 FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee.  Good words, ed. by N. Macleod - Side 62redigert av - 1861Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 332 sider
...fire, rejoices in the divine favour ; and thus retirement is sanctified by communion with him. » " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. J There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - 1812 - 980 sider
...I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree : And seem, by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. 3 There if thy Spirit touch the soul,. And... | |
 | 1815 - 556 sider
...I, as I walked farther on, how pleasing to be freed from the busy bustling world ! As the poet says, The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. As I passed along, a flock of sheep in view,... | |
 | 1820 - 414 sider
...flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade,. With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy presence cheer the soul, And... | |
 | 1821 - 614 sider
...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 praise agree, And seem, by thy sweet bounty, made For those that follow Thee. COWPEB. Mortimer. Indispensable as Religion... | |
 | 1821 - 466 sider
...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 praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those that worship Thee. ! Thee, if Thy spirit touch the soul, And... | |
 | 1821 - 488 sider
...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 praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those that worship Thee. Thee, if Thy spirit touch the soul, And... | |
 | John Newton - 1821 - 412 sider
...flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. •. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And... | |
 | 1821 - 740 sider
...calling him at the eleventh hour, and he can say, while thus employed in worshipping his God — , . "The calm retreat — the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet boiimy made For those who follow Thee." I was present when he united with the church.... | |
 | 1872 - 1200 sider
...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 praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made, For those that worship Thee. ' There if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And... | |
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