| Bible - 1824 - 418 pages
...the world, O Lord ! I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent...bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy presence cheer the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love. She communes... | |
| Christian life - 1867 - 348 pages
...own words, written probably in some happier moment, he aptly describes his songs in the night — " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...agree, And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those that follow Thee. There, if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace,... | |
| Jonathan Peele Dabney - Bible - 1825 - 392 pages
...the world, O Lord ! I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent...bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode ; O with what peace, and joy, and love, Does she... | |
| James Montgomery - Hymns - 1825 - 482 pages
...succeed, For whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead. 212. Retirement. 1 TAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan...2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer arid praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee. 3 There, if thy Spirit... | |
| Select poetry - English poetry - 1825 - 182 pages
...! I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...thy sweet bounty, made For those who follow thee. There if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
| Walter Burgh - Hymns, English - 1826 - 382 pages
...Of everlasting day. XV. PAR FROM THE WORLD. (Words by Cowper.) 1. FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan...by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee. S. There if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O, with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
| Hymns, English - 1826 - 474 pages
...from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2. The calm retreat, the silent...bounty made For those who follow thee. 3. There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, 0 with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes... | |
| Noah Davis - Baptists - 1826 - 284 pages
...The sweeter rest will be. T» 181. CM Cowper. Retirement. 1 FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, K£ From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan...successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree; And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. 3 There if thy... | |
| Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...uureserved, the language of the Christian's first love, that they cannot fail to be read with deep interest. "The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
| 1859 - 632 pages
...what one said vainly, / am writing for eternity. How different were his musings, while he sang — " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow tbee." Voltaire's works fanned the flames of the French Revolution, sowing the seeds of infidelity... | |
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