 | R. Kent Hughes, Barbara Hughes - Religion - 1988 - 212 pages
...0°hn 3:16). The Creator, Sustainer, and Goal loves us — and the cross is the measure of his love. In the Cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time! Christ the Creator, Sustainer, Goal, and Lover of my Soul. What you believe about Christ is everything.... | |
 | Canterbury Press - Religion - 1989 - 540 pages
...name is given; To turn aside from thee is hell, To walk with thee is heaven. John Whittier 1807-92 379 In the Cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the...light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. 2 When the woes of life o'ertake me, Hopes deceive and fears annoy, Never shall the Cross forsake me:... | |
 | Jack Cottrell, Andrew Paris, Tony Newby - Religion - 1992 - 296 pages
...the shattered debris. The sight thrilled his soul. In a flash, he took out pen and paper and wrote: "In the cross of Christ I glory; towering o'er the wrecks of time." And at the Lord's Supper the glory of Calvary shines forth in all its divine splendor. There we see... | |
 | Rabindranath Tagore - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 1048 pages
...that the West thinks of Sir John Bowring — when it thinks of him at all — as the man who wrote: In the Cross of Christ I glory Towering o'er the wrecks of time. But the East remembers him as the indefatigable diplomat whose labours contributed so much to the legalisation... | |
 | William J. Petersen, Randy Petersen - Music - 1995 - 772 pages
...the Cross are sanctified; Peace is there, that knows no measure, Joys that through all time abide. In the cross of Christ I glory. Towering o'er the...light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. John Bowring (1792-1872) iDITION HAS IT that John Bowring— linguist, author, and British governor... | |
 | Ellet Joseph Waggoner, E. J. Waggoner - Religion - 2011 - 164 pages
...cross of our Lord Jesus {265} Christ, by which the world is crucified to us, and we unto the world. "In the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the...light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime." Therefore— "Since I, who was undone and lost, Have pardon through His name and Word; Forbid it, then,... | |
 | Bob Dye - Fiction - 1997 - 304 pages
...Paulo. When John Bowring first sighted that cross he was inspired to write a hyum, which he begau: In the Cross of Christ I glory Towering o'er the wrecks of time. The countryside appeared to be just as Afong had left it, beautifully wooded with camphor, pine, and... | |
 | Keith D. Miller - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 308 pages
...and at least three other clergy.80 King also cites four extremely popular lines from John Bowring: In the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the...light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. In addition, King recalls a cynical line from Shakespeare equating life with "a tale told by an idiot.... | |
 | Michael McHugh - Hymns, English - 1999 - 244 pages
...ys. Ithamar Conkey. a In the cross of Christ I glo - ry, Tow'r-ing o'er the wrecks of time; All the When the woes of life o'er-take me, Hopes deceive, and fears an-noy, Nev-er When the sun of bliss is beaming Light and love up - on my way, From the Bane and blessing, pain and... | |
 | Curtis Hutson - Salvation - 2000 - 264 pages
...emphatically that salvation costs an awful lot. I spoke to you this afternoon about the cross. We sing, In the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time. But men and women, that cross has not always been a glorious cross. People wear crosses on necklaces... | |
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IN the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time ; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. 
