 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
 | West Church (Boston, Mass.) - Bible - 1823 - 376 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, O with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 698 pages
...from the turmoil and cares of the past six busy days of care or toil, and disposes it to holy musings. "The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee." Though we are in a spot of perfect seclusion, there are human habitations in sight : from the chimneys... | |
 | Henry Devereux Sewall - Bible - 1824 - 418 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, O with what peace, and joy, and love. She communes... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - Theology - 1824 - 748 pages
...most successful war. :•-. :", ::.. • , : •. i 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made,...those who follow thee. 3 There if thy Spirit touch the sou!, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God !... | |
 | Asahel Nettleton - Hymns, English - 1824 - 498 pages
...With pray'rand praise agree: And seem by thy sweet bounty made, i* For those who follow thee. 3 Then if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace and joy and love, She there communes with God ! 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness... | |
 | Christian life - 1867 - 348 pages
...own words, written probably in some happier moment, he aptly describes his songs in the night — " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...agree, And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those that follow Thee. There, if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace,... | |
 | John Newton - Sermons, English - 1824 - 638 pages
...follow thec. * Luke, viii. 46. t Psalm cxix. 103. f Solomon's Scn-g, i. 3 § Isa. *xxv. 604 COMFORT. 3 There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy aiul love, She communes with her God ! 4 There,like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays ;... | |
 | Jonathan Peele Dabney - Bible - 1825 - 392 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...thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode ; O with what peace, and joy, and love, Does she commune with God ! 4 There, like the nightingale,... | |
 | Select poetry - English poetry - 1825 - 182 pages
...! I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...thy sweet bounty, made For those who follow thee. There if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | James Montgomery - Hymns - 1825 - 482 pages
...the Lord vouchsafes to plead. 212. Retirement. 1 TAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still ;...2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer arid praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee. 3 There, if thy Spirit... | |
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