 If life be long I will be glad, That I may long obey; If short — yet why should I be sad To soar to endless day ? CHRIST leads me through no darker rooms Than He went through before; He that unto GOD'S kingdom comes, Must enter by this door.  The Oxford Hymn Book - Pagina 533a cura di - 1908 - 922 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Richard Baxter - 1689 - 182 pagine
...not to my care, Whether I die or liv e : To love and ferve thee is my fliare: And this thy grace muft give. If life be long, I will be glad, That I may long obey : If fhort ; yet why fhould I be fad, That {hall have the fame pay. ._ _...,. . * 5. If Death fhall bruife... | |
 | Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pagine
...spirit steals, Will vanish at the morning light, \Vhich God, my east, my Son, reveals. LORD it helongs not to my care, Whether I die or live ; To love and...is my share, And this thy grace must give. If life he long, I will he glad, That I may long ohey ; If short ; yet why should I he sad. That shall have... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pagine
...sinking spirit steals, Will vanish at the morning light, Which God, my east, my Sun, reveals. LORD it belongs not to my care, Whether I die or live;...love and serve thee is my share, And this thy grace mast give. If life be long, I will be glad, That I may long obey ; If short; yet why should I be sad,... | |
 | Henry CARPENTER (Minister of St. Michael's, Liverpool.) - 1838 - 152 pagine
...their Father's boundless love ! HYMN 35. c. M. "Be careful for nothing." — Phil. iv. 6. 1 LORD ! it belongs not to my care, Whether I die or live ;...serve thee is my share, And this thy grace must give. 2 If life be long, I will be glad, That I may long obey : If short, yet why should I be sad, That here... | |
 | 1840 - 248 pagine
...reserve, I offer here to thee ; Thy will and honour all shall serve, That thou hestow'dst on me. Now it belongs not to my care Whether I die or live ;...may long obey ; If short — yet why should I be sad — That shall have the same pay ! If death shall bruise this springing seed Before it comes to fruit,... | |
 | Christian - 1840 - 318 pagine
...smiles and roses are blending, And Beauty Immortal awakes from the tomb ! RESIGNATION. Barter. To live and serve Thee is my share, And this thy grace must...may long obey ; If short, yet why should I be sad, That shall have the same to pay ? Christ leads me through no darker rooms Than he went through before;... | |
 | Christian - 1840 - 312 pagine
...the tomb ! RESIGNATION. SBajrter. LORD, it belongs not to my care, Whether I die or live ; To live and serve Thee is my share, And this thy grace must...may long obey ; If short, yet why should I be sad, That shall have the same to pay ? Christ leads me through no darker rooms Than he went through before... | |
 | 1858 - 498 pagine
...said, this hymn describes my state and experience : — " Lord, it belongs not to my care, Whether 1 die or live ; To love and serve thee is my share,...be glad, That I may long obey : If short ; yet why should.I be sad, That shall have the same pay ? Christ leads me through no darker rooms Than he went... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pagine
...we take ; Till in the ocean of thy love We lose ourselves in Heaven above. KEBLE. RESIGNATION. LORD, it belongs not to my care Whether I die or live ;...long obey ; If short — yet why should I be sad, That shall have equal pay ? Christ leads me through no darker rooms Than he went through before ; He... | |
 | 822 pagine
...the Rev. AJ Harrison, visited him in his sickness, and repeated to him the 816th hymn : — " Lord, it belongs not to my care Whether I die or live ; To love and serve Thee is my «hare, And this Thy grace must give," kc., which gave him great comfort and delight. His sufferings... | |
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