 | Horatius Bonar - 1866 - 334 pàgines
...have. Nor works my faith to prove ; I can but give the gifts he gave, And plead his love for love. And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar...on shore. I know not where his islands lift Their fronted balms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. O brothers ! if my faith... | |
 | Edward James Young - 1866 - 38 pàgines
...what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. 10 And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar...on shore. I know not where his islands lift Their fronted balms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care." I never knew one more... | |
 | 1866 - 836 pàgines
...are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But strengthen and sustain. o 4 And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar;...harm from him can come to me On ocean or on shore. 5 I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond... | |
 | American Unitarian Association - 1867 - 532 pàgines
...with a strong and immortal trust, to realize in glad fruition what now is only the object of faith. " I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. 0 brother ! if my faith is vain, If hopes like these betray, Pray for me, that my feet may gain The... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 184 pàgines
...have, Nor works my faith to prove ; I can but give the gifts He gave, And plead His love for love. And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar...only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. O brothers ! if my faith is vain, If hopes like these betray, Pray for me that my feet may gain The... | |
 | 1867 - 554 pàgines
...their comprehensiveness. The spirit which pervades them is condensed in the following verses : — ' And so, beside the silent sea, I wait the muffled...only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. ' 0 brothers ! if my faith is vain, If hopes like these betray ; Pray for me that my feet may gain... | |
 | 1879 - 612 pàgines
...leaving them for half an hour to tempt me. Opening the one I speak of, my eye chanced to light first on ' No harm from Him can come to me. On ocean or on shore....only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.' Mr. Blair did not come into our car again till the evening ; but my book was quite sufficient for me... | |
 | 1867 - 850 pàgines
...And so, beside the pilent sea. I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me, On n.viin or on shore. ' I know not where His islands lift Their...only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. • ' О brothers ! if my faith is vain, If hopes like these betray ; Pray for me that my feet may... | |
 | 1878 - 626 pàgines
...beautifully the perfect faith expressed in these words harmonises with JG Whittier's exquisite lines : — " And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar...harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore." As Editor of the " Present-Day Papers," he helped to bring before the public clear views of great truths,... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1867 - 422 pàgines
...have, Nor works my faith to prove ; I can but give the gifts He gave, And plead his love for love. 4 And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar...harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. 5 I know not where His islands lift Their Irouded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His... | |
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And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. 
