| Ralph Williston - 1806 - 436 pages
...wand'rings end , And all my steps to thee-ward tend ? 4. Is there a thing beneath the sun, The Lord of ev'ry motion there ! Then shall my heart from earth be free, When it hath found repose in thee. •}. Each moment draw, from earth away, That strives with thee my heart... | |
| Moravians - 1809 - 406 pages
...be; That strives with thee my heart to share ? Ah ! tear it thence, and be alone The spring of ev'ry motion there: Then shall my heart from earth be free, When it hath found repose in thee. 303.* T. 106. TAKE, Lord, all self from me, that I No more, but Christ in... | |
| William Bengo Collyer - 1812 - 980 pages
...my wandering soul shall see : O when shall all my wanderings end, And all my steps to Jesus tend ! 4 Is there a thing beneath the sun, That strives with thee my heart to share? Ah ! tear it thence, and reign alone, The Lord of every motion there ! Then shall my heart from earth be free, When... | |
| John Wesley - 1812 - 446 pages
...latter end of 1735. It was the next year, while I was at Savannah,. that I wrote the following lines : Is there a thing beneath the sun, • That strives with thee my heart to share? Ah, tear it .thence, and reign alone ! The Lord of every motion there ! VOL. XI. M In the beginning of the year... | |
| Thomas Jones (chaplain to the earl of Peterborough) - 1812 - 486 pages
...Inly I sigh for thy repose : My heart is pain'd, nor can it be At rest till it finds rest in thee. Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with thee my heart to share ? Ah ! tear it thence, and reign alone, The Lord of ev'ry motion there : Then shall my heart from earth be free, When... | |
| 1816 - 292 pages
...I sigh for thy repose : n My heart is pain'd, nor ean it be At rest, till it finds rest in thee. 2 Is there a -thing beneath the sun, That strives with thee my heart to share ? Ah ! tear it thence, and reign alone, The Lord of every motion there : Then shall my heart from earth be free, When... | |
| Methodist Episcopal Church - 1817 - 610 pages
...tend! 4 Is the*ea thing heneath the sun, That strives with thee my heart to snare* Ah ! tear it thence, and reign alone, The Lord of every motion there . Then shall my heart from earth he free, When it hath found repose in thee. 5 Each moment draw from earth away My heart, that lowly... | |
| Richard Herne Shepherd - 1818 - 684 pages
...Inly I sigh for thy repose: My heart is pain'd, nor can it be, At rest, till it find rest in thee. 2 Is there a thing beneath the sun, That strives with thee my heart to share Ah ! tear it thence, and reign alone, The Lord of every motion there : Then shall my heart from earth be free, When... | |
| Robert Southey - 1820 - 516 pages
...us in his •' I'iafo Account ot Christian Perfection," were written at Savannah in the year mii : Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with thee my heart to share ? Ah tear it thence, and reign alone, The toril of every nation there ! you to proceed DO further in this business.... | |
| Robert Southey - 1820 - 562 pages
...tells us in hi» " Plain Account of Christian Perfection," were written at Savannah in the year 1736 : Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with thee my heart to share .All tear it thence, and reign alone, , The Lord of ereiy motion there ! at length succeeded in dissuading... | |
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