The refiner's fire, memoir of Richard Huntley Corke, by his mother

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Página 71 - We speak of its freedom from sin, From sorrow, temptation, and care, From trials without and within; But what must it be to be there!
Página 44 - TEACH me, O Lord, to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wisdom ; ever to remember my last end, that I may not dare to sin against thee.
Página 31 - This day do I, with the utmost solemnity, surrender myself to thee. I renounce all former lords that have had dominion over me ; and I consecrate to thee all that I am, and all that I have, — the faculties of my mind, the members of my body, my worldly possessions, my time...
Página 66 - HAPPY day, that fixed my choice On Thee, my Saviour and my God.' Well may this glowing heart rejoice, And tell its raptures all abroad.
Página 25 - He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. 5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Página 25 - Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no 'galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
Página 13 - My God is reconciled, His pardoning voice I hear, He owns me for His child, I can no longer fear ; With confidence I now draw nigh, And, Father, Abba, Father, cry ! 599 (212) LMC WESLEY.
Página 44 - to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord.
Página 32 - ... me, during the rest of my days, to acquire that of which I stand most in need, and to amend my ways. May the things of time no longer exercise dominion over me ; but may I, during the short remainder of my life, live solely to thee. Grant me grace, not only to tread in the path which, I am convinced, is the best; but enable me also to be always most active in walking in it. I resign myself, and all I am and have, to thy direction, to be disposed of in whatever manner thine infinite wisdom shall...
Página 32 - Lord, I beseech thee, as an instrument of thy service ! Number me among thy peculiar people ! Let me be washed in the blood of thy dear Son ! Let me be clothed with his righteousness ! Let me be sanctified by his Spirit ! Transform me more and more into his image ! Impart to me, through him, all needful influences of thy purifying, cheering, and comforting spirit ! And let my life be spent under those influences, and in the light of thy gracious countenance, as my Father, and my God ! " And when...

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