 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...  The Task: A Poem. In Six Books - Page 50by William Cowper - 1810 - 193 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw - Sermons, American - 1842 - 534 pages
...affectionate in look And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men." " By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders; and...strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wand'rer, hinds the broken heart ; And arm'd himself, in panoply complete Of heavenly temper, furnishes with... | |
 | John Alonzo Clark - Evangelicalism - 1842 - 274 pages
...there stands The legate of the skies T His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear, By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders; and...sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. He establishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And armed... | |
 | Francis Fulford - Sermons - 1865 - 340 pages
...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...'stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart ; And arm'd himself in panoply complete Of heav'nly temper, furnishes... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...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...'stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And, armed himself in panoply complete Of heavenly temper, furnishes... | |
 | George William Curtis - Syria - 1867 - 524 pages
...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...stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And sues the sinner to return to God." Fourthly, his habitual dependence... | |
 | Daniel Stevens Dickinson - New York (State) - 1867 - 772 pages
...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...'stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wandering, binds the broken heart, And, armed himself in panoply complete Of heavenly temper, furnishes... | |
 | George Gibbs Channing - Newport (R.I.) - 1868 - 296 pages
...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...as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace." \\ 7HEN I was young, it was considered by Congregationalists, Baptists, &c., a concession to Romanism... | |
 | 1868 - 588 pages
...his credentials clear. By him the violated laiv speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains ns sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. He...'stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken lu-яrt. And, around himself in panoply complete Of heavenly temper, furnishes... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1862 - 362 pages
...his theme, divines ; His office, sacred ; his credentials, clear. By him the violated law speaks ont Its thunders ; and, by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. — Cowper. 2*1. Look, as I blow this feather from my face, And as the air blows it to me again, Obeying... | |
 | John Tomlinson - English poetry - 1869 - 192 pages
...counterpart, — " The legate of the skies. His theme divine, His office sacred, His credentials clear ; By Him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and...as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace." And how tenderly the poet chides the world for its coldness to the memory of those noble souls who... | |
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