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" There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers... "
Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and ... - Page 12
by William Cowper - 1801 - 231 pages
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The Works of William Cowper: His Life and Letters, Volume 5

William Cowper - 1835 - 446 pages
...has been highly beneficial to the church of England. We allude to such passages as the following : There stands the messenger of truth : there stands...'stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wand'rer, binds the broken heart, And, arm'd himself in panoply complete Bright as his own, and trains,...
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Works: Life and Letters, Volume 5

William Cowper - 1835 - 448 pages
...been a severe, he has also been a faithful, monitor. We allude to such passages as the following — There stands the messenger of truth : there stands..."stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims tho wand'rer, binds the broken heart. And, arm'd himself in panoply complete Of heav'nly temper, furnishes...
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Stories from Ovid in elegiac verse. With notes ... By R. W. Taylor

Ovid - Epistolary poetry, Latin - 1876 - 232 pages
...peculiar powVs) Must stand acknowledge, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support and ornament of virtue's cause. There...credentials clear. By him, the violated law speaks put 340 Its thunders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. He...
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An Elementary Treatise on Kinematics and Kinetics

Edward John Gross - Dynamics - 1876 - 278 pages
...peculiar pow'rs) Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support and ornament of virtue's cause. There...credentials clear. By him, the violated law speaks put 340 Its thunders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. He...
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Sermons to the young

William Bruce (of Bristol.) - Children's sermons - 1876 - 184 pages
...salvation, the glorious Gospel of the blessed God. By him. the violated law speaks out Ita Ihunders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. • But what is he to do ? He cannot he in two places at once. There are thousands around him. Thousands...
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The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come. With notes ...

John Bunyan - 1877 - 324 pages
...— Re represents a minister of the gospel, whose office it is to teach and guide the people of God. "There stands the messenger of truth; there stands...as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. » . 188 OF OUR BEING JUSTIFIED BY CHRIST, burden fell off his back, and tumbled into a sepulchre....
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The poets' year, a birthday register with selections from Chaucer to Longfellow

Poets - 1877 - 300 pages
...of a virtuous praise ; His life a lesson to the land he sways. Prince Consort, 1819. Таbie Talk27. There stands the messenger of truth ; there stands...as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430. Tlie Time-piece. Jtegttsi 26. Jfogttsi 27. Jfogttsi 2$. I know...
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Essays and Sketches of Edmund J. Armstrong

Edmund John Armstrong - Essays, Irish - 1877 - 342 pages
...own peculiar fashion. Such characters as the good preacher, for instance, undoubtedly exist — ' ' By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ;...as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace." But, comparing this with the general range of his characters, it is easy to see that the ideal is Cowper's...
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An Introduction to the Study of English Literature;: Comprising ...

Henry Noble Day - English literature - 1877 - 564 pages
...powers) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, w * Support, and ornament, of Virtue's cause. There stands...messenger of truth; there stands The legate of the skies I His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out **...
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A dictionary of poetical illustrations

Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...peculiar powers) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand The most important and effectual our guiding pillar, We ask no better light,— Mrs Parttr2071. JESUS. Need of I NEED Thee, sunds The legate of the skies ! his theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him...
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