 | 1840 - 546 pages
...first arrive, And there arre«t Thy fugitive ! Or should I skulk to shun Thy sight, Beneath the sable wings of night ; One glance from Thee, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. The veil of night is no disguise, No umbrage to all-seeing eyes ; Through midnight... | |
 | 1837 - 456 pages
...first arrive, And there arrest the fugitive. 4. Or should I try to shun thy sight, Beneath the sable wings of night, One glance from thee, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. 5. O may these thoughts possess my breast, Where'er I roam, where'er I rest; Nor... | |
 | 1837 - 548 pages
...first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive. 6 Or should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the sable wings of night, One glance from thee, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. 6 Search, try, O God, my thoughts and heart, If mischief lurks in any part ; Correct... | |
 | 1838 - 156 pages
...plains, 'Tis there Almighty vengeance reigns. 4 Or should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the sable wings of night, One glance from Thee, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. PSALM CXXXIX. Version 2. c. M. 1 A LMIGHTY Father ! from thy hand •'"*• O whither... | |
 | Nicholas Brady, Nahum Tate - 1839 - 98 pages
...first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive. 11 Or, should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the sable wings of night ; One glance from thee, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. 12 The veil of night is no disguise, No screen from thy all-searching eyes ; Thro'... | |
 | 1840 - 272 pages
...first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive. 5 Or should I try to shun thy sight, Beneath the sable wings of night ; One glance from thee, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. 6 Search, try, O God, my thoughts and heart, If mischief lurks in any part ; Correct... | |
 | 1841 - 306 pages
...first arrive, And there arrest the fugitive. 5 Or should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the sable wings of night, One glance from thee, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. PSALM 139. PART 2. LH 1 COULD I, O Lord, so faithless be, To think of once deserting... | |
 | Francis William Pitt Greenwood - 1841 - 144 pages
...Perhaps some of you remember this verse; — " Or should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the sable wings of night, One glance from thee, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day." Children ! when you grow older, many of you will probably read various works, both... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams, Edwin Hubbell Chapin - 1846 - 706 pages
...first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive. 4 Or should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the sable wings of night, One glance from thee, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. 5 Search, try, O God, my thoughts and heart, If mischief lurks in any part ; Correct... | |
 | Church of America - 1846 - 612 pages
...first arrive > And there arrest thy fugitive. 4 Or should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the sable wings of night, One glance from thee, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. 5 Search, try, O God, my thoughts and heart, If mischief larks in any part ; Correct... | |
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Or should I try to shun Thy sight Beneath the sable wings of night ; One glance from Thee, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. The veil of night is no disguise, No screen from Thy all-searching eyes; Thro' midnight shades Thou find'st Thy... 
