This well may be The Day of Judgment which the world awaits: But be it so or not, I only know My present duty, and my Lord's command To occupy till He come. So at the post Where He hath set me in His providence, I choose, for one, to meet him face to... A Practical Grammar of the English Language - Page 230by Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1878 - 266 pagesFull view - About this book
| American periodicals - 1866 - 924 pages
...Abraham Davenport, lie rose, slow cleaving with his steady voice The intolerable hush. " This well may IM The day of Judgment which the world awaits ; But be it so or not, I only know My présent iluty, and my Lord's command To occupy till he come. So at the post Where he hath set me in... | |
| 1884 - 874 pages
...steady voice The intolerable hush. "This well may bo Tho Day of Judgment which tho world awaits; But bo it so or not, I only know My present duty, and my...command To occupy till He come. So at the post Where Ho hath set me in His providence, I choose, for one, to meet Him face to face,— Xo faithless servant... | |
| American essays - 1866 - 976 pages
...were turned to Abraham Davenport. He rose, slow cleaving with his steady voice The intolerable hush. "This well may be The Day of Judgment which the world...— No faithless servant frightened from my task, But ready when the Lord of the harvest calls ; And therefore, with all reverence, I would say, Let... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1867 - 184 pages
...were turned to Abraham Davenport. He rose, slow cleaving with his steady voice The intolerable hush. " This well may be The Day of Judgment which the world...— No faithless servant frightened from my task, But ready when the Lord of the harvest calls ; And therefore, with all reverence, I would say, Let... | |
| Society of Friends - 1867 - 844 pages
...Lord's command 'lu occupy till be come, tio at the post Where h« hath set me in his own providence. 1 choose, for one, to meet him face to face, — No faithless servant, frightened from cuy task, Hut ready when the Loi-d of tbe harvest calls ; And therefore, with all reverence, I would... | |
| Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - English language - 1868 - 276 pages
...like a clock worn out with eating time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still.—Dryden. 76. This well may be The Day of Judgment which the world awaits; But, be it so or not, I only know x \ My present duty, and my Lord's command To occupy till he come. So at the post Where he hath set... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1871 - 506 pages
...the world awaits : Bnt he it so or not, I only know My present doty, and my Lord's command To occnpy till he come. So at the post Where he hath set me...— No faithless servant frightened from my task, Bnt ready when the Lord of the harvest calls ; And therefore, with all reverence, I wonld ?av, Ix:t... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 pages
...were turned to Abraham Davenport. He rose, slow cleaving with his steadyvoice The intolerable hush. " This well may be The Day of Judgment which the world...— No faithless servant frightened from my task, But ready when the Lord of the harvest calls ; And therefore, with all reverence, I would say, Let... | |
| American poems, William Michael Rossetti - American poetry - 1873 - 556 pages
...were turned to Abraham Davenport. He rose, slow cleaving with his steady voice The intolerable hush. " This well may be The Day of Judgment which the world...— No faithless servant frightened from my task, But ready when the Lord of the harvest calls ; And therefore, with all reverence, I would say, Let... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 420 pages
...Davenport. He rose, slow cleaving with his steady voice sees THE TENT ON THE BEACH. The intolerable hush. " This well may be The Day of Judgment which the world...— No faithless servant frightened from my task, But ready when the Lord of the harvest calls ; And therefore, with all reverence, I would say, Let... | |
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