 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - Hymns, English - 1844 - 660 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...lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his. 6 Sweet to rejoice in lively hope That, when my change shall come, Angels will hover round my bed,... | |
 | Baron Stow, Samuel Francis Smith - Baptists - 1844 - 732 pages
...rest, Whose love can never end ; Sweet on the promise of his grace For all things to depend ; — 5 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 stream, What must the fountain be, Where saints and angels draw their... | |
 | Theology - 1856 - 924 pages
...nnd sec my name In Life's fair book set down ; Sweet to look forward, and behold Eternal joys my own. Sweet in the confidence of faith To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hands And have no will but his." 3 The sentiment of the last stanza is a favorite one. He says, from our dependence... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1844 - 842 pages
...herself, but to cast her burden on the Lord, who would order all for the best, saying, in conclusion, "Sweet to lie passive in his hands, and know no will but his. G. is better, I am thankful to say ; her chest is relieved. Believe me yours affectionately, MT Casterton,... | |
 | Augustus Charles Thompson - Consolation - 1845 - 294 pages
...depend. t 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...lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his : — 'Tis sweet to rest in lively hope, That, when my change shall come, Angels will hover round my... | |
 | Zion - Christian poetry, English - 1845 - 302 pages
...breath. Sweet on his faithfulness to rest, Whose love can never end ; Sweet on his covenant of graco For all things to depend. Sweet in the confidence...lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his. 'Tis sweet to rest in lively hope, That, when the change shall come, Angels will hover round my bod... | |
 | Invalid - 1845 - 318 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 Sweet to rejoice in lively hope, That when my change shall come, Angels shall hover o'er my bed,... | |
 | General Association of Connecticut - Bible - 1845 - 730 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 If such the sweetness of the streams What must the fountain be, Where saints and angels draw their... | |
 | Baptists - 1849 - 316 pages
...him than he would enable him to bear. He said — ' Oh no ! oh, no ! he sweetly supports me ; 'tis sweet to lie passive in his hands — ' And know no will but his.' He said again to Mrs. Roed, ' Precious Jesus ! He has all my sins forgiv'n ; Jesus will come and take... | |
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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. 
