 | John Ross MacDuff - 1885 - 168 pages
...and leaden foot of age, thy trophies ? God forbid !" " When we devote our youth to Goi, '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 betimes ; While sinners that grow old in sin,... | |
 | 1871 - 416 pages
...what a blessing it is to 65 have such a Saviour, to whom you may give yoar youth and your life ; for in His eyes — " A flower, when offer'd in the bud, Is no vain sacrifice." THE SURPRISE IN GREENWOOD SCHOOL. JIHE village school of Greenwood, in Shropshire, is as... | |
 | 1876 - 256 pages
...verse of Dr. Watts was a great favourite with me : — " When we devote our youth to God, "Pis pleasing in His eyes ; A flower, when offer'd in the bud, Is no vain sacrifice." But one thought often puzzled and troubled me, and perhaps the same difficulty may have... | |
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When we devote our youth to God, 'Tis pleasing in his eyes ; A flower, when offer'd in the bud, Is no vain sacrifice. 
