With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired,... The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 5161827Full view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — " My Father made them all ! " Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with... | |
| William Josiah Irons - Causation - 1836 - 238 pages
...! — his to enjoy, With a propriety that none can feel, But who with filial reverence endued, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — ' My Father made them all.' "' 1 Cowper. SECTION III. OF THE THEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT A PRIORI. IT is now concluded, 1st, That the... | |
| John McVickar - 1836 - 536 pages
...rivers his t' enjoy, With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, " My Father made them all." ' ' There never yet lived,' says Bishop Jebb, ' a good and happy man who did not communicate from the... | |
| William Josiah Irons - Causation - 1836 - 242 pages
...! — his to enjoy, With a propriety that none can feel, But who with filial reverence endued, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — ' My Father made them all.' "' 1 Cowper. SECTION III. OF THE THEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT A PRIORI. IT is now concluded, 1st, That the... | |
| Maria Jane Jewsbury - Bible - 1837 - 290 pages
...of devotional feeling. He may be a poet, he may be a painter, but the unlettered Christian who can " Lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say—' My Father made them all,' " enjoys them with purer zest.* God, my dear friend, is as sufficient to * " Since I have known God... | |
| American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel. But who, with ulial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — " My father made them all !" Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eyes they fill with... | |
| Henry Woodward - 1838 - 438 pages
...the whole creation rejoices, in the contemplation of him who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — ' My Father made them all !' " I shall conclude with but one more brief observation ; to show the wisdom of " considering the... | |
| John McVickar - Anglican Communion - 1838 - 564 pages
...rivers his t' enjoy, With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, "My Father made them all."' ' There never yet lived,' says Bishop Jebb, ' a good and happy man who did not communicate from the... | |
| William Cutter Hanscom - Sermons, American - 1838 - 226 pages
...rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And, smiling, say, ' My Father made them all.' " 3d. Another advantage enjoyed by the believer in the " restitution of all things " is, that he has... | |
| Edward Bickersteth (rector of Watton, Herts.) - Meditation - 1838 - 604 pages
...rivers ; his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel. But who, with filial confidence inspired, Cao lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye. And smiling say, ' My father made them all.' Are they not his by a peculiar righ1, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with... | |
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