 | 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 - 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.... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pàgines
...Return, O Holy Dove, 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,...purer light shall mark the road, That leads me to the Lamb. NO. 9. 7's. COWPER. ~ Christ, the Refuge from the Storm. 1. XESUS, lover of my soul, V Let me... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1832 - 484 pàgines
...Return, O holy Dove ! 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,...my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. 378. Remembrance of Christ, 1 IF human... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1832 - 558 pàgines
...Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest • 1 hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known,...only thee. 6 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm und serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. Uinglart- p. 61.]... | |
 | Samuel Wilberforce (bp. of Winchester) - 1832 - 166 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
