 A sinner, to salvation; An exile, to his home: But, while I here must linger, Thus, thus let all I see Point on, with faithful finger, To heaven, O Lord, and thee.  Poems: Chiefly Religious - Page 60by Henry Francis Lyte - 1845 - 164 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Carus Wilson - 1840 - 644 pages
...heaven, And chide at my delay. The friends gone there before me Are calling me from high, And happy angels o'er me Tempt sweetly to the sky, " Why wait,"...they say, "and wither, 'Mid scenes of death and sin? 0 rise to glory hither, And find true light begin?" 1 hear the invitation, And fain would rise and... | |
 | 1835 - 772 pages
...VOL. VIII.— Sept. 1835. 2 N The friends gone there before me Are calling me from high. And happy angels o'er me Tempt sweetly to the sky. " Why wait,"...they say, " and wither. Mid scenes of death and sin ? 0 rise to glory, hither. And find true life begin !" 1 hear the invitation. And fain would rise and... | |
 | Baron Stow, Samuel Francis Smith - 1844 - 732 pages
...heaven, And chide at my delay. 3 The friends gone there before me Are calling from on high, And happy angels o'er me Tempt sweetly to the sky : "Why wait,"...rise to glory, hither, And find true life begin." 4 I hew the invitation, And fain would rise and come, A sinner, to salvation, An exile, io his home... | |
 | Samuel Francis Smith - 1844 - 140 pages
...heaven, And chide at my delay. The friends gone there before me Are calling from on high, And happy angels o'er me Tempt sweetly to the sky. " Why wait,"...they say, "and wither, 'Mid scenes of death and sin ? 0 rise to glory hither, And find true life begin !" 1 hear the invitation, And fain would rise and... | |
 | Cheshire Pastoral Association (Cheshire, Conn.) - 1845 - 498 pages
...heaven, And chide at my delay. 3 The friends gone there before me Are calling from on high, And happy angels o'er me Tempt sweetly to the sky : " Why wait,"...they say, " and wither, 'Mid scenes of death and sin 1 O, rise to glory, hither, And find true life begin." 73.1. CM ANONYMOUS. Hartot. 1 TO praise the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams, Edwin Hubbell Chapin - 1846 - 706 pages
...heaven, And chide at my delay. . 3 The friends gone there before me Are calling from on high, And happy angels o'er me Tempt sweetly to the sky : "Why wait,"...to glory, hither, •» And find true life begin." CM WATTS. Winter. THE hoary frost, the fleecy snow, Descend, and clothe the ground; The liquid streams... | |
 | 1846 - 510 pages
...heaven, And chide at my delay. 3 The friends gone there before me, Are calling from on high, And happy angels o'er me Tempt sweetly to the sky : " Why wait,"...they say, " and wither 'Mid scenes of death and sin 1 O, rise to glory, hither And find true life begin." HYMN 729. CM [438] The same. THE hoary frost,... | |
 | Baron Stow, Samuel Francis Smith, Richard Fuller, Jeremiah Bell Jeter - 1847 - 758 pages
...heaven, And chide at my delay. I The friends gone there before me Are calling from on high, And happy angels o'er me Tempt sweetly to the sky: " Why wait,"...rise to glory, hither, And find true life begin." 4 I hear the invitation, And fain would rise and come, A sinner, to salvation, An exile to his home... | |
 | Robert Northmore Greville - 1848 - 434 pages
...The joys that round me wing — All melt like stars of even Before the morning's ray, Pass upwards into heaven, And chide at my delay. The friends gone...they say, " and wither 'Mid scenes of death and sin ? Oh, rise to glory hither, And find true life begin ! " I hear the invitation, And fain would rise... | |
 | John Boyden - 1848 - 308 pages
...heaven, And chide at my delay. 3 The friends gone there before me Are calling from on high, And happy angels o'er me Tempt sweetly to the sky ; "Why wait,"...they say, "and wither Mid scenes of death and sin f O, rise to glory, hither, And find true life begin." 245. 6s. & 4s. M. 1 Lord of the changing year... | |
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