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
| Lant Carpenter - Hymns, English - 1831 - 458 pages
...from 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...abode, Oh with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God! Thou Source of light divine, And all harmonious names in one, My Father^-thou... | |
| Lowell Mason - Bible - 1831 - 594 pages
...I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. p 2 The calm retreat— the silent shade, With prayer...bounty, made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if the Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes... | |
| Mary Martha Sherwood - Conduct of life - 1831 - 304 pages
...Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far, From scenes where Satan wages still, His most successful war. "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, O ! with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
| William Cowper - 1831 - 410 pages
...upon the heart. XLVI. RETIREMENT. FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; 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,... | |
| Lant Carpenter - Hymns, English - 1831 - 398 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...prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty mude There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh with what peace, and joy, and... | |
| Reformed Church in America - Hymns - 1831 - 182 pages
...HYMN 117. CM Retirement. 1 W7) AR from the world, O Lord, I flee, JT 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 by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. 3 Then if thy... | |
| Lowell Mason - Bible - 1831 - 584 pages
...successful war. p 2 The calm retreat — the silent $hadc, With prayer'and praise agrefe'; . XX/v:: . — And seem, by thy sweet bounty, made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if the Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes... | |
| James Montgomery - Hymns, English - 1832 - 484 pages
...to plead. 212. Retirement* 1 FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful...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... | |
| Sebastian Streeter, Russell Streeter - Hymns, English - 1832 - 428 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...shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy bjveet bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy presence cheer the soul, And grace her... | |
| Vyell Francis Vyvyan - 1832 - 142 pages
...away. HYMN XXXIV. C. M Retirement, from the world, O Lord, I flee, 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, by thy rich bounty, made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if... | |
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