 | Karl Johann Philipp Spitta - 1863 - 332 páginas
...earth's bliss may be our guide, And not our chain. For Thou who knowest, Lord, how soon .Our weak heart clings, Hast given us -joys, tender and true, Yet...too much To long for more ; A yearning for a deeper place Not known before. I thank Thee, Lord, that here our souls, Though amply blest, Can never find,... | |
 | Adelaide Anne Procter - 1863 - 428 páginas
...Earth's bliss may be our guide, And not our chain. For Thou who knowest, Lord, how soon Our weak heart clings, Hast given us joys, tender and true, Yet all...wings, So that we see, gleaming on high, Diviner things ! We have enough, yet not too much To long for more : A yearning for a deeper peace,. Not known before.... | |
 | Change - 1864 - 322 páginas
...gentle face of her friend, and murmured, — " For Thou who knowest, Lord, how soon Our weak heart clings, Hast given us joys, tender and true, Yet all...: So that we see, gleaming on high, Diviner things !" After a long silence, and as if continuing an argument that she had been having with herself, —... | |
 | Cecilia MacGregor - 1865 - 222 páginas
...for a deeper peace Not known before. Yet Thou Who kuowest, LOED, how soon Our weak heart clings, East given us joys, tender and true, Yet all with wings,...So that we see, gleaming on high, Diviner things." " ' One long looking forward' — that was what Mr. Beresford said last Sunday," Marguerite reasoned,... | |
 | Church book - 1867 - 484 páginas
...many glorious things are here, Noble and right. For thou who knowest, Lord, how soon 0ur weak heart clings, Hast given us joys tender and true, Yet all...gleaming on high Diviner things. I thank thee, Lord, that here our souls, Though amply blest, Can never find, although they seek, A perfect rest, — Nor ever... | |
 | Lucy Larcom - 1867 - 308 páginas
...on brightest hours ; That thorns remain ; So that Earth's bliss may be our guide, And not our chain. I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast kept The best in store ; We have enough, yet not too much To hope for more : A yearning for a deeper peace, Not known before. I thank Thee, Lord, that here our... | |
 | Margaret T. Downing - 1867 - 394 páginas
...lies hid," she is repaid, a light, a new revelation of beauty breaks upon her soul, and she says: " I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast kept The best in store. To have enough, yet not too much To long for more; A yearning for a deeper peace, Not known before.... | |
 | 1868 - 194 páginas
...earth's bliss may be our guide, And not our chain. For Thou who knowest, Lord, how soon Our weak heart clings, Hast given us joys, tender and true, Yet all...high Diviner things. I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou has kept The best in store ; We have enough, yet not too much To long for more : A yearning for a deeper... | |
 | Christian lyrics - 1868 - 194 páginas
...A yearning for a deeper peace Not known before. For Thou who knowest, Lord, how soon Our weak heart clings. Hast given us joys, tender and true, Yet all with wings, So that we s.'e gleaming on high Diviner things. I thank Thee, Lord, that hero our souls, Though amply blest,... | |
 | 1870 - 534 páginas
...earth's bliss may be our guide, And not our chain. For Thou who knowest, Lord, how soon Our weak heart clings, Hast given us joys, tender and true, Yet all...Diviner things. I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast kepi The best in store ; We have enough, yet not too much To long for more ; A yearning for a deeper... | |
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I thank thee more, that all our joy Is touched with pain ; That shadows fall on brightest hours ; That thorns remain ; So that earth's bliss may be our guide, And not our chain. 
