 | Henry Kollock - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 510 pages
...the words of eternal life. And see next to them the glorious company of martyrs and confessors, " who lived unknown, Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chased them up to heaven :" — who waded through seas of blood, who submitted cheerfully to every torture, upheld by the Spirit... | |
 | Arminianism - 1833 - 958 pages
...they proved faithful to the cause, for the promotion of which you sent them out : — " Their nam^n unknown, Till persecution dragg'd them into fame. And chased them up to heaven." But this has roused a spirit in England which will not soon fail. Yes ; I rejoice to think, that by... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free,...into fame, And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes new — No marble tells u» whither. With their names No bard embalms and sanctifies his sung : And... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...It with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth. To walk with God, to be divinely free,...remember them. They lived unknown, Till persecution drage'd thorn into fame, And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes flew _No marble tells us whither.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free,...anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them. They liv'd unknown, Till Persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to Heav'n. Their ashes flew... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 pages
...with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free,...anticipate the skies ! Yet few remember them. They liv'd unknown, Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to heaven. Their ashes flew... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1824 - 470 pages
...remember them. They liv'd unknown, Till Persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to Heav'n. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither. With...their names No bard embalms and sanctifies his song . i)7;J THE TASK. And History, so warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed The... | |
 | J. R - 1824 - 350 pages
...with mare pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.' " The time of departure had now arrived, and when our young friends were about to take an affectionate... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1825 - 248 pages
...it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free,...up to Heaven. Their ashes flew — No marble tells u» whither. With their names No bard embalms and sanctifies his song : And history, so warm on meaner... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1832 - 534 pages
...witnesses for the truth in these- times, it may be said — -" They liv'd unknown Till persecution dragged them into fame, And chased them up to heaven. Their...tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and sanctities his song, And history, so warm on meaner themes, Is silent upon this." Among the General... | |
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Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. 
