| John Sandford - 1837 - 252 Seiten
...praise ; Glorious realms of bliss inherit ; Grateful anthems ever raise. 64. WESTMINSTER NEW. c. M. HAPPY the child whose tender years Receive instruction...sinner's path, and fears The road that leads to hell. 'Twill save us from a thousand snares, To mind religion young ; Grace will preserve our riper years,... | |
| John Sandford - 1837 - 252 Seiten
...bliss inherit ; May we all, sincere in spirit, Grateful anthems ever raise. 64. WESTMINSTER NEW. C HAPPY the child whose tender years Receive instruction...sinner's path, and fears The road that leads to hell. 'Twill save us from a thousand snares, To mind religion young ; Grace will preserve our riper years,... | |
| 1837 - 550 Seiten
...heart, And sanctify our mind. 618. CM *WATM. Adc ant ages of Early Piety. 1 HAPPY is he whose early years Receive instruction well ; Who hates the sinner's path, and fears The road that leads to hell. 2 Our youth, devoted to the Lord, Is pleasing in his eyes ; A flower, when offered in the bud, Is no... | |
| Henry Woodward - 1838 - 438 Seiten
...approving conscience will attest the truth of that, which you have so often repeated in your hymn : If we devote our youth to God, "Tis pleasing in his eyes : A flower, when offered in the bud, Is no mean sacrifice. But to the inquiry of my text, some might answer... | |
| Andrew Preston Peabody - 1840 - 184 Seiten
...sight, Than a religious youth. 65. Early Piety. CM Ballerma. Watts. 1 HAPPY the child, whose early years Receive instruction well ; Who hates the sinner's path, and fears The road that leads to hell. 2 When we devote our youth to God, 'T is pleasing in his eyes ; A flower when offered in the bud Is... | |
| Jane Elizabeth Jerram - 1840 - 288 Seiten
...child breathing out its soul in prayer, and devoting its sweet life to the Father of mercies. 86 " When we devote our youth to God, 'Tis pleasing in his eyes, A flower, when offered in the bud, Is no vain sacrifice." Now Lucy's birthday was nigh, and it was a... | |
| 1847 - 720 Seiten
...active in the cause of Jesus whom he served. There is nothing so sweet as early devotedness ; — * When we devote our youth to God, 'Tis pleasing in his eyes.' This was the case with our deceased friend. And when he lay down to die, he felt with a saint of many... | |
| Anthony Nesbit - 1841 - 208 Seiten
...rule the Day of CHRISTIANITY.' ADVANTAGES OF EARLY RELIGION, BY DR. HAPPY the child, whose youngest years, Receive instruction well ; Who hates the sinner's...devote our youth to God, "Tis pleasing in his eyes ; A flower, when offer'd in the bud, 158 "Tis easier work, if we begin To fear the Lord betimes ; While... | |
| 1842 - 284 Seiten
...Lord, and much concerned for the universal spread of the everlasting Gospel. Of him it may be said, " Happy the child whose tender years Receive instruction...sinner's path, and fears The road that leads to hell." J. GREEN. THE REV. J. FLETCHER'S ATTACHMENT TO THE CHILDREN OF GOD. WHEREVER a Christian church was... | |
| 1851 - 428 Seiten
...advantages of early piety are very happily described. Are not the following verses true and beautiful ! — When we devote our youth to God, 'Tis pleasing in his eyes : A flower, when offer'd in the bud, Is no vain sacrifice. 'Tis easier work, if we begin To fear the Lord... | |
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