VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life! Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit,... The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers - Page 130by British essayists - 1802Full view - About this book
| Bible - 1831 - 386 pages
...And find salvation there. HYMN CXVI. PM The dying Chriitian to his Soul. 1 \T1TAL spark of heav'nly flame ! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling,...ling'ring, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying ! .Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper ! angels... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1832 - 86 pages
...Pope, written \tjhen he wat about twelve yean old. THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOUL. ODE.« I. "WTAL spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, O quit this mortal...hoping, ling'ring, flying O the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. II. Hark ! they whisper ; angels... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 274 pages
...indigence, sharpened by the remembrance of better days. LESSON THIRTY-EIGHTH. Tlie Dying Christian. VITAL spark of heavenly flame, Quit, O quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - Bible - 1833 - 684 pages
...thy hand ; Stretch forth thine everlasting arms And shield me in these last alarms. HYMN 519. PM rTAL spark of heavenly flame, Quit, O quit this mortal frame ; Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying. O the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me... | |
| Episcopal Church - Bible - 1833 - 274 pages
...care, and grief, Till my appointed course is run, And death shall bring relief. HYMN 191. 1 ¥7"ITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame! Trembling, hoping, limjj'ring, flying, O,the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me... | |
| Thomas Russell - Bible - 1834 - 612 pages
...they'll never find, Who leave not such a life behind. 472. PM — The dying Christian to his Soul. 1 VITAL spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, O quit this mortal frame; Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...translated Hadrian's ode with more fidelity, but less good fortune. THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOUL. i. VITAL spark of heavenly flame, Quit, O, quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying ; O, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, 5 And let... | |
| Episcopal Church - Bible - 1835 - 406 pages
...toil, and care, and grief, Till my appointed course is run, And death shall bring relig£ HYMN 19L' 1 VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, Oh ! the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let... | |
| American Tract Society - Hymns, English - 1835 - 224 pages
...combine to say, " How bless'd the righteous when he dies!" Barbauld. 271. The dying Christian. 1 "V/TTAL spark of heavenly flame! Q,uit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying : O, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let... | |
| Hosea Ballou, Edward Turner - Hymns, English - 1836 - 408 pages
...display Thy saving power — Till earth and time Are known no more. HYMN 440. PM The Dying Christian. VITAL spark of heavenly flame, Quit, O quit, this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, ling'rinsr, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me... | |
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