 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.  The Bibliotheca Sacra - Page 3461867Full view - About this book
 | Missions - 1801 - 530 pages
...world could afford. Another of his hymns exprefles what he felt when entering on his retirement. , " Far from the world, O Lord ! I flee, from strife and tumult far j From scenes where Satan wages still his most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...orient rays impart ; But, JESUS, 'tis thy light alone Can shine upon the heart. XLIV. RETIREMENT. 1 FAR from the world, O LORD, I flee, From strife and...scenes 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... | |
 | Collection - 1807 - 650 pages
...silence of the mind. My heav'n, and there my GOD, I find. 555. CM 555. CM COWPEK. The same subject. AR from the world, O LORD ! I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shadt, With pray'r and... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 712 pages
...orient rays impart ; Cut, Jesus, 'tis thy light alone Can shine upon the heart. XLV. C. Retirement. 1 FAR. from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and...scenes 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,... | |
 | John Newton - Theology - 1810 - 726 pages
...orient rays impart ; But, Jesus, tis thy light alone Can shine upon the heart. XLV. C. Retirement. 1 FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and...scenes 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,... | |
 | Thomas Jones (chaplain to the earl of Peterborough) - 1812 - 486 pages
...loveHere's my heart, Lord, take and seal it; Seal it from thy courts above ! 243. The Christian retiring. FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and...scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree, And seem, by thy swt.et bounty made,... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - Hymns - 1812 - 980 pages
...impart ; But, Jesus, 'tis thy light alone Can shine upon the heart. HYMN CCXCVI. Retirement. COWPER. R from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult...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... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - Bible - 1812 - 530 pages
...bring, Lqvc to thee, and all mankind. TAYLOR. HYMN CCCIV. Common Metre. b Religious Rretirement. 1 FAR from the world, O Lord ! I 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 pray'r and... | |
 | Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - Bible - 1814 - 696 pages
...shine, And crown my journey's end." HYMN 117. CM Retirement. 1 T^AR from the world, O Lord, I flee, J? From strife and tumult far ; From scenes 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... | |
 | Robert White ALMOND - Hymns, English - 1819 - 204 pages
...fill our souls with LOVE, That we below, thy steps may trace, And reign with thee above. CXL. •. I . Far from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and...scenes where Satan wages stilL His most successful war. 2. The calm retreat, the silent shade j With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty... | |
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