 I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed He will not break, But strengthen and sustain.  Friends' Quarterly Examiner - Page 1051885Full view - About this book
 | Christian life - 1873 - 350 pages
...seasonable things in the world, to objects in distress and danger, that is, salvation and deliverance. I LONG for household voices gone, For vanished smiles I long ; But God hath led ray dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured... | |
 | Edwin Cortland Bolles - Bible - 1865 - 738 pages
...below JL I dare not throne above i I know not of His hate, — I know His goodness and his love. 2 I dimly guess from blessings known Of greater out...chastened Psalmist, own His judgments, too, are right. 3 No offering of my own I have, Nor works my faith to prove ; I can but give the gifts he gave, And... | |
 | Horatius Bonar - Consolation - 1866 - 334 pages
...my soul below I dare not throne above ; I know not of his hate — I know His goodness and his love. I dimly guess from blessings known, Of greater out...hath led my dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy... | |
 | Baptists - 1866 - 578 pages
...live, Thy time is almost o'er ; O, sleep not, dream not, but arise, The Judge is at the door. WAITING. I LONG for household voices gone, For vanished smiles...hath led my dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise ; Assured alone that life and death His mercy... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1867 - 184 pages
...soul below I dare not throne above : I know not of His hate, — I know His goodness and His love. I dimly guess from blessings known Of greater out...hath led my dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy... | |
 | Thomas Eliot St. John - Hymns, English - 1868 - 126 pages
...God hath led my dear ones on, And he can do no wrong. And he can [do no i 1O God's Love and Grace. 1 I long for household voices gone, For vanished smiles...hath led my dear ones on, And he can do no wrong. 2 I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy... | |
 | Bible - 1870 - 612 pages
...night — They hide themselves in heaven's own light. (J08 C' M- WlIITTIER. dotr's 3Lot>e antr ffiare. LONG for household voices gone, For vanished smiles...hath led my dear ones on, And he can do no wrong. I 2 I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy... | |
 | 1870
...soul below I dare not throne above; I know not of. his hate, — I know Hie goodness and His love. I dimly guess from blessings known Of greater out...chastened Psalmist, own His judgments too are right. 1 long for household voices gone, For vanished smiles I long, But God hath led my dear ones on, And... | |
 | Bible - 1870 - 614 pages
...below JL I dare not throne above ; I know not of His hate, — I know His goodness and his love. 2 I dimly guess from blessings known Of greater out...chastened Psalmist, own His judgments, too, are right. 3 No offering of my own I have, Nor works my faith to prove ; I can but give the gifts he gave, And... | |
 | Bible stories, Welsh - 1871 - 686 pages
...things, And tossed by storm and flood, To one fixed stake my spirit clings ; I know that God is good ! I long for household voices gone, For vanished smiles...hath led my dear ones on, And he can do no wrong. And Thou, 0 Lord ! by whom are seen Thy creatures as they be, Forgive me, if too close I lean TRYSOKFA... | |
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