 | Christian life - 1874 - 346 pages
...beauties are best, He paints the sky gay as he sinks to his rest, And foretells a bright rising again. Just such is the Christian. His course he begins, Like the sun in a mist, when he mourns for his sins, And melts into tears ; then he breaks out and shines, And travels his... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 496 pages
...Those lines of Dr. Watts are as weighty, as they are beautiful. " Just such is the Christian. His race he begins, Like the sun, in a mist, while he mourns...out and shines, And travels his heavenly way. But, as he draws nearer to finish his race, Like a fine setting sun, he looks richer in grace ; And gives... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...beauties are best; He paints the sky gay as he sinks to his rest, And foretels a bright rising again. Just such is the Christian ; his course he begins, L/ike the sun in a mist, when he mourns for his sins, And melts into tears; then he breaks out and shines, And travels his heav'nly... | |
 | Baptists - 1828 - 446 pages
...appropriateness of the lines of "Watts, when he compares the progress of the saint to the career of the sun. "Just such is the Christian; his course he begins...out and shines, And travels his heavenly way: But as he conies nearer to ¡¡ni-.ii his race, Like a fine setting sun he looks richer in grace, And gives... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1828 - 188 pages
...foretells a bright rising again. Just such is the Christian — bis coarse be begins, Like the sun in the mist, while he mourns for his sins, And melts into...tears — then he breaks out and shines. And travels bis heavenly way : But when he comes nearer to finish his race, Like a fine setting sun, be looks richer... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...beauties are best ; He paints the sky gay as he sinks to his rest, And foretells a bright rising again. Just such is the christian : his course he begins Like the sun in a mist, when he mourns for his sins And melts into tears; then he breaks out and shines And travels his heavenly... | |
 | 1828 - 852 pages
...may, and does, illuminate the path of the most established believer to the end of his pilgrimage : — Just such is the Christian : his course he begins Like the sun in л mist, when he mourns fur his sins, And melts into tears ; then he breaks out and shines, And travels... | |
 | William Jay - Meditations - 1829 - 592 pages
...are best ; " He paints the sky gay, as he sinks to his rest, " And foretels a bright rising again. " Just such is the Christian — his course he begins,...heavenly way : " But when he comes nearer to finish his rage, " Like a fine setting sun, he looks richer in grace, " And gives a sure hope, at the end of hi*... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Children's poetry, English - 1829 - 76 pages
...beauties are best ; He paints the sky gay as he sinks to his rest, And foretells a bright rising again. Just such is the Christian: his course he begins,...his sins, And melts into tears; then he breaks out A CRADLE HYMN. But when he comes nearer to finish his race, Like a fine setting sun he looks richer... | |
 | Ethics - 1829 - 258 pages
...beauties are best, He paints the sky gay, as he sinks to his rest, And foretells a bright rising again. Just such is the Christian, his course he begins, Like the sun in the mist, while he mourns for his sins, And melts into tears ; then he breaks out and shines, And travels... | |
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Just such is the Christian. His course he begins, Like the sun in a mist, when he mourns for his sins, And melts into tears ; then he breaks out and shines, And travels his heavenly way. But when he comes nearer to finish his race, Like a fine setting... 
