FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. The Baptist Magazine - Página 4051829Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Henry Martin Sanders, George Claude Lorimer - 1889 - 472 páginas
...crown the men who serve Me best." 521 " Far from tkf world." 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee. 3 There, if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love... | |
| United Methodist Free Churches - 1889 - 558 páginas
...From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee. 3 There, if Thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
| Robert Ethol Welsh, Frederick George Edwards - 1889 - 372 páginas
...From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee." His spirit was gentle, and could be playful when healthy ; not unlike Charles Lamb in his pawky humour,... | |
| Melancthon Woolsey Stryker - 1890 - 540 páginas
...- mult far, From scenes where Sa - tan wa - ges still His ^^T 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee. 3 There, if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
| Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 páginas
...in hell instead of heaven." 106 1OC RETIREMENT. WILLIAM COWPER. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by Thy sweet...Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God. CHARON AND HIS PASSENGERS. LUCiAN... | |
| Church of England - 1891 - 442 páginas
...far ; From scenes where evil wages still Its most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet...thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There, like the nightingale, she... | |
| Montague John Guest - 1891 - 616 páginas
...wages still His too successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise aj>ree, And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee/' In none of these things should we wish to condemn unreservedly ; for even when we ditt'er we can sometimes... | |
| Thomas Wright - 1892 - 742 páginas
...which contains the following well-known and beautiful lines :— " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet...Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love She communes with her God !" Cowper now greatly regretted the... | |
| John Morgan - 1892 - 224 páginas
...the bliss of the religious life, as delineated in his verse : ' The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those who worship Thee. There if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and... | |
| Charles Seymour Robinson, Edward Judson - 1892 - 548 páginas
...shade, With prayer and praise agree; And seem by thy great bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode ; Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She then communes with God. 4 Author and Guardian of my... | |
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