 | Collection - 1774 - 426 pages
...Sweet meflenger of reft ! I hate the fins which made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breaft. -5 The deareft Idol I have known, Whate'er that Idol be ; Help me to bear it from thy throne, And worfhip only thee. 6 So fhall my walk be clofe with GOD, • Calm and... | |
 | John Newton, William Cowper - Hymns, English - 1783 - 432 pages
...return, Sweet meflenger of reft; I hate the fins that made thee mourq, And drove thee from my breaft. 5 The deareft idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tare it from thy thronei And worfhip only thee. 6 So fhall my walk be clofe with Goo, Calm and ferene... | |
 | 1784 - 196 pages
...return, Sweet mtffenger of reft ! I hate the fins that made thee mourn', And drove thee from my bualt. The deareft idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne^ And worfliip only thee. . , So (hall my walk be clofe with God, Calm and ferene my frame ; So purer light... | |
 | William Maurice (independent minister) - 1792 - 270 pages
...return, Sweet meflenger of reft ! I hate the fins that make me mourn, That drove Thee from my breaft. v. The deareft idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be ; Help me to bear it from thy throne. And worlhip only Thee. vi. So (hall my walk be clofe with God, Calm and ferene... | |
 | Devotional literature - 1797 - 110 pages
...fill. Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet meffenger of reft! 1 hate the fins that make me mourn, That drove Thee from my bread. The deareft idol I have known, Whate'er that Idol be ; Help me to bsar it from Thy throne, And worfhip only Thee. So mall my walk be clofe with God, Calm and ferene... | |
 | John Newton, William Cowper - Hymns - 1797 - 356 pages
...from my Ire iit: • Rom. viii. 36. f Heb. sii. »4. 5 The deareft idol I have known, • • • i Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, Arid worfhip only thee. 6 So fhall my walk be clofe with God, Calm and ferene my frame ; So purer light... | |
 | Edward Williams, James Boden - Hymns, English - 1801 - 586 pages
...return, Sweet meflenger of reft ; I hate the fins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breaft. 5 The deareft idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worfhip only thee. 6 So fhall my walk be clofe with God, Calm and ferene my frame ; So purer light... | |
 | Herbert Mends - 1801 - 432 pages
...messenger of rest ! I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. v. The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. VI. So shall my walk be close with GOD, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...messenger of rest ; I hate the sins that made thee mourn* And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known,. Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. 6 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1805 - 308 pages
...return, Sweet meffcnger of reft: I hate the fins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breaft. 5 The deareft idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne ; And worlhip only .thee. 6 So (hall my walk be clofe with God, Calm and fcrene my frame ; 80 purer light... | |
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So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. 
