 | Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...earth—the first of God. < THOMAS BINNEY. THE ETERNAL LIGHT. ETERNAL Light! Eternal Light! How pure that soul must be, When, placed within Thy searching sight,...not, but with calm delight Can live, and look on Thee ! The spirits that surround Thy throne May bear the burning bliss ; But that is surely theirs alone,... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1867 - 530 pages
...name, iings else decay. 334:. " 1 О THOU, who art enrobed with light, How pure the soul must Ъе, When, placed within thy searching sight, It shrinks...not, but with calm delight Can live and look on thee ! ü Lord, how can I, whose native sphere Is dark, whose mind is dim, Before thy radiant light appear,... | |
 | Brick Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.) - Bible - 1869 - 568 pages
...love His word : Join, all my powers, and praise the Lord ! Isaac Watts, 1709. 8s & 6s. 31 Tj* TERNAL light ! eternal light ! •*—' How pure the soul...not, but with calm delight Can live and look on Thee. 2 The spirits that surround Thy throne May bear the burning bliss ; But that is surely theirs alone,... | |
 | Church of England - 1870 - 336 pages
...unchanging and divine, A star that shall H"clouded shine. 468. (Tune, Lux Sempiterna, opposite page. ) ETERNAL Light ! eternal Light ! How pure the soul...but with calm delight, Can live, and look on Thee ! The spirits that surround Thy throne May bear the burning bliss ; But that is surely theirs alone,... | |
 | Samuel Edger - Dissenters, Religious - 1870 - 252 pages
...Binney— " Eternal light, eternal light 5 How pure the soul must be When placed within thy dazzling sight ; It shrinks not, but with calm delight, Can live and look on thee,"— IE saraer inoperative. A p9**r it is vini test -wro. CTe «T^I^TT sud precision •ofittt -~*&**•!... | |
 | 1870 - 398 pages
...ETEENAL LIGHT ! Eternal Light ! How pure that soul must be, When, placed within Thy searching eight, It shrinks not, but, with calm delight, Can live and look on Thee. The spirits that surround Thy throne May bear the burning blies ; But that is surely theirs alone,... | |
 | 1872 - 612 pages
...hymn, but it by no means follows tha ho can write one. The first verse is far above the average — "Eternal Light! Eternal Light ! How pure the soul...but with calm delight Can live and look on Thee." The other verses are meagre and commonplace. It is not improbable tla' these first impassioned lines... | |
 | New Jerusalem Church - Hymns, English - 1872 - 242 pages
...Thou my blessed haven at last. 182. 8,6,8,8,6. Aspiration for Holiness. O THOU, who art enrobed with light, How pure the soul must be, When, placed within...not, but with calm delight Can live and look on Thee ! 2 Lord, how can I, whose native sphere Is dark, whose mind is dim, Before Thy radiant light appear,... | |
 | Breathings - 1872 - 292 pages
...and enduring bond between the Parent and the child. THE HOME-WARD PATH. O THOU, who art enrobed in light, How pure the soul must be, When, placed within...not, but with calm delight Can live and look on Thee ! Lord, how can I, whose native sphere Is dark, whose mind is dim, Before Thy radiant light appear,... | |
 | Mary Onley - 1873 - 160 pages
...His perfect purity, and hatred of sin ; His unwavering justice, and so on, quoting the words : — " Eternal Light ! Eternal Light ! How pure the soul...not, but with calm delight Can live and look on Thee. " Then the "pure in heart/'those who shall see God, were described. "These are they, " said the preacher,... | |
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Eternal Light": Eternal Light! Eternal Light! How pure the soul must be When, placed within Thy searching sight, It shrinks not, but with calm delight Can live, and look on Thee! 
