 GIVE me the wings of faith, to rise Within the vail, and see The saints above — how great their joys, How bright their glories be ! 2 Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears ; They wrestled hard, as we do now, With sins, and...  Lives of Sacred Poets - Page 132by Robert Aris Willmott - 1838 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Isabella Graham - Christian biography - 1816 - 428 pages
...bless the sacred name Of him that sits upon the throne. And to adore the Lamb." " GIVE me the wings of faith to rise Within the veil, and see, The saints...joys How bright their glories be. " Once they were mourners here below, And wet their couch with tears; They wrestled hard as we do now, With sins. and... | |
 | Joshua Huntington - Funeral sermons - 1817 - 194 pages
...rise," When she came to the last line of the second verse " Onee they were mourning here below, Anil wel their couch with tears : They wrestled' hard, as we do now, With sins, and doubts, and fears." She hesitated a moment, and then said, " I cannot say, applying the subject to myself, as / do now... | |
 | Theology - 1818 - 596 pages
...sentences, which led me to believe her in prayer. After some time she exclaimed, ' Give me the wings of faith to rise Within the veil, and see The saints...how great their joys, How bright their glories be.' During the following verse, she raised her hands and spoke with a fervor I shall long remember. ' 1... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Bible - 1818 - 612 pages
...HYMN 140. CM (*t The examples of Christ and the tamtt. 1 /"I IVE me the wings of faith, to rise VJT Within the veil, and see The saints above, how great their joys, How bright their glories be! 2 Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears -, They wrestled hard, as we do... | |
 | Richard Herne Shepherd - Hymns, English - 1818 - 684 pages
...the Lamb. 71 . The. Example of Christ and Saints. (LM) I IVE me the wings of faith, to rise Withito the veil, and see The saints above, how great their joys, How bright their glories be. 2 Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears ; They wrestled hard, as we do... | |
 | John Wesley - 1818 - 306 pages
...love. • '• A HYM£T.' IVE me the wings of faith to rise Withiq the veil, and see • I <•• • The saints above, how great their joys. How bright their glories be. 2 Once they were mourning here below. And wet their couch with tears ; They wrestled hard, as we do... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Bible - 1819 - 636 pages
...v)f Within the vail; and see The saints above, how great their joys; How bright their glories be! p 2 Once they were mourning here below, , And wet their...wrestled hard, as we do now, With sins, and doubts, und fears. —3 I ask them, whence their vict'ry came; They, with united breath, o Ascribe their conquest... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Bible - 1819 - 616 pages
...HYMN 140. CM (?) The tramples nfCkrisI and Hie saints. 1 /"^l IVE me the wings of faith, to rise VT Within the veil, and see The saints above, how great their joys, How bright their glorias be! 2 Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears ; They wrestled hard,... | |
 | Charles Burton - Hymns, English - 1820 - 490 pages
...beneath their feet, And gladly, die their LORD to meet. A sight of the Saintt in llmnn. me the wings of faith to rise Within the veil, and see The saints...how great their joys, How bright their glories be. 2 Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears : They wrestled hard, as we do... | |
 | Isaac Watts, James Manning Winchell - Bible - 1820 - 314 pages
...Abridge, Peterboro'. The exam/ilts vf Christ width'- nain 1 f~~* IVE me the wings of faith, to rise \*Jf Within the veil, and see The saints above, how great their joys, How bright their glories be ! 2 Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch wilh tears ; They wrestled hard, as we... | |
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