 There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers...  Poems - Page 48by William Cowper - 1819Full view - About this book
 | John Bunyan - 1823 - 546 pages
...concise. The legate of the skies. His theme divine, " There stands the messenger of truth. There stands His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him, the violated law speaks out Jts thunders; and by him, in strains as sweet The dusty Parlour. Then he took him by the hand, and... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1823 - 494 pages
...holy office. Yes, he will tell you that -" the pulpit Must stand acknowiedg'd while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause." — — " In man or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers And serves the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support and ornament of V ire mi's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there...sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. He 'stablisb.es the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And, arm'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers) [stand, Must stand acknowledged, while the world bhall The most important and effectual' guard,, Support,...credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Jts thunders ; and by him, in strains as swce: As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. He 'stablishes... | |
 | 1824 - 448 pages
...FRANCIS WESTLEY, 1.0, STATIONERS'. COURT, AND AVE.MARIA LANE. ON ATTENDING AN EVANGELICAL MINISTRY. " There stands the Messenger of Truth ; there stands...divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By Jam the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar pow'rs) Muststandacknowle<lg'd,whiletheworld8hall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support...cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there standd The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By... | |
 | Seymour fict. family - 1824 - 926 pages
...pleasures of good neighbourhood and hospitality. CHAPTER XIV. Tliere stands the messenger of truth—there stands The legate of the skies; his theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace ; He stablishus the strung, restores the... | |
 | Ashbel Green - Presbyterian Church in the U.S. - 1824 - 500 pages
...accomplish every great moral revolution, and the pulpit "Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, "The most important, and effectual guard, " Support, and ornament of virtue's cause." Л small number of zealous and able ministers* of the Gospel are to be found in a few of the most important... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Theology - 1824 - 602 pages
...attended. " The Pulpit," says the great Christian poet, " Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament, of virtue's cause." From the infancy of the church to the present hour, preaching has more aroused and engaged the attention... | |
 | Robert Stuart - Steam-engines - 1824 - 408 pages
...SOCIETIES. THE PULPIT, AN ORIGINAL PUBLICATION, EXCLUSIVELY DEVOTED TO THE DIFFUSION OF CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. There stands the Messenger of Truth !— there stands The Legate of the skies! — bis theme divine ; Hii office sacred, his credentials clear; By him the violated law speaks out... | |
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