 | 1890 - 880 pages
...God which enabled Whittier to say, as he contemplated the mysteries of life and death : — " And ao beside the silent sea, I wait the muffled oar ; No...harm from Him can come to me, On ocean or on shore." Substitutes — I can forgive the audacity Wanted. remark of tne Contributor's friend, but I lift up... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society - 1883 - 618 pages
...poet, Whitticr, which are a consolation to me, and which he kindly repeated to me when we last met : " And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar, No harm from Him can come to me, On ocean or ou shore. * 1 know not whore His islands lift Their fronded palms in air, I only know I cannot drift... | |
 | Edwin Cortland Bolles - 1865 - 734 pages
...chastened Psalmist, own His judgments, too, are right. 3 No offering of my own I have, Nor works my faith to prove ; I can but give the gifts he gave, And plead his love for love. 4 O brothers ! if my faith is vain, If hopes like these betray, Pray for me that my feet may gain The... | |
 | Horatius Bonar - 1866 - 334 pages
...bruised reed He will not break, But strengthen and sustain. No offering of my o\vn I have. Nor works my faith to prove ; I can but give the gifts he gave,...on shore. I know not where his islands lift Their fronted balms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. O brothers ! if my faith... | |
 | 1866 - 578 pages
...flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But strengthen and sustain. And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar...on shore. I know not where his islands lift Their fronted palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. And O, dear Lord, by whom... | |
 | Edward James Young - 1866 - 38 pages
...what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. 10 And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar...on shore. I know not where his islands lift Their fronted balms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care." I never knew one more... | |
 | 1866 - 836 pages
...goodness and his love. 2 I dimly guess from blessings known 3 No offering of my own I have, Nor works my faith to prove ; I can but give the gifts he gave, And plead his love for love. 4 O brothers ! if my faith is vain, If hopes like these betray, Pray for me that my feet may gain The... | |
 | 1878 - 626 pages
...beautifully the perfect faith expressed in these words harmonises with JG Whittier's exquisite lines : — " And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar...harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore." As Editor of the " Present-Day Papers," he helped to bring before the public clear views of great truths,... | |
 | Edwin Pond Parker - 1867 - 120 pages
...his islands lift Their fronted palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. 6 And so beside the silent sea, I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me, Oil ocean or on shore ! Whiltier. LM ROCKINGHAM. 1 Thou sweet, beloved will of God, My anchor-ground,... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1867 - 422 pages
...bruised reed He will not break, But strengthen and sustain. 3 No offering of my own I have, Nor works my faith to prove ; I can but give the gifts He gave, And plead his love for love. 4 And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or... | |
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And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. 
