 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
 | Hymns, English - 1830 - 330 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...follow thee. 3 There, if thy spirit touch the soul, 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts... | |
 | Christian worship - 1830 - 482 pages
...where sin is waging still It's 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 communeB with her God ! 4 There, like the nightingale,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 412 pages
...strife and tumult far ; From scenes were Satan wages still His most successful war. * Isaiah xxxv. 7. 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,... | |
 | Azubah Clark - 1830 - 244 pages
...proofs exist, that in the retirement of the closet her thoughts were fixed with intensity upon them. " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee. S " There, if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode ; Oh ! with what peace, and joy,... | |
 | Camp meetings - 1830 - 332 pages
...Sad earnest of eternal pain. HYMN 168. CM 1 T^AR from the world, O Lord, 1 flee. J? From strife and tumult far; From scenes where Satan wages still His...successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree; And seen, hy thy sweet hounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There if thy... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1830 - 508 pages
...greater than them all together, — Cowper. Here is a lyric of his, — three stanzas of a hymn : — " 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,... | |
 | Hannah More - 1830 - 204 pages
...danger far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the quiet shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what joy, and peace, and love,... | |
 | Lant Carpenter - Hymns, English - 1831 - 458 pages
...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...abode, Oh with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God! Thou Source of light divine, And all harmonious names in one, My Father^-thou... | |
 | Lowell Mason - Bible - 1831 - 594 pages
...I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. p 2 The calm retreat— the silent shade, With prayer...bounty, made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if the Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - Conduct of life - 1831 - 304 pages
...Lord, 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, O ! with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
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