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Zusammenfassung These volumes will present, in some cases for the first time, the lives and works of a coterie of Nonconformist women writers from the West Country Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I VOLUME 1 General Introduction, Anne Steele, Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional (1780) Introduction Anne Steele, Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional I. Hymns on Various Subjects 1. Desiring to Praise God 2. Imploring Divine Influence 3. Meditating on Creation and Providence 4. Redeeming Love 5. The Great Physician (Luke 6:19) 6. Longing Souls Invited to the Gospel-Feast (Luke 14:22) 7. Light and Deliverance 8. A Morning Hymn 9. An Evening Hymn 10. On a Stormy Night 11. Searching after Happiness 12. Weary Souls Invited to Rest (Matthew 11:28) 13. Thirsting aft er God (Isaiah 41:17) 14. The Favour of God the Only Satisfying Good (Psalm 4:6–7.) 15. The Transforming Vision of God (Psalm 17:15) 16. The Joys of Heaven 17. Humble Worship 18. Praise for National Peace (Psalm 46:9) 19. The Voice of the Creatures 20. A Rural Hymn 21. God my Creator and Benefactor 22. Praise to God for the Blessings of Providence and Grace 23. Christ the Way to Heaven 24. Life and Safety in Christ Alone (John 6:68) 25. An Evening Reflection 26. The Excellency of the Holy Scriptures 27. The Influences of the Spirit of God in the Heart (John 14:16–17) 28. Christ the Physician of Souls (Jeremiah 8:22) 29. The Intercession of Christ (Hebrews 7:25) 30. The Condescension of God (I Kings 8:27) 31. The Heavenly Guest (Revelation 3:20) 32. God the Soul’s Only Portion (Lamentations 3:24) 33. Faith in the Joys of Heaven (II Corinthians 5:7) 34. Strength and Safety in God Alone (Psalm 105:4) 35. A Funeral Hymn 36. Sin the Cause of Sorrow 37. Intreating the Presence of Christ in his Churches (Haggai 2:7) 38. Desiring to Trust in God (Isaiah 26:4) 39. Watchfulness and Prayer (Matthew 26:41) 40. Divine Compassion (Isaiah 49:14–16) 41. Desiring Assurance of the Favour of God 42. Hope Encouraged in the Contemplation of the Divine Perfections 43. The Incarnate Saviour (John 1:14) 44. Faith in God in Time of Distress (Habukkuk 3:17–18) 45. Pardoning Love (Jeremiah 3:22; Hosea 14:4) 46. The Goodness of God (Nahum 1:7) 47. True Honour (Daniel 12:3) 48. Divine Bounty (Colossians 1:19) 49. The Heavenly Conqueror (Revelation 3:21) 50. Longing aft er Unseen Pleasures (II Corinthians 4:18) 51. The Christian’s Prospect 52. Life a Journey 53. True Happiness to be Found Only in God 54. Lasting Happiness 55. Bidding Adieu to Earthly Pleasures 56. Longing for Immortality 57. At the Funeral of a Young Person 58. Sin the Sting of Death 59. The Presence of Christ the Joy of his People 60. Absence from God 61. Desiring a Taste of Real Joy 62. Humble Reliance 63. The Presence of God the Life and Light of the Soul 64. Resigning the Heart to God (Psalm 119:94) 65. The Inconstant Heart 66. Cold Affections 67. The Example of Christ 68. Retirement and Reflection 69. Hope in Darkness 70. Death and Heaven 71. Redemption by Christ Alone (I Peter 1:18–19) 72. The Mysteries of Providence 73. Refuge and Strength in the Mercy of God 74. Desiring Resignation and Thankfulness 75. Desiring the Presence of God (Isaiah 50:10) 76. Christ the Life of the Soul (John 14:19) 77. Aspiring towards Heaven 78. God my Only Happiness 79. Mourning the Absence of God, and Longing for his Gracious Presence 80. God the Only Refuge of the Troubled Mind 81. Complaining at the Throne of Grace 82. Submission to God under Affliction 83. Trusting in the Divine Veracity 84. Time Flying and Death Approaching 85. Victory over Death through Christ (I Corinthians 15:57) 86. Christ the Supreme Beauty (Isaiah 33:17) 87. The Promised Land (Isaiah 33:17) 88. The Heavenly Shepherd (Psalm 23:1–3) 89. The Christian’s Noblest Resolution (Joshua 24:15) 90. The Saviour’s Invitation (John 7:37) 91. Jesus the Best Beloved 192. Desiring to Know and Love Him More 93. The Glorious Presence of Christ in Heaven (John 17:24) 94. The Happin...
