 | Old Humphrey - 1799 - 338 Seiten
...often repeated the verse, — ' Sweet in the confidence of faith To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to 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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 ;... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - 1812 - 980 Seiten
...grace For all things to depend. 7 Sweet in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to 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 Seiten
...grace, For all things to depend. 7 Sweet in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to 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... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1815 - 286 Seiten
...grace For all things to depend. Sweet in the confidence of faith To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hands And know no will but his. If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain be, Where saints and angels draw the bliss... | |
 | Martha Laurens Ramsay - 1815 - 288 Seiten
...grace• For all things to depend. * Sweet in the confidence of faith To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hands And know no will but his. If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain be, Where saints and angels draw the bliss... | |
 | Richard Herne Shepherd - 1818 - 684 Seiten
...grace, For all things to depend. 7 Sweet, in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to 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... | |
 | Selection, William Williams (of Soho sq, London) - 1819 - 480 Seiten
...grace For all things to depend. Sweet in the confidence of faith To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hands;. And know no will but his. If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain be, Where saints and angels draw their... | |
 | Newmann Hall - 1819 - 242 Seiten
...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... 
