 Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with Thee my heart to share ? Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone, The Lord of every motion there ! Then shall my heart from earth be free, When it hath found repose in Thee.  Hymns and Poems for the Sick and Suffering - Page 201by Hymns, Thomas Vincent Fosbery - 1871 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1847 - 440 pages
...labors. The great purpose of his life was expressed in these lines, written at Savannah in the year 1736. "Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with...and reign alone, The Lord of every motion there." The same disinterestedness, which shone through all his life, appeared in his conduct there. A salary... | |
 | 1880 - 492 pages
..." turns back again." Oh, my soul, think of such a case, and fall low upon thy knees, exclaiming : " Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with Thee my heart to share ? 0 tear it thence, and reign alone, The LORD of every passion there." II. Here is another soul brought... | |
 | Daniel Walton - Assurance (Theology) - 1847 - 248 pages
...one thing I do." Even the strong words of the poet are not too strong to express its feelings : — " Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with thee my heart to share ? O tear it thence, and reign alone The Lord of every motion there." 2. Yet, while you manifest this... | |
 | Robert Cassie Waterston - Hymns, English - 1848 - 702 pages
...wandering soul shall see. O when shall all my wanderings end, And all my steps to thee- ward tend ! 4 Is there a thing beneath the sun, That strives with...earth be free, When it hath found repose in thee. 386. CM WATTS. God our Portion here and hereafter. Ps. 78. 1 GOD, my supporter and my hope, My help... | |
 | David Creamer - Hymns - 1848 - 488 pages
...the following lines, of verse 4, to show what his religious sentiments and feelings then were, — " Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with...thence, and reign alone, The Lord of every motion there !" Dr. Southcy, in his Life of Wesley, connects these lines with a subject of quite a different character,... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1848 - 628 pages
...wand'ring soul shall see ; O when shall all my wand'rings end, And all my steps to thee-ward tend ! 4 Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with thee my heart to share 1 ' Oh, tear it thence, and reign alone, The Lord of every motion there ! Then shall my heart from... | |
 | Hymns - 1849 - 550 pages
...yet will my passions rove ; Yet hinderances strew all the way ; I aim at thee, yet from thee stray. 3 Is there a thing beneath the sun, That strives with...earth be free, When it hath found repose in thee. 4 Each moment draw from earth away My heart, that lowly waits thy call ; Speak to my inmost soul, and... | |
 | Hymns - 1849 - 478 pages
...wandering soul shall see. O, when shall all my wanderings end, And all my steps to Thee-ward tend ! 4 Is there a thing beneath the sun, That strives with...earth be free, When it hath 'found repose in Thee. PM ANONYMOUS. LEAD THOU ME ON ! 1 SEND kindly light amid the encircling gloom, And lead me on ! The... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1849 - 742 pages
...I sigh for thy repose : My heart is pain'd, nor can it be At rest, till it finds rest in thee. 2 la there a thing beneath the sun, That strives with thee...Then shall my heart from earth be free, When it hath fonnd repose in thee. 8 0 hide this self from me, that I No more, but Christ in me, may live; My vile... | |
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