 There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God. 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays, Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.  Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church - Page 205by Methodist Episcopal Church - 1857 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...JESUS, 'tis thy light alone Can shine upon the heart. XLIV. RETIREMENT. 1 FAR from the world, O LORD, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where...successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. .3 There, if... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 712 pages
...Jesus, 'tis thy light alone Can shine upon the heart. XLV. C. Retirement. 1 FAR. from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where...successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree; And seem, by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thec. 3 There if... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 332 pages
...fire, rejoices in the divine favour ; and thus retirement is sanctified by communion with him. ยป " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. J There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | Baptists - 1829 - 610 pages
...Satan wngc* till! His most succesjfnl war. VOL. IV. :Jd Series. The calm retreat and silent (hade,* With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode : Ob, with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | John Newton - Theology - 1810 - 726 pages
...Jesus, tis thy light alone Can shine upon the heart. XLV. C. Retirement. 1 FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where...successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. .3 There if... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - Hymns - 1812 - 980 pages
...thy light alone Can shine upon the heart. HYMN CCXCVI. Retirement. COWPER. R from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where...Spirit touch the soul,. And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! 4 There like the nightingale she... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - Bible - 1812 - 540 pages
...where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made...thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! 4 There, like the nightingale, she... | |
 | Thomas Jones (chaplain to the earl of Peterborough) - 1812 - 486 pages
...and seal it; Seal it from thy courts above ! 243. The Christian retiring. 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 pray'r and praise agree, And seem, by thy swt.et bounty made,... | |
 | Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - Bible - 1814 - 696 pages
...shine, And crown my journey's end." HYMN 117. CM Retirement. 1 T^AR from the world, O Lord, I flee, J? From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan...successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree : And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 Then if thy... | |
 | 1815 - 556 pages
...I, as I walked farther on, how pleasing to be freed from the busy bustling world ! As the poet says, The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. As I passed along, a flock of sheep in view, reminded me of those days when the sheep were led to the... | |
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