 | Herbert Mends - 1801 - 432 pages
...sacred page Majestic like the sun ; It gives a light to ev'ry age, It gives, but borrows none. ill. The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious...truths upon the nations rise, They rise but never set. IV. Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...song would oft'ner be, " Hear what the LORD has done for me.* XXIX. THE LIGHT AND GLORT Or THE WORD. 1 THE Spirit breathes upon the word, And brings the...Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light. 2 A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun ; It gives a light to every age, It gives, but... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 712 pages
...taught, Call upon him while we live. ON THE SCRIPTURE. LX1I. C. The Light and Glory of the Word. 1 THE Spirit breathes upon the word, And brings the...Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light. 2' A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun; It gives a light to ev'ry age, • It gives,... | |
 | John Newton - 1810 - 726 pages
...experience taught, Call upon him while we live. ON THE SCRIPTURE. LXII. C. The Light and Glory of the 1 THE Spirit breathes upon the word, And brings the...Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light. 2 A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun ; It gives a light to ev'ry age, It gives, but... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - 1812 - 980 pages
...upon the word, A And brings the truth to sight ; Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light. , 9 A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun...a light to every age, It gives, but borrows none. 3 The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat : His truths upon the nations rise,... | |
 | 1839 - 702 pages
...most of them. The glory of the Divine word is admirably glanced at by our inimitable Cowper : — " A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic, like the sun; It gives a light to every age; It givei, but borrowi none." Bishop Taylor says, "Let us go to God for truth ; for truth conies from God... | |
 | 1816 - 292 pages
...O make us hear The glorious tidings treasur'd there. 1 1. The Light and Glory of the Word. 1 r|^HE Spirit breathes upon the word, And brings the truth...Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light. 2 A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun; It gives a light to every age, • It gives,... | |
 | Robert White ALMOND - 1819 - 204 pages
...Hearken SPIRIT, Paraclete ;t GOD whom endless ages greet. t f Equal. t Comforter, Monitor, &c. 1 . A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic, like the...a light to every age, It gives, but borrows none. 2. The LORD who gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise,... | |
 | Isaac Watts, James Manning Winchell - 1820 - 314 pages
...beyond the skies. 190; CM Cowfier. • * Abridge, Parma. The light and glory of God's word. 1WH AT glory gilds the sacred page! Majestic like the sun,...light to every age, ' It gives, but borrows none. •2 His hand that gave it still supplies His gracious light and heat; His truths upon the nations... | |
 | Isaac Watts, James Manning Winchell - 1820 - 308 pages
...beyond the skies. HOIN 190. CM Cow/ier. «f Abridge, Parma. The light^ and glory of God'a word. 'Y^TH AT glory gilds the sacred page! Majestic like the sun, It gives a light to every age, It gijes, but borrows none. 2 His hand that gave it still supplies His gracious light and heat; His truths... | |
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A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic, like the sun ; It gives a light to every age — It gives, but borrows none. 
