Musae Seatonianae: 1776-1806F. Hodson, 1808 |
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Página 64 - O goodness infinite, goodness immense ! That all this good of evil shall produce, And evil turn to good ; more wonderful Than that which by creation first brought forth Light out of darkness ! Full of doubt I stand, Whether I should repent me now of sin By me done, and occasion'd, or rejoice Much more, that much more good thereof shall spring ; To God more glory, more good-will to men From God, and over wrath grace shall abound.
Página 324 - And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. 7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
Página 24 - If Heaven Did in the balance of strict justice weigh The iniquity of men, who could abide Its judgment? Did not mercy temper wrath, Eternal ruin would o'erwhelm mankind.
Página 18 - The sacred page With calm attention scan ! If on thy soul, As thou dost read, a ray of purer light Break in, O check it not, give it full scope ! Admitted, it will break the clouds which long Have dimmed thy sight, and lead thee, till at last Convictions, like the sun's meridian beams, Illuminate thy mind.
Página 117 - Thy full united flock! — And if the muse. Impatient for thy glory, still may breathe One added prayer, O bless the pious zeal, And crown with glad success the lab'ring sons Of that best charity, whose annual mite Sends forth Thy gospel to the distant isles! So shall the nations, rescued myriads ! hear, And own Thy mercy over all Thy works ! So from each corner of th' enlighten'd earth Incessant peals of universal joy Shall hail Thee, Heavenly Father, God of All ! M 3 HOPE.
Página 49 - Rejected, scorned, Despised, a man of sorrow and distress, To all the ills which poverty's chill cold, Or power of tyrant malice could inflict, Exposed a victim, through life's wretched vale Our blest Redeemer passed. Samuel Hayes.
Página 7 - Onward as we trace God's oracles, Redemption is the point To which they all converge. When strong in faith, And fir'd with holy zeal to vindicate - Heav'n's violated honors, Jesse's son Undaunted sought th...
Página 385 - His surgeless channel, now a pervious vale, Invites the foot where navies spread the sail ; And soon no barrier but the eastern main Shall bound the conqueror's progress, or his reign. Thus, when from heaving ^Etna's restless caves Impetuous Fire precipitates his waves, The flaming ruin rushes on the plain, And art and nature rear their mounds in vain. Should some high-rampired town obstruct his course, The red invader rises in his force ; And scornful of the check, and proudly free, Extends his...
Página 17 - That people once So famed, whom God Himself vouchsafed to call His chosen race, and with a guardian hand Deigned to protect, from Palestine exiled, Are doomed to wander; although scattered...
Página 30 - All powerful is the penitential sigh Of true contrition ; like the placid wreaths Of incense, wafted from the righteous shrine Where Abel ministered, to the blest seat Of Mercy, an accepted sacrifice, Humiliation's conscious plaint ascends.