Poems

Couverture
James S. Burges, 1834 - 108 pages
 

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Page 21 - OH THAT ONE WOULD GIVE ME DRINK OF THE WATER OF THE WELL OF BETHLEHEM, WHICH IS BY THE GATE! ADD R And the (THREE) mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethle-hem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.
Page 44 - It was the voice of God, that spake In silence to thy silent heart ; And bade each worthier thought awake, And every dream of earth depart. Voice of our God, O yet be near ! In low, sweet accents, whisper peace ; Direct us on our pathway here ; Then bid in heaven our wanderings cease.
Page 54 - HAIL to the Sabbath day! The day divinely given, When men to God their homage pay And earth draws near to heaven. 2 Lord, in this sacred hour Within thy courts we bend, And bless thy love, and own thy power, Our Father and our Friend. 3 But thou art not alone In courts by mortals trod ; Nor only is the day thine own When man draws near to God. 4 Thy temple is the arch Of yon unmeasured sky ; Thy Sabbath, the stupendous...
Page 21 - And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David : nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord. And he said, "Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?
Page 45 - Did not thy spirit shrink dismayed, As the dark vision o'er it came ; And though in sinless strength arrayed, Turn, shuddering, from the death of shame?
Page 45 - O SUFFERING Friend of human kind ! How, as the fatal hour drew near, Came thronging on thy holy mind The images of grief and fear ! 2 Gethsemane's sad midnight scene, The faithless friends, the exulting foes, The thorny crown, the insult keen, The scourge, the cross, before thee rose.
Page 21 - Oh, that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem that is at the gate!" And the three brake through the host of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David...
Page 43 - Heart. 1 HATH not thy heart within thee burned At evening's calm and holy hour, As if its inmost depths discerned The presence of a loftier power ? 2 Hast thou not heard 'mid forest glades, While ancient rivers murmured by, A voice from forth th...
Page 19 - ]' is self-devotedness ; A spirit urging onward and still on To some high, noble object to be won; And pressing still, through danger and distress, Regardless of them all, Till that high object, whatsoe'er it be, Friendship, or virtuous fame, our country's liberty, The improvement of our race, the happiness Of one poor individual, Or of unnumbered thousands, be attained.
Page 50 - And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter. . . . And Peter went out and wept bitterly.

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