 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 prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee.  The Baptist Magazine - Page 4051829Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 460 pages
...where Satan wages still His most successful war. * Isaiah xxxv. 7. The calm retreat, the silent shade. With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet...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... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1835 - 234 pages
...to them as an almost perfect specimen of religious poetry: — " The calm retreat, the silent shade. With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet...Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God !" The last words, " She communes... | |
 | Hannah More - 1835 - 272 pages
...scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the quiet shade, With pray'r and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made...thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what joy, and peace, and love, She communes with her God ! There, like the nightingale, she... | |
 | 1835 - 440 pages
...first love, that they cannot fail to be read with deep interest. "The calm retreat, the silent shade, ' With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet...those who follow thee. There, if thy Spirit touch' thd soul, And grace her mean abode. Oh, with what peace, and joy. and love, She communes with her God.... | |
 | William Hancock Wheeler - 1884 - 318 pages
...worshipping the Lord can be found than the sequestered coppice ? " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by Thy sweet...Thy Spirit touch the soul And grace her mean abode, O, with what peace and joy and love She communes with her God ! " * 1 Newton. > Cowper. Abraham planted... | |
 | Charles Alden John Farrar - 1884 - 252 pages
...With pray'r and praise agree, And eecm by Thy ewect bounty made For those who follow Thee. " • Then, if Thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Ob, with what peace, and joy, and love 8he there communes with God ! ' " It is not too much to say that we enjoyed a measure of such experience.... | |
 | Juliana Rebecca P. Campbell (lady Hume) - 1884 - 100 pages
...EVERY morning let your prayer be, ' Lord, lead me.' — Vauglian. THE calm retreat, the quiet shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee. — Cowpcr. PRAY ere yet the dark hours be, Lift the head and bend the knee. PRAYER is, without doubt,... | |
 | Free Church of Scotland. General Assembly - 1884 - 782 pages
...From scenes where Satan wages still His most 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 thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, «"f 0 with what peace and joy... | |
 | Church of Scotland. General Assembly - 1884 - 268 pages
...From scenes where Satan wages still His most 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 Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, О with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | P. C. Barker - 1884 - 510 pages
...true with no superficial, no mere sentimental truth, that — " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those that follow thee." That Jesus recommended the sanctum of the closet of prayer with the door closed;... | |
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