 | 1835 - 700 pages
...gently-opened heart Was made for God's own temple meet ; — Fairest and best adorn'd is she, Whose clothing is humility. ' The saint that wears heaven's...throne itself must be The footstool of humility.' It is, indeed, the perfectly natural and unaffected manner in •which Mr Montgomery's mind turns every... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1844 - 638 pages
...sweetly sing, Sings in the shade when all things rest — In lark and nightingale we see What honour hath humility. The saint that wears heaven's brightest...adoration bends — The weight of glory bows him down The most when most his soul ascends : Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility.... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1835 - 360 pages
...gently-open'd heart Was made for God's own temple meet ; — Fairest and best adorn'd is she, Whose clothing is humility. The saint that wears heaven's...the throne itself must be The footstool of humility. EVENING TIME. ZECH. xiv. 7. AT evening time let there be light : — Life's little day draws near its... | |
 | 1836 - 282 pages
...Lydia's gently opened heart Was made for Ciod's own temple meet. Fairest and best adorn'd is sho Whose clothing is humility. The saint that wears heaven's...throne itself must be The foot-stool of humility. JAMIS MONTCOMBBT. * Drontheim was at this time invested by a corps of the Swedish army, amounting,... | |
 | M. S. - English poetry - 1839 - 194 pages
...Lydia's gently opened heart Was made by God's own temple meet. Fairest and best adorn'd is she Whose clothing is humility. The saint that wears heaven's...the throne itself must be The footstool of humility. J. MONTGOMERY. THE PARTING SPIRIT. Farewell, thou vase of splendour, I need thy light no more : No... | |
 | British birds - 1840 - 326 pages
...Lydia's gently opened heart Was made for God's own temple meet : Fairest and best adorn'd is she Whose clothing is humility. The saint that wears heaven's...throne itself must be, The footstool of humility. In some parts of the country, however, nightingales are quite as common in gardens as in woods. " I... | |
 | Christian - English poetry - 1840 - 312 pages
...gently-open'd heart Was made for God's own temple meet ; — Fairest and best-adorn'd is she, Whose clothing is humility. The saint that wears heaven's...the throne itself must be The footstool of humility. DAVID. HE sang of God, the mighty source Of all things, — that stupendous force, On which all strength... | |
 | Christian - English poetry - 1840 - 318 pages
...When Mary chose " the better part," She meekly sat at Jesus' feet; And Lydia's gently-open'd heart The saint that wears heaven's brightest crown, In...the throne itself must be The footstool of humility. DAVID. HE sang of God, the mighty source Of all things, — that stupendous force, On which all strength... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1841 - 400 pages
...gently-open'd heart Was made for God's own temple meet ; — Fairest and best adorn'd is she, Whose clothing is humility. The saint that wears heaven's...the throne itself must be The footstool of humility. 1833. EVENING TIME. EVENING TIME. ZECH. xiv. 7. AT evening time let there be light: — Life's little... | |
 | Robert Bailey Thomas - Almanacs, American - 1841 - 522 pages
...brightest crown, In deepest adoration bends ; he weight of glory bows him down The most, when most hia soul ascends ; Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility. REMORSE AT NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITIES. IF it should ever fall to the lot of youth to peruse these pages,... | |
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The saint that wears heaven's brightest crown In deepest adoration bends ; The weight of glory bows him down Then most, when most his soul ascends : — Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility. 
