 | Episcopal Church - 1835 - 406 pàgines
...soul's sincere desire Utter'd or unexpress'd ; The motion of a hidden fire, That trembles in the breast 2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling; of a tear; The upward glancing of an eye, When none hut GOD is near. 3 Prayer is the simplest foiiu of speech Tli.it infant lip* can try ; Prayer, the... | |
 | 1835 - 524 pàgines
...Uttered or unexprest ; The motion of a bidden fire That trembles in the breast. Prayer is the burthen of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Prayer the sublimest strains that... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - 1835 - 358 pàgines
...or unexpress'd ; The motion of a hidden fire, That trembles in the breast. Prayer is the breathing of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near." MONTGOMERY. It is chiefly through this hidden exercise of a devotional mind, that the Christian walks... | |
 | Richard Ball - 1835 - 140 pàgines
...our language can boast, give his simple, touching, and evangelical answer. " Prayer is the burthen of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try : Prayer the sublimest strains that... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 460 pàgines
...Uttered or unexpressed i The motion of a hidden fire. That trembles in the breast. Prayer is the burthen of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Prayer the sublimest strains that... | |
 | Andrew Thomson - 1835 - 302 pàgines
...The Christian's native air ; His watchword at the gates of death ; He enters heav'n by pray'r. Pray'r is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from -his ways ; While angels in their songs rejoice, And say, "Behold he prays !" The saints, in pray'r, appear as one, In word, and deed, and mind, When with... | |
 | Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church - 1925 - 976 pàgines
...of speech That infant lips can try; Prayer the snblimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. 3 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from...in their songs rejoice And cry, "Behold, he prays!" 4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air; His watchword at the gates of... | |
 | Edna Dean Baker - 1927 - 144 pàgines
...Uttered or unexpressed — The motion of a hidden fire That kindles in the breast. Prayer is the burthen of a sigh, The falling of a tear — The upward glancing of an 'eye, When none but God is near. Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try — Prayer the sublimest strains that... | |
 | Handley Carr Glyn Moule - 1927 - 344 pàgines
...prayer can be uttered under innumerably different conditions. Often, very often, " Prayer is the burthen of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near." Prayer, genuine and victorious, is continually offered without the least physical effort or disturbance.... | |
 | John Wilbur Chapman - 1928 - 200 pàgines
...sometimes an attitude. Prayer is sometimes a tear. Prayer is sometimes a sigh. Another verse reads : "Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a...upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near." Isn't it a splendid thing to know that when a temptation suddenly faces you, you can turn your eye... | |
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Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. 
