 | William BARBER (Wesleyan Missionary.) - 1830 - 510 pages
...Lord ! for I find that he will not accept a divided one : creature enjoyments are dangerous, — ' The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from Thy throne, And worship only Thee !' I regret the loss of those hours, which I have spent in vanity, and wounding the cause of my Redeemer.... | |
 | John Adey - Hymns - 1830 - 244 pages
...return Sweet messenger of rest ! I hate the sins that make me mourn, That 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. G So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1830 - 502 pages
...1 have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only theĢ. 6 So shall my walk be close with God Calm and serene...frame ; So purer light shall mark the road That leads mo to the Lamb. HYMN 183. (HL 1.) Trials. JIT4S my happiness below, A Not to live without the сгом... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831
...enjoy 'd ! How sweet their memory still ! But they have left an aching void, The world can never fill. Return, O holy Dove, return ! Sweet messenger of rest...purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. II. JEHOVAH-JIREH. THE LORD WILL PROVIDE. Gen. xxii. 14. THE saints should never be dismay'd,... | |
 | English poetry - 1831 - 264 pages
...enjoyed ! How sweet their mem'ry still ! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill. Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest...my frame : So purer light shall mark the road, That leada me to the Lamb. HAPPINESS. TOPLADY. HAPPINESS, thou lovely name, Where's thy seat, O tell me,... | |
 | Lowell Mason - Bible - 1831 - 576 pages
...— How sweet their memory still f— But they have left an aching void The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove ! return — Sweet messenger of...that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship... | |
 | Harriet Newell - Missionaries - 1831 - 267 pages
...danger of being misled by earthly objects. Often have I adopted the words of the pious Mr. Cowper : " The dearest idol I have Known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee." When shall we hope for a visit from you? Do write me often ; your letters will always be acceptable.... | |
 | Samuel Wilberforce (bp. of Winchester) - 1832
...walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame ; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb. 2 Return O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest...that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 3 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship... | |
 | James Montgomery - Hymns, English - 1832 - 456 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. 6 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 95 pages
...return, Sweet messenger of rest ; I hate the sins, that made the 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. 6. So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene, my frame ; And purer light shall mark the road,... | |
| |
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. 
