There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers... The Task: A Poem. In Six Books - Seite 50von William Cowper - 1810 - 193 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Chandler Robbins Gilman - 1835 - 296 Seiten
...divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear; By him the violated law speaks out; Its thuaders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace." , . COWPER. WHEN our Society first attempted to hold camp meetings in the Southern States, they met... | |
| Andrew Thomson - 1835 - 302 Seiten
...legate of the skies ! His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. Its thunders ; ahd by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. -H<1 He 'stablishes the strong, restores the weak, •.«•! Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 206 Seiten
...elands The legate of the skies !— His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out / Its thunders : and...furnishes with arms Bright as his own, and trains, by every rule Of holy discipline, to glorious war The sacramental host of God's elect: Are all such teachers?... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 518 Seiten
...stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and...stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And, arm'd himself in panoply complete Of heavenly temper, furnishes... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 404 Seiten
...his theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him, the violated law speaks out 340 Its thunders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels...stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And arm'd himself in panoply complete 345 Of heavenly temper, furnishes... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 416 Seiten
...his theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him, the violated law speaks out 340 Its thunders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels...stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And arm'd himself in panoply complete 3-15 Of heavenly temper, furnishes... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 Seiten
...stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and...as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. I venerate the man, whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life Coincident,... | |
| 1837 - 336 Seiten
...there etands The legate of the skies ! His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and...as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. COWFER. I WAS a traveller from the far south. I had left my home withered and scorched by the fervours... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 Seiten
...The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him i he violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him,...as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. I venerate the man, whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life Coincident,... | |
| American education society - 1837 - 450 Seiten
...of sinners; the sanctification and final blessedness of believers. " By him the violated law spoke out its thunders; And by him, in strains as sweet as angels use, The gospel whispered peace." these doctrines ; and that his daily delight in them was drawn fresh from the fountain... | |
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