Sacred records abridged in verse : consisting of some of the parables and miracles, the life, death, Resurrection and Ascension of the blessed Saviour / by Ann Hume Shippen Livingston.

  • Livingston, Anne Home Shippen, 1763-1841.
Date:
1817
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Credit: Sacred records abridged in verse : consisting of some of the parables and miracles, the life, death, Resurrection and Ascension of the blessed Saviour / by Ann Hume Shippen Livingston. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    PART X. He taught, the poor in spirit shall be blest; The mourners comforted; though now distrcst: The heav’nly kingdom is to those most sure. And blest are these who to the end endure. Happy are they who are with meekness deck’d; The earth is theirs, when others all are wreck'd,: And happy they who craving hunger know And ardent thirst for righteousness below; For they shall bounteously be satisfied, And all their wants shall fully be supplied. Happy the merciful, for they shall find A Father merciful, and ever kind. How happy are the pure and chaste in heart! ■They ’ll see their God, and ne’er from Him depart. The peace-makers He will forever bless, His children they,—how great their happiness. But still more blest the persecuted are: If’tis for righteousness, let them not fear:— For thus to them doth holy Jesus say, ‘Heaven’s kingdom certainly is yours alway. r