 Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred,...  Poems - Side 42av William Cowper - 1806Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 sider
...— I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar pow'rs) Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand The most important and...him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel yhispers peace. He 'stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wand'rer, binds the broken... | |
 | 1802 - 302 sider
...powers) Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and effeftual guard, 335 Support, and ornament, of virtue's cause. There stands...credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out 340 Its thunders ; and by htm, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. He stablishes... | |
 | 1803 - 818 sider
...too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. There stands the messenger of truth: there stands...whispers peace. He stablishes the strong, restores tb« weak, Reclaims the wand'rer, binds the broken heart, And, arm'd himself in panoply complete Of... | |
 | John Mitchell - 1805 - 260 sider
...devil, who are taken captive by him at his will." Beautiful, also, is the portrait drawn by Cowper : There stands the messenger of truth, there stands...credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out In thunders ; and l>v him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. He stablishes... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1807 - 312 sider
...they are cultivated. Tho. " The pulpit; And I name it, filPd with solemn awe, Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and...divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. Uy him the violated law speaks out Its thunders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 338 sider
...Of it's legitimate, peculiar pow'rs) , Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, . . i The most important and effectual guard, Support, and...cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there standi The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. ,... | |
 | Elizabeth Helme - 1809 - 238 sider
...profligate sinner. " The pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar pow'rs) Must stand acknowledg'd while the world shall stand^ The most important and...cause. There stands the messenger of truth ; there standi The legate of the skies: his theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials elear. By him... | |
 | Peter L. Courtier - 1809 - 392 sider
...Criticism. BY QNESIMUS. ?, VOL. I. -The Pulpit, in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar powers, Hut stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand ,...effectual guard, Support, and ornament, of virtue's cause. COWPER. LONDON: PRINTED FOR MATHEWS AND LEIGH, STRAND, By James Moyes, GrevUle Street. .*./ -. IT seems... | |
 | Garnet Terry - 1809 - 414 sider
...ONESIMUS. -The Pulpit, in the sohe Of its legitimate peculiar powers, Most Stand a'.Itimwl,,,l«<nl. while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament, of virtne's canse. COWPER. LONDON: PRINTED FOR MATHEWS AND LEIGH, STRAND, By James Moyes, Greville Street.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 sider
...proselyte).... 1 say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar pow'rs) 'Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and...divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. jBy him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the... | |
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