 | 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.... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1832 - 484 pàgines
...still ! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove ! return, Sweet messenger of rest ; I hate the sins that made...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only Thee. 6 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1832 - 558 pàgines
...aching void The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest • 1 hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. 6 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm und serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pàgines
...never fill. 4. 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...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. 6. So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene, my frame ; And purer light shall mark the road,... | |
 | Samuel Wilberforce (bp. of Winchester) - 1832 - 166 pàgines
...heavenly frame ; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb. 2 Return O holy Dove, 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 be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship... | |
 | Verlyn Klinkenborg, Herbert Cahoon, Pierpont Morgan Library - 1981 - 274 pàgines
...still!/ But they have left an Aching Void/ The World can never fill. Return, O Holy Dove, Return,/ Sweet Messenger of Rest,/ I hate the Sins that made thee mourn/ And drove thee from my Breast. ... ^ I y* * »y # ""* ""^ V '.t/ ^ / ^ ' *' y %U i ^ *, N Ni V? J ^ o; V V ^x^ s .rt ^ 4^ N > , 3... | |
 | Ranjit Chatterjee, Colin Nicholson - 1984 - 408 pàgines
...Hours" have actively and deliberately left misery for him. He continues: Return, oh Holy Dove, Return, Sweet Messenger of Rest, I hate the Sins that made thee mourn And drove thee from my Breast. He is suggesting here that God is no longer with him and he desires His return. Instead of seeing God... | |
 | Margaret Anne Doody, Professor of English Margaret Anne Doody - 1985 - 314 pàgines
...wondrous Cross" (Watts);16 "Other Refuge have / none, / Hangs my helpless Soul on Thee" (Wesley); "/ hate the sins that made thee mourn/ And drove thee from my breast" (Cowper); "Rock of Ages, cleft form*" (Toplady). Each hymn (at least each of the best ones, the great... | |
 | Canterbury Press - 1989 - 540 pàgines
...heavenly frame; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb! 2 Return, O holy Dove, 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 be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship... | |
 | Paul S. Fiddes - 1989 - 256 pàgines
...frequent bouts of depression, 'Where is the blessedness I knew?' and pleads: Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest! I hate the sins that made thee mourn And drove thee from my breast. A further reason for the sense of desertion in suffering is no doubt the failure of expectations that... | |
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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. 
