 | 1830 - 330 pages
...And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy spirit touch the soul, 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary...witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise. 6 Author and Guardian of my life, Sweet source of light divine ; And all harmonious names in one, My... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 412 pages
...tumult far ; From scenes were Satan wages still His most successful war. * Isaiah xxxv. 7. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise...thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | Azubah Clark - 1830 - 244 pages
...exist, that in the retirement of the closet her thoughts were fixed with intensity upon them. " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise...by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee. S " There, if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode ; Oh ! with what peace, and joy,... | |
 | Lowell Mason - 1831 - 594 pages
...From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. p 2 The calm retreat— the silent shade, With prayer and praise...bounty, made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if the Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes... | |
 | Reformed Church in America - 1831 - 182 pages
...the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, witli what peace and joy and love, She there communes with God ! 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her...witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise. HYMN 118. CM Evening twilight. 2 I Jove in solitude to shed , The penitential tear, And all His promises... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 410 pages
...heart. XLVI. RETIREMENT. FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise...thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1831 - 304 pages
...From strife and tumult far, From scenes where Satan wages still, His most successful war. "The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise...thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. "There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O ! with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | 1832 - 428 pages
...; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. , > . 3 There, if thy presence cheer the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace,...witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise. fl. Author and Guardian of my life, Thou source of light divine ! And, all harmonious names in one,... | |
 | 1833 - 576 pages
...The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy aweet bounty mt For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy spirit...communes with her God. 4 There, like the nightingale, she pour* Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise. 318. CM DODDRIDOS.... | |
 | Henry Addington Simcoe - 1833 - 300 pages
...would suit the muse of Cowper, and prompt one who Mt with him to say with holy rapture, ' The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise...thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee.' Oh 1 would that I had realized this use of that lovely »pot— that prayer and praise had always occupied... | |
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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. 
