 | 1824 - 444 pages
...seem by thy sweet bounty made For those -who follow thee. " There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, ._ And grace her mean abode, Oh! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God! " There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts... | |
 | Jonathan Peele Dabney - Bible - 1825 - 392 pages
...I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer...thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode ; O with what peace, and joy, and love, Does she commune with God ! 4 There, like the nightingale,... | |
 | Select poetry - English poetry - 1825 - 182 pages
...! I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...thy sweet bounty, made For those who follow thee. There if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | James Montgomery - Hymns - 1825 - 482 pages
...enjoyments, and capable of communicating a sense of them to every other heart not dead to sympathy: — " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those that follow Thee. There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace,... | |
 | Noah Davis - Baptists - 1826 - 284 pages
...where Satan wages still, His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree; And seem by thy sweet bounty made,...peace and joy and love. She communes with her God ! 4 Author and Guardian of my life, Sweet source of light divine ; And (all harmonious names in one) My... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1826 - 474 pages
...I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer...thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, 0 with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! 4. There, like the nightingale, she... | |
 | Bible - 1826 - 352 pages
...From scenes, where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shada, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet...thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode ; O with what peace, and joy, and love, Does she commune with God J 4 There, like the nightingale,... | |
 | Walter Burgh - Hymns, English - 1826 - 382 pages
...Lord, I flee From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer...by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee. S. There if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O, with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...uureserved, the language of the Christian's first love, that they cannot fail to be read with deep interest. "The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | 1859 - 632 pages
...what one said vainly, / am writing for eternity. How different were his musings, while he sang — " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow tbee." Voltaire's works fanned the flames of the French Revolution, sowing the seeds of infidelity... | |
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There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! # Isaiah xxxv. 7. 4 There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts... 
