| Presbyterians - 1835 - 524 pages
...Uttered or unexprest ; The motion of a bidden fire That trembles in the breast. Prayer is the burthen of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Prayer the sublimest strains that... | |
| Joseph John Gurney - Devotional literature - 1835 - 358 pages
...or unexpress'd ; The motion of a hidden fire, That trembles in the breast. Prayer is the breathing of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near." MONTGOMERY. It is chiefly through this hidden exercise of a devotional mind, that the Christian walks... | |
| Bible - 1835 - 494 pages
...diligent and meek. 594. CM MONTGOMERY. What is Prayer ? 1 PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed ; The motion of a hidden fire, That trembles in the breast. 2 Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty... | |
| Episcopal Church - Bible - 1834 - 114 pages
...Utter'd or unexpress'd ; The motiou of a hidden tire, That tremhles in the hreast. 2 Prayer is the horden of a sigh, The falling of a tear; The upward glancing of an eye, When noue hut GOD is near. 3 Prayer is the simplest form Of -p' That infant lips can try; Prayer, the suhlimest... | |
| Andrew Thomson - Readers - 1835 - 302 pages
...or unexprest ; . . The motion of a hidden fire, That trembles in the breast. Pray'r is the burthen of a sigh ; The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye,, Pray'r is the simplest form of speech, That infant lips can try ; Fray'r, the sublimest strains that... | |
| 1836 - 422 pages
...or expressed ; ' ' The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. Prayer is the breathing of a sigh — The falling of a tear — ; The upward...glancing of an eye, . When none but God is near." A man may mutter or vociferate Pater-nosters and Ave-Marias, from Ash Wednesday ti] Easter Sunday without... | |
| Congregational Union of England and Wales - Congregational churches - 1836 - 624 pages
...me !" " Pray without ceasing." 1 Thess. v. 17. c. M. 1 PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed ; The motion of a hidden fire, That trembles in the breast. 2 Prayer is the burthen of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.... | |
| J. Sadler - 1836 - 518 pages
...sincere desire, Utter'd or unexpress'd ; The motion of a hidden fire, That trembles in the breast. Prayer, is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of the eye, 'When none but God is near. Prayer, is the simplest form of speech, That infant-lips can try... | |
| William Dossey - Hymns, English - 1836 - 498 pages
...sincere desire Utter'd or unexprest ; The strugglings that to God aspire Within the human breast. 2 Prayer is the simplest form of speech. That infant lips can try ; Prayer, the sublimest strains lhat reach The Majesty on high. 3 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice Returning from his ways ; While... | |
| Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...led the wanderer there. CVI. ON PRAYER.—Montgomery* Prayer is the Soul's sincere desire, Uttered, or unexpressed; The motion of a hidden fire, That trembles in the breast. Prayer is tho burden of a sigh. The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but... | |
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