| Jane Laurie Borthwick - Devotional calendars - 1879 - 264 pages
...ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. — 1 PET. iii. 4. Then will I set my heart to find Inward adornings of the mind. Knowledge and meekness, truth and grace, These are the robes of richest dress. 16. COME, let us worship and bow down,... | |
| Bible - 1880 - 216 pages
...in gayer coats than I ; Let me be dressed fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still Then will I set my heart to find Inward adornings...truth and grace. These are the robes of richest dress. Folly and sin our peace destroy, They glitter and are past ; They yield but momentary joy, And end... | |
| William Wileman - 1881 - 266 pages
...and flowers exceed me still. 5 Lord, teach my foolish heart to find. Inward adornings of the mind ; i Knowledge and virtue, truth and grace, These are the robes of richest dress. 180 Anger. 8.7. 1 ANGRY words are lightly spoken, In a rash and thoughtless hour, — Brightest links... | |
| Edmund Arthur Helps - 1882 - 136 pages
...in gayer coats than I ; Let me be drest fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flow'rs exceed1 me still. Then will I set my heart to find Inward adornings...of God, when here below, Put on this blest apparel 3 too. It never fades, it ne'er grows old, Nor fears the rain, nor moth, nor mould ; It takes no spot,... | |
| School and home - 250 pages
...gayer clothes than I : Let me be drest fine as I will, [still. Flies, worms and flowers exceed me 5 Then will I set my heart to find Inward adornings of the mind ; Knowledge and virtue, truth and These are the robes of richest dress. 6 No more shall worms with mo comport, This is the raiment angels... | |
| Luther Whiting Mason - Music - 1886 - 228 pages
...clothes than I ; Let me be dress'd fine as I will, |: Flies, worms, and flow'rs exceed me still. :| 3 Then will I set my heart to find Inward adornings of the mind Love, knowledge, virtue, truth, and grace, — j: These are the robes of richest dress. :| THE BUGLE'S... | |
| Motilal M. Munshi - 1904 - 636 pages
...soul within. In the words of the sacred poet, " Then let me set my heart to find " Inward adorning of the mind ; " Knowledge and virtue, truth and grace, — " These are the robes of richest dress." Of this " blest apparel " he says, — " It never fades, it ne'er grows old, " Nor fears the rain,... | |
| Clifton Johnson - Education - 1904 - 444 pages
...than I : Let me be dreft fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me ftill. Then will I fet my heart to find Inward adornings of the mind ; Knowledge and virtue, truth and grace, Thefe are the robes of richeft drefs. No more fhall worms with me compare; This is the raiment Angels... | |
| Newton Marshall Hall - Hymns - 1906 - 518 pages
...in gayer coats than I; Let me be dress'd fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still. Then will I set my heart to find Inward adornings...wear; The Son of God, when here below, Put on this best apparel, too. It never fades, it ne'er grows old, Nor fears the rain, nor moth, nor mould; It... | |
| Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger - Children - 1921 - 716 pages
...in gayer coats than I ; Let me be dressed fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still. Then will I set my heart to find Inward adornings...truth and grace, These are the robes of richest dress. (From "Against Pride in Clothes") Let dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so; Let... | |
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