Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading... Mentoria, Or, The Young Ladies Instructor: In Familiar Conversations on ... - Page 63by Ann Murry - 1778 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
| Elizabeth Strutt - 1830 - 272 pages
...strains belong ; In cheerful sounds your voices raise, And fill the world with loudest praise. Prayer. Father of light and life ! thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself. Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ; and feed my soul With knowledge,... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...visions past, And broken slumbers, rises still resolved, With new-flush 'd hopes, to run the giddy round. Father of light and life! thou Good Supreme! O teach me what is good ! teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ! and feed my soul With knowledge,... | |
| Joel Hawes - Character - 1831 - 186 pages
...emergency of life, prompted by the warm impulse of duty, you will raise to Heaven the expressive prayer, " Father of light and life ! Thou good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ! Teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ! And feed my soul With knowledge,... | |
| Henry Bennet Brewster - Liberalism (Religion). - 1833 - 202 pages
...policy and intimidation, which are framed to uphold the imagined weakness of Christian truth." - " FATHER of light and life, thou Good Supreme '. O teach me what is good ! teach me Thyself. Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ; and feed my soul With knowledge,... | |
| Notes - 1834 - 264 pages
...subjects ; then " the kingdom of heaven is within us. and all is obedience, peace, and love. Horne. Father of light and life! thou Good Supreme! O teach me what is good! teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit! and feed my soul With knowledge,... | |
| 1834 - 498 pages
...sweep o'er — We sink to rise no more ! — Miss ELEANOR SNOWDEN. DEFECTS AND ABSURDITIES OF DEISM. Father of light and life ! thou Good supreme ! O teach me what is good ! teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ! — THOMSON. IT is affirmed... | |
| A. Walton - Thames Valley (England) - 1834 - 158 pages
...Earl Buchan directed a 29 monument to be placed over his remains, with the following inscription : Father of Light and Life ! thou good supreme, O teach me what is good ! teach me thyself. Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit, and feed my soul With knowledge,... | |
| Samuel Leigh - Architecture - 1834 - 594 pages
...the year of our Lord 1792." Underneath is this quotation from h,s " Winter:" " Father of Light aatl Life ! Thou Good Supreme ! O, teach me what is good! teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice. From every low pursuit ! and feed my soul ^ ith knowledge,... | |
| James Thomson - 1836 - 164 pages
...visions past, And broken slumbers, rises still resulv'd With new flush'd hopes, to run the giddy round. Father of light and life! thou Good Supreme! O teach me what is good ! teach me thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ! and feed my soul With knowledge,... | |
| James Thomson - 1836 - 200 pages
...past, Ami broken slumbers, rises still resolv'd ;•» . With new-flush'd hopes, to run the giddy round Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme, O teach me what is good ! teach me thyself! It Bfryyfae from folly, vanity and vice, *• 4-wliWvery low pursuit j and feed my soul With... | |
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