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... fall'n , is Thine . Thine , by thy various discipline , to lead To heights where heavenly truths immortal shine ; - Truths , none eternally shall fail to heed , For all , O Lord , are Thine , forever Thine . Forgive the thought , that ...
... fall'n , is Thine . Thine , by thy various discipline , to lead To heights where heavenly truths immortal shine ; - Truths , none eternally shall fail to heed , For all , O Lord , are Thine , forever Thine . Forgive the thought , that ...
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... fall , and nothing be , - Canst Thou uphold an endless misery ? Canst Thou for ever feed the ravening wolf , Remorse ; gaze ever on Hell's boiling gulf ? That were indeed a dread eternity ! But , no 28 THE TESTIMONY OF THE POETS .
... fall , and nothing be , - Canst Thou uphold an endless misery ? Canst Thou for ever feed the ravening wolf , Remorse ; gaze ever on Hell's boiling gulf ? That were indeed a dread eternity ! But , no 28 THE TESTIMONY OF THE POETS .
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... fall The glittering edifice , cemented much With blood , yet baseless . At Truth's simple touch All the vain fabric will be shattered all ! But not the Bible ! Nature there is stored , And God ! Eternal is the Saviour's Word ! XXXVI ...
... fall The glittering edifice , cemented much With blood , yet baseless . At Truth's simple touch All the vain fabric will be shattered all ! But not the Bible ! Nature there is stored , And God ! Eternal is the Saviour's Word ! XXXVI ...
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... fall ourselves below , To be more exiled from our God than now , Were horrible ! Oh , what a fearful coast It were to land on , peopled by dark souls ; Many , yet lonely , by communion worse , — Stranded upon creation's outcast shoals ...
... fall ourselves below , To be more exiled from our God than now , Were horrible ! Oh , what a fearful coast It were to land on , peopled by dark souls ; Many , yet lonely , by communion worse , — Stranded upon creation's outcast shoals ...
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... Falls off before the Cross ! The feverish care ; The wish that we were other than we are ; The sick regrets ; the yearnings numberless ; The thought , " this might have been , " so apt to press On the reluctant soul ; even past despair ...
... Falls off before the Cross ! The feverish care ; The wish that we were other than we are ; The sick regrets ; the yearnings numberless ; The thought , " this might have been , " so apt to press On the reluctant soul ; even past despair ...
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angel art thou beauty behold beneath Bernard Barton bless blest bliss bosom breast breath bright Charles Mackay cheer child Christ clouds dark dead dear death deep divine dost doth doubt dread dream dust E'en earth earthly Edward Beecher eternal eyes fair faith Father Father divine fear feel flowers glad gloom glorious glory God's grace grave grief happy Hartley Coleridge HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL hath heart heaven heavenly holy hope Horace Smith human immortal John Sterling life's light live look Lord Mary Howitt MDCCC mercy mighty mind morning mortal nature Nature's never night o'er pain peace perish praise prayer Psalm rest Ring Saviour seraph shine silent sing skies smile song sorrow soul sphere spirit stars sweet tears thee Thine things Thomas Hood Thou art Thou hast thought throne trembling trust truth unto voice wandering weary weep wings wisdom words
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Page 33 - And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
Page 72 - Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie Thy soul's immensity ! Thou best philosopher, who yet dost keep Thy heritage ! thou eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep Haunted for ever by the eternal mind — Mighty prophet ! Seer blest, On whom those truths do rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find...
Page 108 - STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove...
Page 162 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around, Sustaining all yon orbs, and all their suns; From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
Page 318 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take ; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 69 - And all together pray. While each to his great Father bends, Old men, and babes, and loving friends. And youths and maidens gay...
Page 161 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills; And let me catch it as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid and profound; Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound His stupendous praise, whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
Page 81 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Page 302 - Give to the winds thy fears ; Hope, and be undismayed; God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears, God shall lift up thy head. Through waves and clouds and storms He gently clears thy way; Wait thou His time, so shall this night Soon end in joyous day.
Page 162 - tis nought to me: Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full; And where He vital breathes there must be joy.