 | George W Straton - 1837 - 388 pages
...word U truth."— John xvii. 17. THE Spirit breathes upon the word And brings the truth ta sight; 281 A glory gilds the sacred page. Majestic, like the...age, It gives, but borrows none. The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious li«ht and heat : His truths u| on the nations rise. They ris^, but... | |
 | James Thomson (M.D., baptist.) - 1837 - 292 pages
...hymn following: or, the hymn No. — [pronouncing as be-fore the two first lines.] [All stand.] 1. A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun;...gives a light to every age, It gives but borrows none. 2. The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat; Its truths upon the nations rise,... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1837 - 548 pages
...to read these wonders o'er, And meditate by night. 183. CM *COWPE.. Glory of the Sacred Page. 1 WHAT glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun...light to every age — It gives, but borrows none. 2 The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat ; Its truths upon the nations rise... | |
 | James Holme (B.A.) - Bible - 1838 - 126 pages
...breathes upon the word FAnd hrings the truth to sight; Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light. 2 A glory gilds the sacred page Majestic like the sun...a light to every age, It gives, but borrows none. 3 The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat: His truths upon the nations rise,... | |
 | Henry CARPENTER (Minister of St. Michael's, Liverpool.) - Hymns, English - 1838 - 152 pages
...And drive our wants away. HYMN 88. c. M. " Thy word is a lamp unto my feet." — Psal. cxix. 105. 1 THE Spirit breathes upon the word, And brings the...Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light. 2 A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic,- like the sun : It gives a light to every age ; It gives,... | |
 | James Holme (B.A.) - Bible - 1838 - 126 pages
...breathes upon the word And hrings the truth to sight ; Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light. 2 A glory gilds the sacred page Majestic like the sun ; It gives a light to every age, It gives, hut borrows none. 3 The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat: His truths upon... | |
 | Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 306 pages
...lose Myself in Him, in Light ineffable ! Come then, expressive Silence, muse His praise. THE BIBLE. THE Spirit breathes upon the Word, And brings the...light to every age,— It gives, but borrows none. His troths upon the nations rise,— They rise, but never set. Let everlasting thanks be thine, For... | |
 | Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 304 pages
...lose Myself in Him, in Light ineffable ! Come then, expressive Silence, muse His praise. THE BIBLE. THE Spirit breathes upon the Word, And brings the...light to every age,— It gives, but borrows none. His truths upon the nations rise,— They rise, but never set. Let everlasting thanks be thine, For... | |
 | John Newton - Theology - 1839 - 510 pages
...taught, Call upon him while we live. ON THE SCRIPTURES. HYMN LXn. The Light and Glory of the World. 1 THE Spirit breathes upon the word, And brings the...; Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light Ei«L rvii. 11. OLNEY HYMNS. 2 A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun ; It gives a light... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - Astronomy - 1840 - 444 pages
...Most truly does the poet Cowper sing : — " A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic, like the sun i It gives a light to every age, It gives, but borrows...light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise i They rise, but never set. Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a... | |
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The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat : His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 
