| Isaac Watts - 1807 - 410 pages
...could be, When from Heaven he descended, ' And became a child like thce? Soft and easy is thy cradle : Blessed babe ! what glorious features, Spotless, fair, divinely bright ! Must he dwell with bnital creatures ! How could angels bear the sight? Was there nothing but a manger Cursed sinners could... | |
| Moravians - 1809 - 406 pages
...Son of God could be, When from heaven he descended, And became a child like thee. 4 Soft and easy is thy cradle, Coarse and hard thy Saviour lay, When...birth-place was a stable, And his softest bed was hay. 5 Was there nothing but a manger Cursed sinners could afford, To receive the heav'nly Stranger, Did they... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pages
...Son of God could be, When from Heaven he descended, And became a child like thee ! Soft and easy is thy cradle : Coarse and hard thy Saviour lay : When...birth-place was a stable, And his softest bed was bay. Blessed babe ! what glorious features, Spotless fair, divinely bright ! Must He dwell with brutal... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pages
...Son of God could be, When from Heaven he descended, And became a child like thai.- ! Soft and easy is thy cradle : Coarse and hard thy Saviour lay : When his birth-place was a stable, And bis softest bed was bay. Blessed babe ! what glorious features, Spotless fair, divinely bright ! Must... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1800 - 82 pages
...How much better thou'rt attended Than the SON of GOD could be ; Soft and eafy is thy Cradle ; Coarfe and hard thy Saviour lay ; When his Birth-place was a Stable, And his fofteft Bed was Hfiy. Blefled Babe ! what glorious Features, Spotlefs fair, divinely bright ! Muft... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1813 - 574 pages
...Son of God could be, When from heaven he descended And became a cbild like tb.ee. 4 Soft and easy is thy cradle : Coarse and hard thy Saviour lay ; When...softest bed was hay, 5 Blessed babe ! what glorious feature!, Spotless fair, divinely bright ! Must lie dwell with brutal creatures ? How could angels... | |
| London reading - 1820 - 48 pages
...with brutal How could Was there nothing but a Cursed sinners could afford, To receive the Spotlesi, fair, Divinely bright, Must he dwell with brutal Creatures, How could Angels hear the sight ! Was there nothing but a Manger, Cursed Sinners could afford, Did they thus affront^... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1824 - 36 pages
...cradle ; Coarse andjiard thy Saviour lay, When his birWplace was a stable, And his softest bed was hay. Blessed babe ! what glorious features ! Spotless fair,...brutal creatures ? How could angels bear the sight ? Was there nothing but a manger, Cursed sinners could afford, To receive the heavenly stranger ? Did... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1829 - 76 pages
...Son of God could be; When from heaven he descended, And became a child like thee ! Soft and easy is thy cradle ; Coarse and hard thy Saviour lay, When...birth-place was a stable, And his softest bed was hay. Blessed babe! what glorious features, Spotless, fair, divinely bright! Must he dwell with brutal creatures?... | |
| William Jay - 1829 - 592 pages
...descended, " And became a child like thee ! " Soft and easy is thy cradle — " Coarse and hard the Saviour lay, " When his birth-place was a stable, " And his softest bed was hay !" How soon was he driven an infant-exile into Egypt ! Widows ministered to him of their substance.... | |
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