 | James Montgomery - Hymns - 1825 - 482 pages
...end ; t Sweet on his covenant of grace, For all things to depend. 7 Sweet in the confidence of faiih, To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his. 8 If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain be, Where saints and angels draw their... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 496 pages
...the Editor, for which obligmg politeness and condescension, ta returns this public acknowledgment. 7 Sweet in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hand, And know no will but his. 8 Sweet to rejoice in lively hope, That when my change shall come ;... | |
 | James Montgomery - Christian poetry, English - 1826 - 464 pages
...faithfulness to rest, Whose love can never end; Sweet on his covenant of grace, For all things to depend. 7 Sweet in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm...lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his. 8 If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain be, Where saints and angels draw their... | |
 | 1858 - 726 pages
...Oh, how sweet and how profitable to learn by these things ; and to sing with the blessed TOPLADY : " Sweet, in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm...to lie passive in his hands, And know no will but Ills." And though at the time, beloved, thou mayst overlook the fact, yet thy very fears and doubts... | |
 | Asahel Nettleton - Hymns, English - 1826 - 522 pages
...faithfulness to rest, Whose love can never end ; Sweet on his covenant of grace For all things to depend. 5 Sweet, in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hand, And know no will but his. 6 If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain be,... | |
 | 1859 - 632 pages
...and of it Toplady sings, when he says it is " Sweet, in the confidence of faith, To trust His wise decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in His hands, And know no will but Hie." We read of it in Paul's fifth chapter of his Epistle to the Romans. In the 10th verse he speaks... | |
 | 1847 - 798 pages
...by the Lord, by " our Father," will lead the soul to that state so sweetly expressed by Toplady, " Sweet to lie passive in his hands, And know no will but hie." Waiting, watching, trusting, expecting what the Lord will say and do. I am not entering into... | |
 | Joseph CHAMBERLAIN (Minister of Salem Chapel, Leicester.) - Hymns, English - 1829 - 228 pages
...faithfulness to rest, Whose love can never end ; Sweet on his covenant of grace For all things to depend. 7 Sweet, in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hand, And know no will but his. 8 If such the sweetness of the stream, What must the fountain be, Where... | |
 | Matthew Henry - Christian life - 1830 - 176 pages
...how grace divine My sins on Jesus laid > Sweet to remember that his blood My debt of sufFring paid. Sweet on his faithfulness to rest, Whose love can...trust his firm decrees; Sweet to lie passive in his hand, And know no will but his. If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain be, Where... | |
 | John Adey - Hymns - 1830 - 260 pages
...Sweet on his faithfulness to rest, Whoso love can never end ; °Trect on his covenant of grace, 7or all things to depend. • • Sweet in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to be passive- in his hands, And know no will but his. 6 If such the sweetness of the streams, What must... | |
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Sweet in the confidence of faith To trust His firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in His hands, And know no will but His. 
