 | 1820 - 414 pàgines
...the world, O Lord ! I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent...bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy presence cheer the soul, And grace her mean abode ; 0 with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes... | |
 | John Newton - 1821 - 412 pàgines
...thy light alone Can shine upon the heart. XLV. C. Retirement. 1 FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan...bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pàgines
...they seek or wish. How different the real Christian ! He can address his .heavenly Father, and say The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...agree, And seem, by thy sweet bounty, made For those that follow Thee. COWPEB. Mortimer. Indispensable as Religion is to the well-being of «very society,... | |
 | 1821 - 466 pàgines
...whether any stranger listens to the strain." Edin. Rev. No. LI. p. 198. Thus in one of Cowper's hymns : The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those that worship Thee. ! Thee, if Thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what joy,... | |
 | 1821 - 488 pàgines
...whether any stranger listens to the strain." Edin. Rev. No. LI. p. 198. Thus in one of Cowper's hymns : The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those that worship Thee. Thee, if Thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what joy,... | |
 | Charles Sleech Hawtrey - 1822 - 478 pàgines
...Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | 1872 - 1200 pàgines
...overhead. On entering this path, the following words of a hymn came generally into my mind : — ' The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made, For those that worship Thee. ' There if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, 0 with what peace,... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1822 - 326 pàgines
...Lord, I flee; From strife and tumult far; From scenes where Satan wages still His most .successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those that fo'.low tuee. There, if the Spirit touch the soul And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace,... | |
 | West Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1823 - 376 pàgines
...the world, O Lord ! I flee. From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent...bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy presence cheer the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes... | |
 | 1832 - 698 pàgines
...from the turmoil and cares of the past six busy days of care or toil, and disposes it to holy musings. "The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee." Though we are in a spot of perfect seclusion, there are human habitations in sight : from the chimneys... | |
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The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee. 
