 In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart, and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me!  The Christian Pioneer - Page 891881Full view - About this book
 | 1811 - 566 pages
...the following, which are 'noble numbers' indeed, should not have been overlooked by the editor. 'HIS LITANY. 'To the Holy Spirit. ' In the hour of my distress,...temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet s pi m, comfort me ' When I lie within my bed, Sick in bean, and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted,... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pages
...world only by the desolations that marked their progress. LESSON LXXIII. To the Holy Spirit.—HERRICK. IN the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress,...Spirit, comfort me ! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, » Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When the house... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 442 pages
...healthful use, Almighty God ! me grant ; But that, or this, That hurtful is, $ Deny thy suppliant. LITANY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. IN the hour of my distress,...Spirit, comfort me. When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart and sick in head, And with doubts disquieted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me. When the house doth... | |
 | 1836 - 282 pages
...all this to satisfy the ambition, or to fill the idea of an immortal soul. SWIST. HERRJCK'S LITANY*. IN the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress,...Spirit, comfort me ! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! "When the house... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - 1836 - 436 pages
...healthful use, Almighty God ! me grant ; But that, or this, That hurtful' is, ; Deny thy suppliant. LITANY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. IN the hour of my distress,...I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me. When the house doth sigh and weep, And the world is drown'd in sleep, Yet mine eyes the watch do keep, Sweet... | |
 | 1840 - 420 pages
...distresse, When temptations me oppresse, And when 1 my sins confesse ; Sweet Spirit, comfort me. When I lye within my bed, Sick at heart and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted ; Sweet Spirit, comfort meWhen the tapers now burn blue, And the comforters are few, And that number more than true ; Sweet... | |
 | 1843 - 708 pages
...barbarisms and vague expression. We shall, however, select a few pieces from this part of the volume also : LITANY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. "In the hour of my distress, When temptations sore oppress, And when I my sins confess — Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! " When I lie within my bed,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1839 - 388 pages
...accustomed to recite to herself at night when unable to sleep. Among them was the following exquisite " Litany to the Holy Spirit :" — In the hour of my...bed, Sick at heart, and sick in head, And with doubts disquieted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me. When the house doth sigh and weep, And the world is drowned in... | |
 | John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 pages
...down From God the Father and the Son. COMFORTER. Watts. John xiv. 16, 26; xv. 26. xvi. 7. Acts ix. 31. In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress,...Spirit, comfort me. When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart, and sick in head, And with doubts disquieted ; Sweet Spirit, comfort me. When the tempter... | |
 | 536 pages
...fhe world would not go light, if they should move otherwise. — -Bishop Hopkins. HERRICR S L1TANY.W In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress,...Spirit, comfort me ! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When the bouse... | |
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