 | English literature - 1832 - 698 pages
...from the turmoil and cares of the past six busy days of care or toil, and disposes it to holy musings. "The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee." Though we are in a spot of perfect seclusion, there are human habitations in sight : from the chimneys... | |
 | Bible - 1824 - 418 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 presence cheer the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and... | |
 | Christian life - 1867 - 348 pages
...own words, written probably in some happier moment, he aptly describes his songs in the night — " 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,... | |
 | Jonathan Peele Dabney - Bible - 1825 - 392 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 ; O with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | James Montgomery - Hymns - 1825 - 482 pages
...not; And he is safe, and must succeed, For whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead. 212. Retirement. 1 TAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult...where Satan wages still ; His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer arid praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty... | |
 | Asahel Nettleton - Hymns, English - 1826 - 522 pages
...; Aly steadfast heart shall know no fear ; That heart will rest on thee. / HYMN 282. CM CoWPE*. AR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult...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... | |
 | Walter Burgh - Hymns, English - 1826 - 382 pages
...Which ushers in the smiling morn Of everlasting day. XV. PAR FROM THE WORLD. (Words by Cowper.) 1. FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee From strife and...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | James Montgomery - Christian poetry, English - 1826 - 464 pages
...not; And he is safe, and must succeed, For whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead. 212. Retirement. 1 FAB from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult...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... | |
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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. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. 
