 | Christian life - 1873 - 350 pages
...seasonable things in the world, to objects in distress and danger, that is, salvation and deliverance. I LONG for household voices gone, For vanished smiles I long ; But God hath led ray dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured... | |
 | Edwin Cortland Bolles - Bible - 1865 - 738 pages
...night — They hide themselves in heaven's own light. (J08 °- M- WHITTIER. tSoti'a 3Lobe airt State. I LONG for household voices gone, For vanished smiles...hath led my dear ones on, And he can do no wrong. 2 I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy... | |
 | Edwin Cortland Bolles - Bible - 1865 - 734 pages
...voices gone, For vanished smiles I long, But God hath led my dear ones on, And he can do no wrong. 2 I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. 3 And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But... | |
 | Baptists - 1866 - 578 pages
...live, Thy time is almost o'er ; O, sleep not, dream not, but arise, The Judge is at the door. WAITING. I LONG for household voices gone, For vanished smiles...reed he will not break, But strengthen and sustain. And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on... | |
 | Horatius Bonar - Consolation - 1866 - 334 pages
...known, Of greater out of sight, And, with the chastened Psalmist, own His judgments too are right. I long for household voices gone, For vanished smiles...reed He will not break, But strengthen and sustain. No offering of my o\vn I have. Nor works my faith to prove ; I can but give the gifts he gave, And... | |
 | Edward James Young - 1866 - 42 pages
...his word, and serving him with a filial, grateful, joyful spirit. He loved to repeat the lines : " I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...alone that life and death His mercy underlies. And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore.... | |
 | Edward James Young - 1866 - 38 pages
...his word, and serving him with a filial, grateful, joyful spirit. He loved to repeat the lines : " I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. 10 And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1866 - 836 pages
...WHITTIER. I (Ttu'D's lobc ant r Care. LONG for household voices gone, For vanished smiles I lontj, O ' 2 I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. 3 And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1867 - 184 pages
...blessings known Of greater out of sight, And, with the chastened Psalmist, own His judgments too are right I long for household voices gone, For vanished smiles...reed He will not break, But strengthen and sustain. No offering of my own I have, Nor works my faith to prove ; I can but give the gifts He gave, And plead... | |
 | 1878 - 626 pages
...known Of greater out of sight ; And, with the chastened Psalmist, own His judgments, too, are right. " I know not what the Future hath Of marvel or surprise,...alone that Life and Death His mercy underlies. " And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar, No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore.... | |
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I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed He will not break, But strengthen and sustain. 
