 | Lowell Mason - 1831 - 594 pàgines
...world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove ! return — Sweet messenger of rest ! I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast....to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. "f 6 So shall my walk be close with God ; P Calm and serene my frame ; < So purer light shall mark... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 410 pàgines
...return ! Sweet messenger of rest : I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road That... | |
 | Harriet Newell - 1831 - 282 pàgines
...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.... | |
 | Harriet Newell - 1831 - 292 pàgines
...Often have I adopted the words of the pious Mr. Cowper : " The dearest idol I have known, Wbate'er that idol be : Help me 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.... | |
 | William Barclay - 1976 - 224 pàgines
...down his house upon the head of his wife and children; yet, thought I, I must do it, I must do it." "The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee." Abraham was the man who would sacrifice even the dearest thing in life for God. Time and again in the... | |
 | John R. Rice - 1980 - 340 pàgines
...tabu that made Thee mourn, And drove Thee from my breast The dearest Idol I have known, Whate'er mat idol be, Help me to tear it from Thy throne, And worship only Thee. Maybe you loudly insist, "I don't see any harm in the theater." Perhaps you repeatedly say, There is... | |
 | Ranjit Chatterjee, Colin Nicholson - 1984 - 408 pàgines
...and return, he continues by confessing the sin of idolatry: The dearest Idol I have known, Whate'ver that Idol be, Help me to tear it from Thy Throne, And worship Only Thee (140). This stanza probably refers to Cowper's own life. When he wrote this hymn, his beloved Mary... | |
 | Canterbury Press - 1989 - 540 pàgines
...return, Sweet messenger of rest; I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 3 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. 4 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road... | |
 | Paul King Jewett, Marguerite Shuster - 1991 - 562 pàgines
...stone, therefore we can never be guilty of idolatry. Cowper was right in teaching the church to sing, The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. Mammon is the god of many in our modern capitalist world, and many have said to mammon: "Deliver me,... | |
 | Bernard Marie Dupriez - 1991 - 572 pàgines
...190); and accumulations* of superlatives or of such excluding expressions as 'only' or 'the only.' Ex: The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from Thy throne, And worship only thee. W. Cowper, Onley Hymns, 1 The ultimate expedient is to denounce the inadequacy of language. Ex: Through... | |
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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. 
