All as God wills, who wisely heeds To give or to withhold, And knoweth more of all my needs Than all my prayers have told. Enough that blessings undeserved Have marked my erring track ; That wheresoe'er my feet have swerved His chastening turned me back... The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier - Page 296by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1879 - 505 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...sky. Not less shall manly deed and word Rebuke an age of wrong; The graven flowers that wreathe the sword Make not the blade less strong. But smiting...more of all my needs Than all my prayers have told I Enough that blessings undeserved Have marked my erring track ; — That wheresoe'er my feet have... | |
| Christianity - 1879 - 474 pages
...of praise, The south wind softly sigh. And sweet calm days in golden haze Melt down the amber sky. All as God wills — who wisely heeds To give or to withhold. And knoweth more of all my nee<!s Than all my prayers have told. Enough that blessings undeserved Have marked my erring track... | |
| 1859 - 802 pages
...sky. Not less shall manly deed and word Rebuke an age of wrong ; The graven flowers that wreathe the sword Make not the blade less strong. But smiting...to destroy ; Nor less my heart for others feel That 1 the more enjoy. All as God wills, who wisely heeds To give or to withhold, And knoweth more of all... | |
| Norman Macleod - 1859 - 564 pages
...amber sky. Notless shall manly deed and word Rebuke an age of wrong; The graven flowers that wreath the sword Make not the blade less strong. But smiting hands shall learn to heal, To bnHd ¡is to destroy; Nor less my heart for others feel That I the more enjoy. All as God wills, who... | |
| Caroline Snowden Guild - Hymns - 1860 - 366 pages
...not the blade lefs ftrong. But smiting hands fhall learn to heal, To build as to deftroy ; Nor lefs my heart for others feel That I the more enjoy. All...needs Than all my prayers have told ! Enough that bleffings undeserved Have marked my erring track — That whereso'er my feet have swerved, His chaftening... | |
| Child rearing - 1860 - 590 pages
...The best of now and here. " All as God wills, who wisely heeds To give or to withhold, And kuoweth more of all my needs Than all my prayers have told....blessings undeserved, Have marked my erring track, That wheresoe'ermy feet haveswerved, HU love hath held me back. ' That more and more a providenee Of... | |
| All - 1861 - 304 pages
...pilgrim staff — l lay Aside the toiling oar ; The angel sought so far away, I welcome at my door. " All as God wills, who wisely heeds To give or to withhold,...have told. " Enough that blessings undeserved Have mark'd my erring track ; That wheresoe'er my footsteps swerved, Thy chastening held me back. " That... | |
| Literature - 1861 - 674 pages
...measure, which he has tried " All as God wills, who wisely heeds To give or to withhold, And knowcth more of all my needs Than all my prayers have told...that blessings undeserved Have marked my erring track ; That wheresoe'cr my feet have swerved, His chastening turned me back ; " That more and more a Providence... | |
| Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...good, And unblest good is ill; And nil is right that seems most wrong If it be his sweet will 1 FAEEE. All as God wills, who wisely heeds To give or to withhold, And knoweth more of nil my needs Than all my prayers have told. WHTTTIMI. And my soul repineth not, Well content whate'er... | |
| Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 pages
...furnace and smoothed the stormy wave, And tamed the Chaldean lions, is mighty still to save. MY PSALM. ALL as God wills, who wisely heeds To give or to withhold,...that blessings undeserved Have marked my erring track ; That wheresoe'er my feet have swerved, His chastening turned me back ; That more and more a Providence... | |
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