William CowperJ. Cape, 1928 - 319 pages |
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Page 116
... hymns may have brought him some relief , it was , like the relief experienced after his extempore prayers , the sequel to an unnecessary and mor- bid agitation . The hymns were not published until some years later , but since the ...
... hymns may have brought him some relief , it was , like the relief experienced after his extempore prayers , the sequel to an unnecessary and mor- bid agitation . The hymns were not published until some years later , but since the ...
Page 117
... hymns : the narrowness and damnatory nature of the doctrine and the interested purpose for which they were written ... hymn - writer as Watts can , by his intense force of con- viction , pour new reality into Biblical idiom and a primi ...
... hymns : the narrowness and damnatory nature of the doctrine and the interested purpose for which they were written ... hymn - writer as Watts can , by his intense force of con- viction , pour new reality into Biblical idiom and a primi ...
Page 123
... hymns disprove Cow- per's plaintive cry - ' My fears are great , my strength is small , ' and they suggest that a religion which had empha- sized his strength and belittled his fears might have saved him from madness . There are other hymns ...
... hymns disprove Cow- per's plaintive cry - ' My fears are great , my strength is small , ' and they suggest that a religion which had empha- sized his strength and belittled his fears might have saved him from madness . There are other hymns ...
Contents
THE SEEDS OF MISFORTUNE Page | 15 |
THE HARVEST OF PROVIDENCE | 65 |
THE REV JOHN NEWTON | 99 |
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