Luke 1:67-79 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,… On the night before her execution, Mary Queen of Scots composed a short prayer, and sang it over by herself because she could not sleep. The words are very musical in the Latin which she used, expressing the passionate wish of a captive to escape: "O Lord God Almighty! my hope is in Thee! O Jesus beloved, now liberate me! In durance the drearest, in bonds the severest — My desire is to Thee! In sighing and crying, on bended knees lying, I adore — I implore Thou would'st liberate me!" When Madame Guyon and her faithful maid were imprisoned, she composed songs for her comfort. "And then," says she, "we sang them together, praises unto Thee, O our God! It sometimes seemed to me as if I were a little bird, whom the Lord had placed in a cage, and that I had nothing to do now but sing!" Parallel Verses KJV: And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,WEB: His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, |
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