 | Old Humphrey - 1799 - 338 pages
...for the freedom from pain which, at some seasons, he enjoyed ; and he often repeated the verse, — ' Sweet in the confidence of faith To trust his firm...lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his.' " One day he said, ' Should any one ask me the ground of my hope of everlasting life, I would reply,... | |
 | 1836 - 498 pages
...in a state of agitation till all the impurities are thrown off, and then it becomes quite still. " Sweet to lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his." THE REFINER. HE that from dross would win the precious ore, Bends o'er the crucible an earnest eye,... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pages
..."But if I look within I can fear; but not when I look to Christ." To another friend she remarked, " Sweet to lie passive in His hands, and know no will but His." When reminded of several friends whom she would meet iu heaven, she answered emphatically, " Yes ;... | |
 | John Dobell - 1810 - 538 pages
...faithfulness to rest, Whose love can never end ; Sweet on his covenant of grace For all things to depend. 7 Sweet, in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hand, And know no will but his. 8 If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain be,... | |
 | John Dobell - 1810 - 540 pages
...faithfulness to rest, Whose love can never end ; Sweet on his covenant of grace For all things to depend. 7 Sweet, in the confidence of faith-, ' To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hand, And know no will but his. 8 If such the sweetness of the streams, What roust the fountain be,... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - 1812 - 980 pages
...faithfulness- to rest, Whose love can never end ; Sweet on his covenant of grace For all things to depend. 7 Sweet in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm...lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his. 8 If such the sweetness of the stream, What must the fountain be ; Where saints and angels draw their... | |
 | Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - 1814 - 696 pages
...faithfulness to rest. Whose love can never end : Sweet on his covenant of grace, For all things to depend. 7 Sweet in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm...lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his. 8 If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountainjbe, Where saints and angels draw their... | |
 | John Dobell - 1815 - 560 pages
...faithfulness to rest, Whose love can never end ; Sweet on his covenant of grace For all things to depend. 7 Sweet, in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hand, And know no will but his. 8 If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain be,... | |
 | Richard Herne Shepherd - 1818 - 684 pages
...faithfulness to rest, Whose love can never end ; Sweet on his covenant of grace, For all things to depend. 7 Sweet, in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm...lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his. 8 If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain be ? Where saints and angels draw their... | |
 | Newmann Hall - 1819 - 242 pages
...Mi.s. G.—"Ihopeyoumay live another night that I may nurse you; but you experience that it is— " ' Sweet to lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his.' " Dr. G.—" Yes ! and cast everything on Him— cast everything on Him, !" Monday, 15. Soon after... | |
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Sweet in the confidence of faith To trust His firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in His hands, And know no will but His. 
