Crumbs for the Lord's Little Ones: Volume 2 (1854), Subjection to God. (12:9)
Heb. 12:9.
Amy from busy care and strife, | Ps. 37. |
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Let me pursue my simple life, | Ps. 52:2. |
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Thy holy will, O God, be mine, | Song of Solomon 1:7, 8. |
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Perfect alone, because divine! | Ps. 40; Heb. &c. |
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Then all shell be my gain. | Matthew 4:10. &c. |
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| Rom 8:98. |
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Murmur and discontent, away, | Philippians 2:14; 4:5.[1] |
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I would begin a brighter day; | 1 Cor. 10:10. |
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No more my path I wish to choose, | Song of Solomon 2:10-13. |
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What to desire or to refuse, | Ps. 47:4. |
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But self in Thee to lose. | Isaiah 26:13. |
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| Isaiah 30:21. |
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| Isaiah 56:10. |
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| Isaiah 58:16,19. |
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| Romans 6:16. |
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| Ps. 32:8. |
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Like pliant clay I would to Thee | Jer. 18; Is. 64:8 |
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In thought and every action be: | Matt. 6:10. |
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“Thy will be done,” my heart doth say, | Deu. 32:10 |
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As on I journey, day by day, |
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Across the desert way. |
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To live for others, O my God | Acts 10:38, &c. |
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Yes, ‘twas the path that Jesus trod; | John 4:34; 8:36. |
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But best of all to live for Thee! | John 15:8. |
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May this my highest honor be, | Rom. 1:14. |
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This service sweet and free. | Rom. 6:22 |
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| 1 Cor. 7:22. |
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| 1 Cor. 9:19 |
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| Galatians 5:13. |
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The spirit quiet, gentle, meek, | Ps. 149:4. |
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My longing soul doth daily seek, | Proverbs 16:19; Is. 53:7. |
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And always in Thy sight to live; | Matt. 5:5: 2 Timothy 2:34 |
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‘Tis this my Father loves to give, | 1 Peter 3:4 |
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‘Tis this I now would crave. | Gen. 5:22, 24; 17:1. |
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| Gen. 48:15. |
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| 1 Kings 2:4 &c. |
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| Ps. 18:31, &c. |
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| Ps. 5. |
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Though sin and nature will oppose, | Galatians 5:17. |
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Though many be my mighty foes; | Eph. 6:12, Rom. 8:38. |
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The broken, contrite heart, O Lord, | Ps. 51:10, 17; Is. 66:2. |
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To fear Thy name, to love Thy word, | Heb. 12:28; 1 Peter 1:17. |
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Thou wilt to me afford. | &c. |
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| Rom. 15:4; 2 Tim. 3:15. Ps. 119. |
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| Ps. 149:4. |
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Then praise or blame shall equal be, | Ps. 119. 165, margin |
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No tongue of slander troubles me, | Pro. 3:23-26. |
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If God and Christ my ways approve: | Pro. 22:4. |
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My life is in that perfect love, | 1 Peter 2:21-23 |
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Which comes from Heaven above! | 1 Peter 3:13-17. |
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| Pro. 16:7. |
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| Pro. 29:23, 25. |
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| Rom. 8:31. |
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[1] Yieldingness |
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The references (though only a few bearing upon the subject are given) should be read.