 | 1828
...the saint, When he resigns his breath. One gentle sigh his fellers breaks; We scarce can say, ' He's gone; Before the willing spirit takes Her mansion near the throne. Faith strives, hut all ils efforts fail, To trace her heavenward flight, No eye can pierce within Ihe veil Which hides... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 712 pages
...paint The moment after death, The glories that surround the .saints, When yielding up their breath. 2 One gentle sigh their fetters breaks ; We scarce can...willing spirit takes Her mansion near the throne. - 9 3 Faith strives, but all its efforts fail, To trace her in her flight : No eye can pierce within... | |
 | John Newton - Theology - 1810 - 726 pages
...paint The moment after death, The glories that surround the saints, When yielding up their breath. 2 One gentle sigh their fetters breaks ; We scarce can...willing spirit takes Her mansion near the throne. 3 Faith strives, but all its efforts fail, To trace her in her flight : No eye can pierce within the... | |
 | Thomas Jones (chaplain to the earl of Peterborough) - 1812 - 486 pages
...paint The moment after death, The glories that surround the saints, When yielding Up their breath. One gentle sigh their fetters breaks; We scarce can...near the throne. Faith strives, but all its efforts fail, To trace her in her flight : No eye can pierce uithiu the vail Which hides that world of light.... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - Hymns - 1812 - 980 pages
...paint -A The moment after death, The glories that surround the saints, When yielding up their breath. 2 One gentle sigh their fetters breaks; We scarce can...willing spirit takes Her mansion near the throne. 3 Faith strives, but all it's efforts fail, To trace her in her flight ; No eye can pierce within the... | |
 | Richard Herne Shepherd - Hymns, English - 1818 - 684 pages
...The glories that surround the saint, When yielding up their breath. 2 One gentle sigh their bondage breaks, We scarce can say, " They're gone !" Before...willing spirit takes, Her mansion near the throne. 3 Faith strives, but all her efforts fail, To trace her in the flight : No eye can pierce within the... | |
 | John Newton - Hymns, English - 1821 - 412 pages
...paint The moment after death, The glories that surround the saints, When yielding up their breath. 2 One gentle sigh their fetters breaks ; We scarce can...the throne. •; Faith strives, but all its efforts fail, To trace her in her flight ; No eye can pierce within the veil Which hides that world of light.... | |
 | 1823 - 570 pages
...impossible to tell the exact period at which she breathed her last, and sweetly fell asleep in Jesus. v " One gentle sigh their fetters breaks, We scarce can...Before the willing spirit takes Her mansion near the thrune." Her mortal remains were interred at Staughton, on Lord's-day afternoon, February 23. The Rev.... | |
 | Christian life - 1867 - 348 pages
...to paint The moment after death, The glories that surround the saints When yielding up their breath. One gentle sigh their fetters breaks, We scarce can...near the throne. Faith strives, but all its efforts fail To trace her in her flight ; No eyes can pierce beyond the veil Which hides that world of light.... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - Theology - 1824 - 748 pages
...paint The moment after death, The glories that surround the saints, When yielding up their breath. 2 One gentle sigh their fetters breaks ; We scarce can...willing spirit takes Her mansion near the throne. 3 Faith strives, but all its efforts fail, To trace her in her flight : No eye can pierce within the... | |
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Faith strives, but all its efforts fail, To trace her in her flight ; No eye can pierce within the veil Which hides that world of light. 
