 | Episcopal Church - 1889 - 630 pages
...hours ; That thorns remain ; So that earth's bliss may be our guide, And not our chain. 4 For Thou Who knowest, Lord, how soon Our weak heart clings,...So that we see, gleaming on high, Diviner things. 5 I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast kept The best in store ; We have enough, yet not too much To long... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1889 - 412 pages
...hours ; That thorns remain ; So that earth's bliss may be our guide, And not our chain. 4 For Thou Who knowest. Lord, how soon Our weak heart clings,...So that we see, gleaming on high, Diviner things. 5 I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast kept The best in store; We have enough, yet not too much To long... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1889 - 656 pages
...hours ; That thorns remain ; So that earth's bliss may be our guide, And not our chain. 4 For Thou Who knowest, Lord, how soon Our weak heart clings,...all with wings ; So that we see, gleaming on high. I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast kept The best in store ; We have enough, yet not too much To long... | |
 | Melancthon Woolsey Stryker - 1890 - 540 pages
...gentle thoughts and deeds circling us round, That in the darkest spot of Earth some love is found. 3 I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast kept the best in store; I have enough, yet not too much to long for more,— A yearning for a deeper peace not known before.... | |
 | 1891 - 310 pages
...brightest hours ; That thorns remain ; So that Earth's bliss may be our guide, And not our chain. For Thou who knowest, Lord, how soon Our weak heart clings,...high, Diviner things ! I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou iiast kept The best in store ; We have enough, yet not too much To long for more : A yearning for a... | |
 | 1891 - 542 pages
...brightest hours, That thorns remain : So that earth's bliss may be our guide, And not our chain. 4 I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast kept The best in store ; We have enough, yet not too much, To IOTIJT for more ; A yearning lor a deeper peace Not known before. 5 I thank Thee, Lord, that here our... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1880 - 644 pages
...brightest hours; That thorns remain ; So that earth's bliss may be our guide, And not our chain. 4 For Thou Who knowest, Lord, how soon Our weak heart clings,...all with wings ; So that we see, gleaming on high, I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast kept The best in store ; We have enongh, yet not too much To long... | |
 | 1892 - 598 pages
...brightest hours, That thorns remain ; So that earth's bliss may be onr guide, And not our chain. 4 I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast kept The best in...enough, yet not too much, To long for more ; A yearning ibr a deeper peace Not known before. 5 I thank Thee, Lord, that here our souls Though amply blest,... | |
 | Thomas Gaskell Shearman, Walton N. Ellis - 1892 - 302 pages
...Thee more that all my joy Is touched with pain; That shad-ows fall on bright - est hours, 4. For Thou, who knowest, Lord, how soon Our weak heart clings, Hast given us joys, ten - der and true, 5 I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast kept The best in store ; I have enough, yet... | |
 | 1893 - 298 pages
...brightest hours ; That thorns remain ; So that Earth's bliss may be our guide, And not our chain. For Thou who knowest, Lord, how soon Our weak heart clings,...on high, Diviner things ! I thank Thee, Lord, that Thon hast kept The best in store ; We have enough, yet, not too much To long for more : A yearning... | |
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I thank Thee more that all our joy Is touched with pain ; That shadows fall on brightest hours ; That thorns remain ; So that earth's bliss may be our guide, And not our chain. 
