 | American Sunday-School Union - Hymns, English - 1835 - 346 pages
...can never fill. 1 Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest ; I hate the sins that mnde thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 6 The dearest...throne, And worship only thee. 6 So shall my walk he close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the... | |
 | 1835 - 604 pages
...return, Sweet messenger of rest;. I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...only thee. 6 So shall my walk be close with God; Calm axd serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. HYMN 183.. (HI I)... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 464 pages
...return ! Sweet messenger of rest: I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame : So purer light shall mark the road That... | |
 | William Allen - Bible - 1835 - 850 pages
...return, Sweet messenger of rest ; I hate the sins, that made Thee mourn, And drove Thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol, I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only Thee ! COWPER. 349. SM Gerar. Olmuu. Happy Old Age. 1 'T IS good our course to run, And shed around us light,... | |
 | Gregory Townsend Bedell, Stephen Higginson Tyng - Bible - 1835 - 544 pages
...walk with God, A calm, and heavenly flame, A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb. The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only Thee. So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame, So purer light shall mark the road That... | |
 | Baptists - 1842 - 676 pages
...stranger and a pilgrim, who seeks a city yet to come. 1 The dearest idnl I have known, Whate'er thai idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only THEE.' "Resolved, that it shall be my prayerful endeavor, so to aspire after holiness, and a constantly increasing... | |
 | William Barclay - Religion - 1976 - 224 pages
...down his house upon the head of his wife and children; yet, thought I, I must do it, I must do it." "The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee." Abraham was the man who would sacrifice even the dearest thing in life for God. Time and again in the... | |
 | John R. Rice - Prayer - 1980 - 340 pages
...tabu that made Thee mourn, And drove Thee from my breast The dearest Idol I have known, Whate'er mat idol be, Help me to tear it from Thy throne, And worship only Thee. Maybe you loudly insist, "I don't see any harm in the theater." Perhaps you repeatedly say, There is... | |
 | Ranjit Chatterjee, Colin Nicholson - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1984 - 408 pages
...and return, he continues by confessing the sin of idolatry: The dearest Idol I have known, Whate'ver that Idol be, Help me to tear it from Thy Throne, And worship Only Thee (140). This stanza probably refers to Cowper's own life. When he wrote this hymn, his beloved Mary... | |
 | Canterbury Press - Religion - 1989 - 540 pages
...return, Sweet messenger of rest; I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 3 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. 4 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road... | |
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So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. 
