 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 ページ
...return, Sweet messenger of rest ; I hate the sins, that made the 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, Calm and serene, my frame ; And purer light shall mark the road,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1832 - 484 ページ
...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, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road... | |
 | William Jay - 1832 - 704 ページ
...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 be ; Help me to tear it from thy Throne, v. And worship only thee. .', Bo shall Diy walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame i Bo purer... | |
 | John Rippon - 1832 - 552 ページ
...return, Sweet messenger of rest ! I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. o The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, ),'-.. . Help me to tear it from thy tlirone, And worship only thee. 0 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So... | |
 | Vyell Francis Vyvyan - 1832 - 142 ページ
...O return, Kind messenger of rest ! Forgive the sins for which I mourn, And reign within my breast. 5 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer joys shall mark the road rich leads me to the Lamb. 13O. HYMN XXXVI. SM 1 npO-MORROW, Lord,... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1833 - 346 ページ
...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, 129 HYMN. CM 1 HOW vain are all things here below! How false,... | |
 | William Barclay - 1976 - 224 ページ
...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... | |
 | John R. Rice - 1980 - 340 ページ
...tabu that made Thee mourn, And drove Thee from my breast The dearest Idol I have known, Whate'er mat idol be, Help me to tear it from Thy throne, And worship only Thee. Maybe you loudly insist, "I don't see any harm in the theater." Perhaps you repeatedly say, There is... | |
 | Ranjit Chatterjee, Colin Nicholson - 1984 - 408 ページ
...and return, he continues by confessing the sin of idolatry: The dearest Idol I have known, Whate'ver that Idol be, Help me to tear it from Thy Throne, And worship Only Thee (140). This stanza probably refers to Cowper's own life. When he wrote this hymn, his beloved Mary... | |
 | Canterbury Press - 1989 - 540 ページ
...return, Sweet messenger of rest; I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 3 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. 4 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road... | |
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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. 
