 There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God. 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays, Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.  Hymns for the Christian church and home, collected and ed. by J. Martineau - Side 11av Christian Church - 1859Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 sider
...where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made...thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her GOD ! 4 There, like the nightingale,... | |
 | James Storer, James Sargant Storer, John Greig - 1803 - 102 sider
...shade, With pray'r and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who worship Thee. There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, ,» O with what joy, and peace, and love, She communes with her God. There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary... | |
 | Collection - 1807 - 650 sider
...retreat, the silent shadt, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For hhose who follow thee. 3 There, if thy spirit touch the...mean abode ; O with what peace, and joy, and love, SLe communes with her GOD 1 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her" solitary lays; Nor asks a... | |
 | 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...by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. J There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | 1829 - 610 sider
...Satan wngc* till! His most succesjfnl war. VOL. IV. :Jd Series. The calm retreat and silent (hade,* With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode : Ob, with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | John Newton - 1810 - 726 sider
...where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made,...thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! 4 There, like the nightingale, she... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - 1812 - 980 sider
...COWPER. R 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,...Spirit touch the soul,. And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! 4 There like the nightingale she... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - 1812 - 530 sider
...where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made...peace, and joy, and love^ She communes with her God I * There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor... | |
 | Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - 1814 - 696 sider
...where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree : And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 Then if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace and joy and love,... | |
 | 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...thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. As I passed along, a flock of sheep in view, reminded me of those days when the sheep were led to the... | |
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