 There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God. 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays, Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.  Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant - Page 205by American Seamen's Friend Society - 1843 - 443 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1815 - 556 pages
...I, as I walked farther on, how pleasing to be freed from the busy bustling world ! As the poet says, The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. As I passed along, a flock of sheep in view, reminded me of those days when the sheep were led to the... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - Bible - 1817 - 526 pages
...where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy spivic touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes... | |
 | 1818 - 510 pages
...fine tree, he poured his sorrows and his tear», into the VOL. X. bosom of his Father and his God. " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...praise agree, And seem, by thy sweet bounty made, To those who follow thee." The garden is much more contracted in its boundaries than I expected ; the... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - Hymns, English - 1819 - 666 pages
...where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy presence cheer the soul, And grace her mean abode; O with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes... | |
 | Robert White ALMOND - Hymns, English - 1819 - 204 pages
...trace, And reign with thee above. CXL. •. I . Far from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages stilL His...successful war. 2. The calm retreat, the silent shade j With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. 3. There... | |
 | Bible - 1820 - 414 pages
...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...bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy presence cheer the soul, And grace her mean abode ; 0 with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - History - 1820 - 516 pages
...where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat , the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made...thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! 4 There, like the nightingale, she... | |
 | 1820 - 526 pages
...where sin is waging still Its- most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made...Spirit touch .the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! 4 There, like the nightingale, she... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - Bible - 1820 - 532 pages
...successful War. 2 The calm retreat,' tye'Mft TTT-..1 1 t'lil ) )N •r" •1M With pray r and praise ag ' And seem by thy .sweet bounty made For those who follow th'ee. 3 There, if thy Spirit touch .this soul, And grace her mean abode•, :•'. O with what peace, and joy, and love, -She communes... | |
 | John Newton - Hymns, English - 1821 - 412 pages
...Can shine upon the heart. XLV. C. Retirement. 1 FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His...abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! # Isaiah xxxv. 7. 4 There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays... | |
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