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... Poems of William Cowper, Esq: With a New Memoir - Страница 73написао/ла William Cowper - 1869 - 288 страницаПуни преглед - О овој књизи
| Garnet Terry - 1809 - 414 страница
...remembering whose authority $e beareth, and to whom alone he stands responsible, he will not, even when • In strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace/ he will not, even then, descend to the littleness of supplication. This ' legate of the skies' must better... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 404 страница
...His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out It's thunders; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels...furnishes with arms Bright as his own, and trains by ev'ry rule Of holy discipline, to glorious war The sacramental host of God's elect! Are all such teachers?... | |
| William Cowper - 1811 - 228 страница
...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...furnishes with arms, Bright as his own, and trains, by ev'ry rule Of holy discipline, to glorious war, The sacramental host of God's elect ! Are all such... | |
| Garnet Terry - 1812 - 408 страница
...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...'stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And, arm'd himself in panoply complete, Of heavenly temper, furnishes... | |
| 1832 - 644 страница
...to the mind diseased" of sin, guiding all to heaven, himself leading the way. " By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains...stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And, arm'd himself in panoply complete, Of heavenly temper, furnishes... | |
| 1854 - 834 страница
...The legate of the skic* ! — His theme His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains...'stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wand'rcr, binds the broken heart, And, arm'd himself in panoply complete Of heav'nly temper, furnishes... | |
| 1813 - 600 страница
...performs his duty with amazing celerity. If «The legate of the skies — — — <— — arm'd liimself in panoply complete Of heav'nly temper, furnishes with arms Bright as his oyn, and trains, by ev'ry rule Of holy discipline, to glorious war, The sacramental host of God's elect;"... | |
| J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 страница
...of the skies .r — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clean By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders; and by him, in strains...broken heart, And arm'd himself in panoply complete Of heavenly temper, furnishes with arms, Bright as his own, and trains, by ev'ry rule Of holy discipline,... | |
| Isaac Bailey - 1814 - 826 страница
...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 weak, Reclaims the wand'rer, binds the broken heSrt, And, arm'd himself in panoply complete Of heav'nly temper, furnishes with arms, Bright as his... | |
| Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 страница
...of the skies : bis theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. II. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains...'stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims tha,wanderer, binds the broken heart, And, arm'd himself in panoply complete Of heavenly' temper, furnishes... | |
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