| Select poetry - 1825 - 182 pages
...providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding ev'ry hour, The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain ; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain. GOD of my life, to thee... | |
| 1825 - 260 pages
...feeble sense, But trust Him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence, He hides a smiling face. 5 His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour ; The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be ):he flower. 6 Blind unbelief is sure to err," j And scan bis works in vain... | |
| Walter Burgh - 1826 - 382 pages
...blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for his grace : Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. 3. His...be the flower. Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan His work in vain: God is His own Interpreter, And He will make it plain. CCLXXXVI. NINETY-SECOND... | |
| 1826 - 474 pages
...feeble sense, But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. 5. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour...have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. 6. Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain ; God is his own interpreter, And he will... | |
| Asahel Nettleton - 1826 - 522 pages
...feeble sense, But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. 5 His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour...have a bitter taste. But sweet will be the flower. 6 Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain ; God is his own interpreter, And he will... | |
| James Montgomery - 1826 - 464 pages
...feeble sense, But trust Him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. 5 His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour...have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. 6 Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain: God is his own interpreter, And He will... | |
| 1859 - 632 pages
...a time for every purpose and every work ;" and, as Cowper beautifully says — " His purposes shall ripen fast, Unfolding every hour ; The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower." Then, beloved, that time of thine is ..„ f .,, — .„. _- rightly ordered. Has He stopped your... | |
| 1826 - 440 pages
...with particularity. Cowper's fine hymn on Providence is greatly improved by omitting the stanza : — "His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour ; The bud may have a bitter taste, Bui sweet will be the flower." This is a figure not only not found in sacred inspired poetry,... | |
| Henry Forster Burder, Isaac Watts - 1826 - 476 pages
...trust him for his grace;, Behind a frowning providence •/- ff He hides a smiling face. •• - -' 5 His purposes will ripen fast, : ,. Unfolding every hour : The bud may have a bitter taste ' T r":"r'nlj But sweet will be the flower. ' " ': ' •'.»,'. -iioJjwI 6 Blind unbelief is... | |
| 1827 - 162 pages
...feeble sense, But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. 5 His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour:...have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. 6 Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain : God is his own interpreter, And he will... | |
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