 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 Seiten
...aneient sanetuaries, and adore Only among the erowd, and undor roofs That our frail hands have raised ? nd turn her own disease, Or foster others in luxurious ease : I mount — thriee happy, if it find Aoeeptanee in his ear. Father, thy hand Hath reared these venerable eolumns,... | |
 | Mary Virginia Terhune - 1857 - 408 Seiten
...The groves were God's first temples,' ' she repeated softly, and Lynn continued the noble lines — ' Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? " Charley smiled dubiously, but held his peace. The crowd thickened with their advance. Horses were... | |
 | 1864 - 148 Seiten
...stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless Power And inaccessible Majesty. Ah, why Should we in the world's riper years neglect...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ! Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - 1858 - 420 Seiten
...over him, and bowed His spirit, with the thought of boundless power, And inaccessible majesty. SJ. Ah! why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...and under roofs, That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn ; thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | Miriam Fletcher - 1859 - 398 Seiten
...his appointments. CHAPTER XXIV. WILLIE'S CAMP-MEETING. " The groves were God's first temples. . . . Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised !" BBVANT. ONE evening, as the family at Hunter's Lodge were sitting on the portico after tea, the... | |
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 Seiten
...over him, and bow'd And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why His spirit with the thought of boundless power, Should we, in the world's riper years neglect G-OD'S...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ! Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn—thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | S. R. - 1860 - 306 Seiten
...the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah ! why Should we in the world's riper year neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at least, Hero in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1860 - 300 Seiten
...ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ! Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, i Offer one hymn ; thrice happy, if it find A6ceptance in his ear. Father, thy hand Hath rear'd these... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 Seiten
...stole over him, and bow'd His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah ! why Should we in the world's riper years neglect...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at least, Here in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find... | |
 | Mary Forrest - 1861 - 574 Seiten
...The groves were God's first temples,' " she repeated softly, and Lynn continued the noble lines — " Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect...crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? " Charley smiled dubiously, but held his peace. The crowd thickened with their advance. Horses were... | |
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And from the gray old trunks that high in heaven Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless Power And inaccessible... 
