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. The Berwick Hymnal - Page 4131895 - 663 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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,...reed he will not break, But strengthen and sustain. o 4 And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar; No harm from him can come to me On ocean or... | |
| Horatius Bonar - Consolation - 1866 - 336 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...hath led my dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy... | |
| Baptists - 1866 - 578 pages
...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...hath led my dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise ; Assured alone that life and death His mercy... | |
| 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... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1867 - 184 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...hath led my dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy... | |
| 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,...Assured 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... | |
| American Unitarian Association - Unitarian churches - 1867 - 532 pages
...with a strong and immortal trust, to realize in glad fruition what now is only the object of faith. " I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...Assured 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... | |
| Andrew Jackson Davis - Harmony (Philosophy) - 1867 - 422 pages
...of the love of God, eonhumility, lie waiteth for death, and knoweth that all will 1$ right beyond. I KNOW not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. 2 And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain. The bruised reed He will not break, But... | |
| 1868 - 848 pages
...voices pone, For vanished smiles I long; But God hath led mj dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death Ilia mercy underlies. And if my heart nnd flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed... | |
| |