Religion! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell Or smiled... Annals of the American Pulpit: Methodist. [1860 - Page 180by William Buell Sprague - 1859Full view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - 1805 - 262 pages
...silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me your sport. Convey to this desolate... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...silver and gold, Or all that this earth can aftbrd. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate... | |
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...silver or gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard ; Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 pages
...silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate... | |
| William Jay - Christian life - 1834 - 326 pages
...by Alexander Selkirk in his solitary abode : "But the sound of the church-going bell, These valleys and rocks never heard; Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Nor smiled when a sabbath appeared." But it is principally designed to be a rest for the mind, a spiritual rest; and thus it is not a day... | |
| Robert MOFFAT (Missionary.) - Farewell sermons - 1843 - 196 pages
...earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Nor smiled when a Sabbath appeared. To the Christian Bechuanas this touching stanza reauires no commentator. But hi those doleful regions... | |
| William Pridden - Australia - 1843 - 406 pages
...privation of all : — • " The sound of the church-going bell Those valleys and rocks never heard ; Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Nor smiled when a sabbath appear' d." They had but one old clasp knife ; there was but one small bed, for one person, the others... | |
| Journal - India - 1844 - 280 pages
...may truly be said, " The sound of the church.going bell These vallies and rocks never heard ; Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Nor smiled when a Sabbath appeared." 24th January. After breakfast, my steward told me that two of my silver spoons were amissing, and that... | |
| John Hall - Elocution - 1845 - 354 pages
...to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. But the sound of a church-going bell These valleys and rocks never* heard — Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Nor smiled when a sabbath appeared. See truth, love, and mercy In triumph descendmg, And nature all glowing In Eden's first bloom On the... | |
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