 | 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...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...of present personal experience. " The calm retreat, the silent shado, With prayer and praise agree l And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow...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... | |
 | Walter Burgh - Hymns, English - 1826 - 382 pages
...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 and...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,... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1826 - 474 pages
...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 and...by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. 3. There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, 0 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... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1826 - 794 pages
...where sin is waging still Ils most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made...those who follow thee. There, if thy spirit touch the foul, And grace her mean abode ; О with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her GOD !... | |
 | James Montgomery - Christian poetry, English - 1826 - 464 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,... | |
 | 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 bounty made, For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode ; O with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | 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, For those who follow thee. 3 There if thy Spirit touch the soul. And grace -her mean abode ; Oh ! with what peace and joy and... | |
 | Asahel Nettleton - Hymns, English - 1826 - 522 pages
...where Satan wages still His most successful war. % The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree : And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. 3 Then if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace and joy and love,... | |
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FAR from the world, O 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 and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. 
