 | William Vail Wilson Davis, Raymond Calkins - Hymns, English - 1912 - 734 pages
...bliss; But that is surely theirs alone, Since they have never, never known A fallen world like this. 3 Oh, how shall I, whose native sphere Is dark, whose mind is dim, Ik-fore the Ineffable appear And on my naked spirit bear The uncreated beam? • 4 There is a way for... | |
 | George Cross - Christianity - 1918 - 232 pages
...neo-Platonic character of two familiar modern hymns may be exhibited by quoting a stanza from each: Eternal Light! eternal Light! How pure the soul must...not, but with calm delight Can live and look on thee! And Breathe on me, breath of God! Until my heart is pure, Until with thee I will one will To do or... | |
 | Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1920 - 580 pages
...Lord. Frederick W. Faber, 1862, cento 24 1 8.6.8.8.6 TT'TERNAL Light! Eternal Light! j"\j How pure that soul must be, When, placed within thy searching sight,...but with calm delight Can live, and look on thee. 2 The spirits that surround thy throne May bear the burning bliss; But surely that is theirs alone... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - Religious poetry - 1923 - 888 pages
...time; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. ETERNAL LIGHT ! THOMAS BINNEY, 1826 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,... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - Religious poetry, English - 1928 - 888 pages
...time; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. ETERNAL LIGHT ! THOMAS BINNEY, 1826 Eternal Light ! Eternal Light ! How pure the soul...searching sight It shrinks not, but, with calm delight The spirits that surround Thy throne, May bear the burning bliss ; But that is surely theirs alone,... | |
 | Robert Crookall - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1969 - 204 pages
...There is a condition of consciousness in everything that lives. •Compare Thomas Binney (1798-1874): "Eternal Light! Eternal Light! How pure the soul must...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. Since... | |
 | H. L. Ellison - Bibles - 1982 - 220 pages
...Much modern piety has lost that sense of awe. We need to recapture the vision of Thomas Binney's hymn: Eternal light! Eternal light! How pure the soul must...not, but with calm delight Can live and look on Thee. THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT I Exodus 20:22-23:33 Basic Cultic Regulations (20:22-26) 22 And the Lord said... | |
 | Martyn Lloyd-Jones - Religion - 1986 - 228 pages
...grace that sought and found me Alone can keep me clean. Eternal Light! Eternal Light! James George Deck How pure the soul must be. When, placed within Thy...but with calm delight, Can live, and look on Thee! The spirits that surround Thy throne May bear Thy burning bliss; But that is surely theirs alone. Since... | |
 | Lionel Adey - Music - 1986 - 294 pages
...the Deity in a strain of solar imagery more explicit and consistent than that of "Abide with me."1 When, placed within thy searching sight. It shrinks...but with calm delight Can live, and look on thee. Though a "spirit" round the Throne can bear this "burning bliss," man in his natural darkness can bear... | |
 | Lewis Sperry Chafer - Religion - 1993 - 868 pages
...required in the sphere of infinite holiness and purity. As conceived by the poet Thomas Binney(1826): Eternal Light! Eternal Light! How pure the soul must...but, with calm delight, Can live, and look on Thee! 0! how shall I, whose native sphere Is dark, whose mind is dim, Before the Ineffable appear, And on... | |
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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! 
