 | Old Humphrey - 1799 - 338 pągines
...and he often repeated the verse, — ' Sweet in the confidence of faith To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his.' " One day he said, ' Should any one ask me the ground of my hope of everlasting life, I would reply,... | |
 | 1836 - 498 pągines
...in a state of agitation till all the impurities are thrown off, and then it becomes quite still. " Sweet to lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his." THE REFINER. HE that from dross would win the precious ore, Bends o'er the crucible an earnest eye,... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pągines
..."But if I look within I can fear; but not when I look to Christ." To another friend she remarked, " Sweet to lie passive in His hands, and know no will but His." When reminded of several friends whom she would meet iu heaven, she answered emphatically, " Yes ;... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - 1812 - 980 pągines
...of grace For all things to depend. 7 Sweet in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his. 8 If such the sweetness of the stream, What must the fountain be ; Where saints and angels draw their... | |
 | Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - 1814 - 696 pągines
...of grace, For all things to depend. 7 Sweet in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his. 8 If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountainjbe, Where saints and angels draw their... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1815 - 286 pągines
...covenant of grace For all things to depend. Sweet in the confidence of faith To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hands And know no will but his. If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain be, Where saints and angels draw the bliss... | |
 | Martha Laurens Ramsay - 1815 - 288 pągines
...of grace• For all things to depend. * Sweet in the confidence of faith To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hands And know no will but his. If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain be, Where saints and angels draw the bliss... | |
 | Richard Herne Shepherd - 1818 - 684 pągines
...of grace, For all things to depend. 7 Sweet, in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his. 8 If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain be ? Where saints and angels draw their... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1844 - 638 pągines
...Him now, by patience, &c.,' and she said she was quite content for God to do His will. I repeated, " Sweet to lie passive in his hands, , And know no will but His." To which she listened attentively. I asked if she felt her sin gone over her head, a heavy burden,... | |
 | Newmann Hall - 1819 - 242 pągines
...Mi.s. G.—"Ihopeyoumay live another night that I may nurse you; but you experience that it is— " ' Sweet to lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his.' " Dr. G.—" Yes ! and cast everything on Him— cast everything on Him, !" Monday, 15. Soon after... | |
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Sweet in the confidence of faith To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his. 
