 Support and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth: there stands The legate of the skies! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains...  The Evangelical rambler [by T. East]. - Page 21824Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Poets - 1877 - 300 pages
...stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders; and by him,...as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430. Tlie Time-piece. Jtegttsi 26. Jfogttsi 27. Jfogttsi 2$. I know... | |
 | Edmund John Armstrong - 1877 - 330 pages
...peculiar fashion. Such characters as the good preacher, for instance, undoubtedly exist — "By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by...as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace." But, comparing this with the general range of his characters, it is easy to see that the ideal is Cowper's... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1877 - 324 pages
...stands The legate of the skies; his theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders; and by him,...as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. » . 188 OF OUR BEING JUSTIFIED BY CHRIST, burden fell off his back, and tumbled into a sepulchre.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1878 - 290 pages
...stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders; and by him,...furnishes with arms Bright as his own, and trains, by every rule Of holy discipline, to glorious war, The sacramental host of God's elect ! Are all such... | |
 | J. HAMBLIN SMITH, M.A - 1878 - 140 pages
...his theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him, the violated law speaks out 340 Its thunders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels...stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wand'rer, binds the broken heart, And, arm'd himself in panoply complete Of heav'nly temper, furnishes... | |
 | William Cowper - 1878 - 286 pages
...office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, iu strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers...Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And, arin'd himself in panoply complete Of heavenly temper, furnishes with arms Bright as his own, and trains,... | |
 | George Lovett Bennett - 1878 - 174 pages
...his theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him, the violated law speaks out 340 Its thunders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels...stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wand'rer, binds the broken heart, And, arm'd himself in panoply complete Of heaVnly temper, furnishes... | |
 | George Lovett Bennett - 1878 - 164 pages
...his theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him, the violated law speaks out 340 Its thunders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels...stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wand'rer, binds the broken heart, And, arm'd himself in panoply complete Of heav'nly temper, furnishes... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1878 - 190 pages
...his theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him, the violated law speaks out 340 Its thunders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels...stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wand'rer, binds the broken heart, And, arm'd himself in panoply complete Of heav'nly temper, furnishes... | |
 | James Hamblin Smith - 1878 - 214 pages
...his theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him, the violated law speaks out 340 Its thunders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels...stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wand'rer, binds the broken heart, And, arm'd himself in panoply complete Of heav'nly temper, furnishes... | |
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