 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 332 pages
...fire, rejoices in the divine favour ; and thus retirement is sanctified by communion with him. » " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. J There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - 1812 - 980 pages
...I flee, From strife and tumult far ; 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... | |
 | 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 praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. As I passed along, a flock of sheep in view, reminded... | |
 | 1820 - 414 pages
...flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where sin is waging still Its 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 presence cheer the soul, And grace... | |
 | 1821 - 466 pages
...whether any stranger listens to the strain." Edin. Rev. No. LI. p. 198. Thus in one of Cowper's hymns : The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those that worship Thee. ! Thee, if Thy spirit touch the soul, And grace... | |
 | John Newton - 1821 - 412 pages
...flee, From strife and tumult far ; 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... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...they seek or wish. How different the real Christian ! He can address his .heavenly Father, and say The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem, by thy sweet bounty, made For those that follow Thee. COWPEB. Mortimer. Indispensable as Religion is to... | |
 | 1821 - 488 pages
...whether any stranger listens to the strain." Edin. Rev. No. LI. p. 198. Thus in one of Cowper's hymns : The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those that worship Thee. Thee, if Thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her... | |
 | 1821 - 740 pages
...calling him at the eleventh hour, and he can say, while thus employed in worshipping his God — , . "The calm retreat — the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet boiimy made For those who follow Thee." I was present when he united with the church. The... | |
 | 1872 - 1200 pages
...overhead. On entering this path, the following words of a hymn came generally into my mind : — ' The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made, For those that worship Thee. ' There if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace... | |
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FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; 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. 
