 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
 | 1829 - 592 pages
...shade,* With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet b. unit v made For those who follow thee. There, if thy .spirit touch the soul. And grace her...abode ; Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There, like the nightingale, she poor« Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness... | |
 | Reformed Protestant Dutch Church (U.S.) - Catechisms, English - 1829 - 804 pages
...where Satan wages still His 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. ' Then if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode. Oh, with what peace and joy and love,... | |
 | Bible - 1830 - 458 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...thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode ; O with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God. 4 There, like the nightingale, she... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Camp meetings - 1830 - 332 pages
...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 most 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... | |
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