 | Congregational Union of England and Wales - 1836 - 624 pàgines
...hour. tJAit • " Absent from the body . . . present with the Lord." 2 Cor. v. 8. c. M. 1 IN vain our fancy strives to paint The moment after death; The glories that surround the saint, When he resigns his breath. 2 Faith strives, but all her efforts fail, To trace the spirit's... | |
 | Original and select hymns - 1837 - 354 pàgines
...emotion, And guide me in peace to my glorious home. J. BUCHANAN. 166. DEATH OF A BELIEVER. 1 IN vain our fancy strives to paint The moment after death, The glories that surround the saints, When yielding up their breath. 2 One gentle sigh, their fetters breaks, We scarce can say,... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1838 - 394 pàgines
...was to await that call which shall restore our slumbering dust to a GLORIOUS RESURRECTION. In vnin my fancy strives to paint, The moment after death, The glories that surround the «Hint, In yielding up his breath. This much—and this is all we know— They are completely blest,... | |
 | Thomas Hastings - 1839 - 634 pàgines
...never die. £» -I f\ C. M.—LaigM-strcct. Dunchurch. O-lvy. The moment after death. 1 IN vain the fancy strives to paint The moment after death, The...that surround a saint When yielding up his breath. Cotlyer. p 2 One gentle sigh the bondage breaks; We scarce can say, he's gone, cr Before the willing... | |
 | James Harvey Linsley - 1839 - 432 pàgines
...an honored guest. 2 Lord, we come to ask thy Messing Death and glory. 1 IN vain our fancy strives lo paint The moment after death— The glories that surround a saint When yielding up his breath. 2 One gentle sigh his fetters breaks ; And lo, the willing spirit takes One effort—and he's gone... | |
 | John Newton - 1839 - 510 pàgines
...praise the Lord, Who our poor petitions heard. FUNERAL HYMNS. HYMN LXXn. On the Death of a Believer. 1 IN vain my fancy strives to paint The moment after death, The glories that surround the saints When yielding up their breath. 2 One gentle sigh their fetters breaks ; We scarce can say,... | |
 | John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 pàgines
...Cor. ii. 9. 2 Cor. v. 8. Phil. i. 21. 2 Tim. iv. 8. Heb. xii. 28. Rev. iii. 4; xiv. 13. In vain our fancy strives to paint The moment after death, The glories that surround the saint When he resigns his breath. One gentle sigh his fetters breaks ; We scarce can say, " He's... | |
 | 1840 - 498 pàgines
...may every grace attend thee; Rise ! and seek to meet me there. Cecil. 515. Moment after Death. CM 1 In vain my fancy strives to paint The moment after...that surround a saint When yielding up his breath. 2 One gentle sigh his fetters breaks, We scarce can say, "He's gone!" Before the willing spirit takes... | |
 | 1841 - 244 pàgines
...souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. WISDOM iii. 1. IN vain my fancy strives to paint The moment after death ; The glories that surround the saint When yielding up his breath. 2 One gentle sigh their fetters breaks, We scarce can say "they're... | |
 | 1841 - 306 pàgines
...BEL1EVER. (cM) Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.—Ps. cxvi. 15. 1 IN vain our fancy strives to paint The moment after death, The glories that surround the saint When he resigns his breath. 2 One gentle sigh his fetters breaks; We scarce can say, " He's... | |
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ever." In vain my fancy strives to paint The moment after death, The glories that surround a saint, When yielding up his breath. One gentle sigh his fetters breaks; We scarce can say, ' He's gone," Before the willing spirit takes 
