, " This my Son was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found." Reader, what do you reply to such amazing mercy ? Oh, retire, and pray for a blessing on these pages.... | |
| Thomas Griffith - 1834 - 348 strani
...Father's kiss of perfect reconciliation, and heard that Father say Make merry and be glad, for this my Son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found ; — such is the natural consciousness of the human will, to that of its Regeneration, such is the... | |
| Legh Richmond - 1834 - 378 strani
...longed to embrace the poor wanderer, and mingle bis tears with those of his child, saying, " This my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found : " but these fond hopes were disappointed. Nugent left the vessel in which he sailed, in opposition... | |
| Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1834 - 262 strani
...father enters among his children. Laying his hand solemnly on the head of Laurens, he said, " This, my son, was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found." They understood his inference unspoken, and kneeling upon the green turf, joined the holy man, in fervent... | |
| Mary Martha Sherwood - 1834 - 466 strani
...guilty since he had left us. The good old man embraced me with tears in his eyes, crying, " This my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found." Nevertheless, when I said, " Now, uncle, that you are returned, I feel assured that all will be well... | |
| John Scott - 1835 - 426 strani
...joy and congratulation. The eye of God himself rests upon it with approbation and delight. " This nry Son was dead and is alive "again, was lost and is found !" — It is already in good measure turned to God and converted : already it manifests not only repentance,... | |
| Whittington Henry Landon - 1835 - 198 strani
...on his feet, and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and be merry, for this my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found." If then our repentance be as early as it is sincere, He who hath a " feeling for our infirmities,"... | |
| 1853 - 574 strani
...providence protected my boy in a world full of danger, and has made my ' heart sing for joy,' because ' my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found.' " WOMAN DEFENDED. " A WOMAN," some wiseacres say, " In talk will pass the live-long day ; Like water-springs,... | |
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