 How did I weep in Thy Hymns and Canticles, touched to the quick by the voices of Thy sweet-attuned Church! The voices flowed into mine ears, and the Truth distilled into my heart, whence the affections of my devotion overflowed, and tears ran down, and...  The Churchman's companion - Page 3181881Full view - About this book
 | Edward Bouverie Pusey - Fathers of the church - 1842 - 432 pages
...the wondrous sweetness of considering the depth of Thy counsels concerning the salvation of mankind. How did I weep, in Thy Hymns and Canticles, touched...distilled into my heart, whence the affections of my devotion overflowed, and tears ran down, and happy was I therein. [VII.] 15. Not long had the Church... | |
 | Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), Edward Bouverie Pusey - 1840 - 460 pages
...the wondrous sweetness of considering the depth of Thy counsels concerning the salvation of mankind. How did I weep, in Thy Hymns and Canticles, touched...distilled into my heart, whence the affections of my devotion overflowed, and tears ran down, and happy was I therein. [VII.] 15. Not long had the Church... | |
 | 1872 - 516 pages
...of the power which the music in the latter's church had over his soul : — " How did I weep through thy hymns and canticles, touched to the quick by the voices of thy sweet-attuned church !" But as the church deteriorated, and the dark ages drew on, the music of the sanctuary was despoiled... | |
 | English Kalendar, James A. Stothert - 1843 - 698 pages
...the year before, by the bishop; and Augustin thus describes the feelings which they excited in him; " How did I weep in thy hymns and canticles, touched to the quick by the voices of thy sweetly attuned Church ! The voices flowed A a 2 into mine ears, and the truth distilled into my heart.... | |
 | Calendar, English - 1844 - 390 pages
...year before, by the bishop ; and Augustin thus describes the feelings which they excited in him ; " How did I weep in thy hymns and canticles, touched to the quick by the voices of thy sweetly attuned Church ! The voices flowed into mine ears, and the truth distilled into my heart, whence... | |
 | William James E. Bennett - 1847 - 380 pages
...should be sung, lest the people should wax faint through the tediousness of sorrow. How did I weep, touched to the quick by the voices of Thy sweet-attuned Church. The voices flowed into my ears, and the truth distilled into my heart, whence the affections of my devotion overflowed, and... | |
 | 1850 - 540 pages
...sweetness of considering the depths of Thy counsels concerning the salvation of mankind. How did 1 weep, in Thy Hymns and Canticles, touched to the quick...distilled into my heart, whence the affections of my devotion overflowed, and tears ran down, and happy was I therein. lation aad exhortation, the brethren... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1854 - 592 pages
...tells in his Confessions how deeply he was moved by the music in the church of Ambrose in Milan : — " How did I weep in thy hymns and canticles, touched...flowed into mine ears, and the truth distilled into mine heart, whence the affections of my devotion overflowed, and tears ran down, and happy was I therein."... | |
 | Elizabeth Charles - 1858 - 328 pages
...considering the depth of Thy counsels coaF cerning the salvation of mankind. How did I weep, through Thy hymns and canticles, touched to the quick by the voices of Thy sweet attuned Church ! The voices sank into mine ears, and the truth distilled into mine heart, whence... | |
 | Elizabeth Charles - Hymns - 1858 - 322 pages
...considering the depth of Thy counsels concerning the salvation of mankind. How did I weep, through Thy hymns and canticles, touched to the quick by the voices of Thy sweet attuned Church ! The voices sank into mine ears, and the truth distilled into mine heart, whence... | |
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