 | 1869 - 346 Seiten
...a prospect spread before us of the everlasting home, as sometimes incites us to say — " ' Ah, now my spirit faints To reach the land I love, • The bright inheritance of saints, Jerusalem above.' " There is the hill of worldly losses," continued my father, " of hopes disappointed, and well-laid... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 858 Seiten
...nearer home. My Father's house on high, Home of my soul ! how near, At times, to faith's far-seeing eye Thy golden gates appear ! Ah ! then my spirit faints To reach the land I love, — Tlie hright inheritance of saints, Jerusalem ahove ! Yet clouds will intervene, And all my prospect... | |
 | 1834 - 550 Seiten
...body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home. ' My Father's house on high ! Home of my soul! how near,...The bright inheritance of saints, Jerusalem above. II. ' Yet clouds will intervene, And all my prospect flies ; Like Noah's dove, I flit between Rough... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1834 - 636 Seiten
...body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home. • My Father's house on high ! Home of my soul ! how near,...The bright inheritance of saints, Jerusalem above. n. ' Yet clouds will intervene, And all my prospect flies ; Like Noah's dove, I flit between Rough... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1835 - 360 Seiten
...from the dead is in that word, 'Tis immortality. Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam ; My Father's house on high, Home of my soul, how near,...Anon the clouds dispart, The winds and waters cease, Beneath its glowing arch, Along the hallow'd ground, I see cherubic armies march, A camp of fire around.... | |
 | Charles Edward Kennaway - 1835 - 470 Seiten
...house on high, Home of my soul how near, At times to faith's perceiving eye, Thy golden gates appear ! Yet, — clouds will intervene, And all my prospect...between Rough seas and stormy skies. Anon the clouds depart, The winds and water cease ; And sweetly on my gladden'd heart Expands the bow of peace. •... | |
 | 1836 - 368 Seiten
...body spent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent, A diiy's march nearer home. My father's house on high ! Home of my soul ! how near At times to faith's foreseeing eye, The golden gates appear. Ah ! then my spirit faints To reaeh the land of love, The bright inheritance... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1841 - 400 Seiten
...body pent, Absent from Him I roam ; Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home. My Father's house on high, Home of my soul, how near,...The bright inheritance of saints, Jerusalem above. Like Noah's dove, I flit between Rough seas and stormy skies. Anon the clouds dispart, The winds and... | |
 | 1871 - 410 Seiten
...ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest," she went on, " I feel him near. 'My Father's house on high ! Home of my soul, how near...to faith's foreseeing eye, Thy golden gates appear 1' ' shall soon be there, and we shall meet 'uin. Yes, we shall meet again." STARK.— Feb. 28, 1872,... | |
 | Protestant association - 1843 - 480 Seiten
...Home of my soul how near, At times to faith's transpiercing eye Thy golden gates appear. My thirsty spirit faints To reach the land I love, The bright...my prospect flies, Like Noah's dove I flit between Hough seas and stormy skies. Anon the clouds depart, The winds and waters cease, While sweetly o'er... | |
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FOR EVER with the Lord!" Amen! so let it be! Life from the dead is in that word, 'Tis immortality. Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home. 
