 | Albert Barnes - 1833 - 346 pages
...How sweet their mem'ry still! But now I find an aching void, The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest! I hate...that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1834 - 536 pages
...A light to shine upon the road, That leads me to the Lamb. The dearest idol I have known, Whaie'er that idol be ; Help me to tear it from thy throne,...worship only thee. So shall my walk be close with God, Cvlm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the way, That leads me to the Lamb." The venerable... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1834 - 312 pages
...know." Again, taking my hand, she added, " Remember, my dear mamma, how often you have repeated, " ' The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only Thee !"' Friday. Feeling very ill and much oppressed, she often expressed her fears, lest she should be... | |
 | Lowell Mason - 1834 - 582 pages
...f— But they have left an aching void The world can never fill. 4 Iteturn, O holy Dove ! return — 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. mf 6 So shall my walk be close with God ; P Calm and serene my frame ; < So purer light shall mark... | |
 | Hugh White - 1834 - 442 pages
...the throne of your affections ? and will you not at that table, looking up to Him, fervently pray, " The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from Thy throne, And worship only Thee !" May the Holy Spirit enable you to keep this vow, and thus to render praises to the God of your salvation... | |
 | Isaac Watts, Samuel Worcester, Samuel Melancthon Worcester - 1834 - 760 pages
...return, Sweet messenger of rest ; 1 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 ; o And purer light shall mark the road,... | |
 | 1834 - 320 pages
...sweet their memory still I — But they have left an aching void The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove ! return— Sweet messenger of rest! I hate...made thee mourn, , And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship... | |
 | Thomas Russell - 1834 - 612 pages
...sweet their memory still ! But they have left an aching void, The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest; I hate...that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be: Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - 1835 - 358 pages
...with greater constancy. When such is our sorrowful state, we may well adopt the prayer of the poet — Return, 0 holy Dove, return! Sweet messenger of rest,...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. COWPER. The strength and constancy of the Spirit's love is indeed made manifest by his long striving,... | |
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Return, O holy Dove, 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 be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. 
