 | Albert Barnes - Families - 1833 - 358 pages
...return, Sweet messenger of rest! I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. 6 So shall my walk be close with God, HYMN. CM 1 How vain are all things here below! How false, and... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1833 - 722 pages
...it was. Let us therefore search, and try our ways, and resolve to act faithfully by the discovery. " The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...Help me to tear it from thy Throne, And worship only thec. So shall my w;ilk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the... | |
 | Gardner BALDWIN - 1833 - 248 pages
...their memory still ! But they have left an aching void, The world can never fill. 4 Eternal Spirit ! O return Sweet messenger of rest ! I hate the sins that made Thee mourn And drove Thee from my breast. 5 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame, So purer light shall mark the road... | |
 | Hymns - 1834 - 294 pages
...soul-refreshing view Of Jesus, and His word ? But they have left an aching void, The world can never fill. Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest...purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. HYMN 76. Christ the best Friend. ONE there is above all others, Well deserves the name of friend... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - English literature - 1834 - 466 pages
...enjoy'd! How sweet their mem'ry still ! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill. Return, O Holy Dove ! return, Sweet Messenger of Rest...purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. STORY ON LOVE TO OUR PARENTS; OR, A VISIT TO MARY BUSH. NOT very long after the death of poor... | |
 | Edward Davies (of Kingswinford.) - Hymns, English - 1834 - 266 pages
...fill. Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest ! 1 hate the sins that made thee mourn, Aiid drove thee from my breast. The dearest idol I have...purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. HYMN 206. " JFilt thou not revive us again?" 1 O FOR that flame of living fire, Which shone so... | |
 | William Barclay - Religion - 1976 - 224 pages
...down his house upon the head of his wife and children; yet, thought I, I must do it, I must do it." "The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee." Abraham was the man who would sacrifice even the dearest thing in life for God. Time and again in the... | |
 | Verlyn Klinkenborg, Herbert Cahoon, Pierpont Morgan Library - Antiques & Collectibles - 1981 - 274 pages
...enjoyd,/ How sweet their Mem'ry still!/ But they have left an Aching Void/ The World can never fill. Return, O Holy Dove, Return,/ Sweet Messenger of Rest,/...that made thee mourn/ And drove thee from my Breast. ... ^ I y* * »y # ""* ""^ V '.t/ ^ / ^ ' *' y %U i ^ *, N Ni V? J ^ o; V V ^x^ s .rt ^ 4^ N > , 3... | |
 | Ranjit Chatterjee, Colin Nicholson - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1984 - 408 pages
...the "peacefull Hours" have actively and deliberately left misery for him. He continues: Return, oh Holy Dove, Return, Sweet Messenger of Rest, I hate...that made thee mourn And drove thee from my Breast. He is suggesting here that God is no longer with him and he desires His return. Instead of seeing God... | |
 | Canterbury Press - Religion - 1989 - 540 pages
...walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb! 2 Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest;...that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 3 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship... | |
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So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. 
