 | Joshua Noble Danforth - Presbyterian Church - 1837 - 334 pages
...animated him : ' When languor and disease invade,' and when a friend rehearsed to him the lines : . ' Sweet to lie passive in His hands And know no will but thine,' Various dying expressions. he said : " Father, if this cup may not pass from me, except I drink... | |
 | Ambrose Edson - 1838 - 174 pages
...own : — Sweet on His faithfulness to rest, Whose love can never end : Sweet on the covenant of his grace, For all things to depend : Sweet in the confidence...passive in his hands,, • And know no will but his. _ • The ' fountain.1 Her appeal. If such the sweetness of the stream, What must the fountain be !... | |
 | John Stenson (of Chelsea) - 1838 - 560 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, HUMILITY. 786. Humility. 1 TORD, if them thy grace impart,... | |
 | William Gadsby - 1838 - 662 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... | |
 | Henry CARPENTER (Minister of St. Michael's, Liverpool.) - Hymns, English - 1838 - 152 pages
...faithfulness to rest, Whose love can never end : Sweet on his covenant of grace For all things to depend. 4 Sweet in the confidence of faith To trust his firm...lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his. 5 Sweet to rejoice in lively hope That, when my change shall come, Angels will hover round my bed,... | |
 | Theodosia A Wingfield (viscountess Powerscourt.) - 1838 - 346 pages
...God executes ; that while the lot is thrown into the lap, the whole disposal thereof is of the Lord. Sweet to lie passive in his hands, and know no will but his. We are now settled at ready to receive you when you come. 1 wish we were able to offer you a bed, but... | |
 | Viscountess Theodosia A. Howard Wingfield Powerscourt - Meditations - 1838 - 380 pages
...God executes ; that while the lot is thrown into the lap, the whole disposal thereof is of the Lord. Sweet .to lie passive in his hands, and know no will but his. We are now settled at ready to receive you when you come. I wish we were able to offer you a bed, but... | |
 | 1838 - 516 pages
...Divine blessing to return a little patched up for a little more work before I go the grave : I wish to lie passive in His hands, and know no will but His. Often, often do I think of you, and say, ob that Mr. Swallow were here ! I was not aware that there... | |
 | James Harvey Linsley - Baptists - 1839 - 432 pages
...faithfulness to rest Whose love can never end ; Sweet on his covenant of grace For all things to depend. 6 Sweet, in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm...lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his. 6 If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain he, Where saints and angels draw their... | |
 | Christian biography - 1839 - 272 pages
...satisfaction played over her features. At another time, in reply to an inquiry on the subject, she said, " Sweet to lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his." And at another; "I am willing to live, and I am willing to die; and I am willing to suffer pain, or... | |
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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. 
