 | James Storer, James Sargant Storer, John Greig - Buckinghamshire (England) - 1803 - 102 pages
...which the most beautiful imagery and the most devout effusions of piety are happily combined : 8 f. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and...agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who worship Thee. There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, ,» O with what joy, and... | |
 | Theology - 1803 - 512 pages
...Lord, I fly, From strife and tumult far, rom scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty mad« For those who follow Thee. There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oil... | |
 | James Storer, James Sargant Storer, John Greig - Buckinghamshire (England) - 1803 - 116 pages
...LIBRARY A SV •!, LENOX AN n T.'Li. < PWJNDATjONli EL The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray' г and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who worship Thee. There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, О with what joy, and... | |
 | Collection - 1807 - 650 pages
...From scenes where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shadt, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For hhose who follow thee. 3 There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode ; O with what... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 712 pages
...thy light alone Can shine upon the heart. XLV. C. Retirement. 1 FAR. from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan...seem, by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thec. 3 There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy,... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 332 pages
...retirement is sanctified by communion with him. » " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. J There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | Baptists - 1829 - 610 pages
...till! His most succesjfnl war. VOL. IV. :Jd Series. The calm retreat and silent (hade,* With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode : Ob, with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - Hymns - 1812 - 980 pages
...alone Can shine upon the heart. HYMN CCXCVI. Retirement. COWPER. R from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan...successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree : And seem, by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. 3 There if... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1812 - 76 pages
...world, O Lord, I flee, i" From strife, and tumult far ; From scenes, where Satan wages stjJJ His too successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade,...pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty form'd For those, who follow Thee. 3 There, if Thy Spirit touch the soul, O with what peace, and joy,... | |
 | Thomas Jones (chaplain to the earl of Peterborough) - 1812 - 486 pages
...it; Seal it from thy courts above ! 243. The Christian retiring. FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far, From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree, And seem, by thy swt.et bounty made,... | |
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There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise. 
