| Christian life - 1869 - 346 pages
...Father, not as I will ; but as thou wilt :" " If Thou shouldat call me to resign What most I prize — it ne'er was mine ; I only yield thee what is thine : Thy will be done." MARRYING IN HASTE TO REPENT AT LEISURE. T was a bright May morning ; the slanting beams of the early... | |
| Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 858 pages
...sigh For friends heloved, no longer nigh, Suhmissive still would I reply, Thy will he done ! Though Thou hast called me to resign What most I prized, it ne'er was mine, — I have hut yielded what was Thine ; Thy will he done I Should grief or sickness waste away My life in... | |
| Benjamin Richings - 1840 - 264 pages
...everlasting light ; There, there to reign in bliss supreme, Jesus, your everlasting theme. 68. And hast THOU called me to resign What most I prized * — it ne'er was mine ; I only yield Thee what was thine. * Or, Children we trace, &c. 69. Yes, thou art gone, and saints a welcome sing, As thy blest... | |
| Religion - 1840 - 308 pages
...more; His * little bark has anchored in that bay, Where all is one serene, eternal day. And hast thou called me to resign What most I prized ?—it ne'er was mine; I only yield thee what was thine. To God devote your early days/ And walk in wisdom's pleasant ways, The mighty God will be... | |
| Benjamin Richings - Burial - 1840 - 262 pages
...everlasting light ; There, there to reign in bliss supreme, Jesus, your everlasting theme. 68. And hast THOD called me to resign What most I prized ? — it ne'er was mine ; I only yield Thee what was thine. * Or, Children we trace, &c. 69. Yes, thou art gone, and saints a welcome sing, As thy blest... | |
| 1880 - 506 pages
...the beautiful lines of Charlotte Elliott?— " If Thou should'st call mo to resign What most I prize, it ne'er was mine ; I only yield Thee what is Thine — Thy will be done." It would be well could we always remember this when pensively we tread the way to Moriah ourselves.... | |
| 1842 - 406 pages
...home on life's rough way, Oh teach me from my heart to say Thy will be done. If thou shouldst call me to resign What most I prized— it ne'er was mine, I only yield thee what was thine, Thy will be done. Renew my will from day to day, Blend it with thine, and take away All... | |
| 1745 - 518 pages
...Submissive still I would reply — Thy will be done. If thou should Vi call me to resign What most I prize ; it ne'er was mine, I only yield thee what is thine — Thy will be done. Should griming sickness waste away My life in premature decay, My Father, still I'll strive to say—... | |
| Mary Milner - 1844 - 788 pages
...Submissive still I would reply, Thy will be done. If Thou should'st call me to resign What most I prize — it ne'er was mine ; I only yield Thee what is Thine — Thy will be done ! Should pining sickness waste away My life in premature decay, My Father, still I'll strive to say,... | |
| Baron Stow, Samuel Francis Smith - Baptists - 1844 - 732 pages
...I reply, "Thy will, my God, be done." 4 If thou shouldst call me to resign What most 1 prize, — - it ne'er was mine, — I only yield thee what is thine ; " Thy will, my God, be done." 5 Should pining sickness waste away My life in premature decay, In life or death... | |
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