GIVE me the wings of faith, to rise Within the vail, and see The saints above — how great their joys, How bright their glories be ! 2 Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears ; They wrestled hard, as we do now, With sins, and... Lives of Sacred Poets - Page 132by Robert Aris Willmott - 1838 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
| Isaac Watts - 1773 - 404 pages
...TJie Examples of CHRIST and tht Saints. I VE me the Wings of Faith, to rife Within the Veil, and fee The Saints above, how great their Joys, How bright their Glories be. 2 Once they were mourning here below, HYMNSAND BOOK. II. I a{k them whence their Via'ry came ? Thev... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1786 - 120 pages
...CHRIST and the Sainu. GIVE me the wings of faith to rife Within the vail, and fee The faints above, hew great their joys; How bright their glories be ! '....here below, And wet their couch with tears : They wreftled hard, as we do now, With fins, and doubts, and fears. 3 I aflt them, whence their vicVry came... | |
| George Walker - Bible - 1788 - 350 pages
...rife Within the veil, and fee The faints above, how great their joys, How bright their glories be ! a Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears ; And wreftled hard, as we do now, With fins, and doubts, and fears. 3 I afk them, whence their victory... | |
| Missions - 1804 - 664 pages
...they are unavoidable. All the ransomed millions above, once travelled through the same Wilderness : " They wrestled hard, as we do now, " With sins, and doubts, and fears." The wicked also meet with the same storms; but with this grand distinction : — they have no refuge,... | |
| English poetry - 1802 - 384 pages
...i The saints above how great their joys .; And bright their glories be. 2. Unce they were moarning here below And wet their couch with tears, They wrestled hard as we do row • With sins, and doubts, and fears. i '.I 3. 1 ask them whence their vict'ry came ? • They... | |
| Isaac Watts - Bible - 1803 - 642 pages
...Within the veil, and fee The faints above, how great their joys, How bright their glories be ! •t Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears ; They wreftled hard, as we do now, With fins, and doubts, and fears. 3 I alk them whence their vicVry: came... | |
| George Richards - Hymns, English - 1806 - 394 pages
...tongue, Sweetest carol ever sung — Jesus! Jesus! flow along. HfMN CCCCXIX. 1 /"^ IVE me the wings of faith to rise ^-' Within the veil, and see The...with tears; They wrestled hard, as we do now, With sin, and doubts, and fears. I ask them, whence their victory came: They, with united breath, Ascribe... | |
| Ralph Williston - Hymns, English - 1806 - 436 pages
...rise^ I find how great my weakness is, Hymn 331. c. M. 1. ("^1 IVE me the wings of faith to rise \JT Within the veil, and see The saints above, how great their joys, How bright their glories be ! 2. Once they'were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears f They wrestled hard, as I... | |
| Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 332 pages
...seasons in which they bore the same conflicts, and were filled with the same despondencies as you. " Once they were mourning here below, And wet their...hard, as we do now, With sins, and doubts, and fears." But reason asks, Why, why does the Sovereign Lord and Controuler of all events suffer these tilings?... | |
| 1828 - 590 pages
...the promies." They were men of like passions with ourselves : " Once they were mourning here helow, And wet their couch with tears ; They wrestled hard as we do now, With sins, and douhts, and fears." And say, if he who called, and justified, and placed in glory the once sanguinary... | |
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