 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.  Social Psalmist, Or Hymns, Selected for the Private Use and Social Meetings ... - Page 4601852 - 656 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1826 - 794 pages
...where sin is waging still Ils most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. There, if thy spirit touch the foul, And grace her mean abode ; О with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - Conduct of life - 1827 - 270 pages
...blessedness of a better world, even here below. Often, as I repeatedly visited him, did I utter the lines, ' 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... | |
 | Asahel Nettleton - Hymns, English - 1827 - 412 pages
...COWPER. Springfield. Chapel. 1 T^AR from the world, O Lord, I flee, f From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree: And seem hy thy sweet hounty made, For those who follow thee. 3 Then if thy... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r 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 peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1828 - 198 pages
...succesful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem, by that sweet bounty, made For those who follow thee. 3 There,...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... | |
 | Carus Richardson - 1828 - 172 pages
...yourself on that head, I wish you may not err on the other side. You recollect the hymn of Cowper: " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee." shall we, before we leave this sweet sequestered spot, unite to address the Father of lights and of... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1828 - 594 pages
...where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet 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... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...where Satan wages still His most successful war. •j}. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r 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 peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | Thomas Cotterill - Hymns, English - 1829 - 292 pages
...From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The silent shade, the calm retreat, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem, by thy sweet...those who follow Thee. 3 There if thy Spirit touch thy soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her... | |
 | Robert Smith - Society of Friends - 1829 - 432 pages
...From strife and tumult far; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calnt retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise...by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. There if thy Spirit touch my sool, And grace her mean abode; Oh with what peace and joy and love, She... | |
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