 | 1853 - 666 pàgines
...— death, life ! how curious it is." And then the broad chest sank. His spirit was with his God. " So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently...the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore." America has produced three men of the first order of mind. The first, on account of his public services,... | |
 | Lewis Glover Pray - 1844 - 190 pàgines
...when he dies! When sinks a weary soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast! 2 So fades a summer cloud away, So...wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, 4 Life's duty done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies; While heaven and earth... | |
 | Lowell Mason, David Greene - 1844 - 588 pàgines
...is the scene when Christians die, When holy souls retire to rest: How mildly beams the closing eye! How gently heaves th' expiring breast! 2 So fades...eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. «"* 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, > Fanned by some guardian angel's wing : til O grave ! where is... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1844 - 660 pàgines
...the righteous when they die, JJ- When holy souls retire to rest! How mildly beams the closing eye ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast! 2 So fades...the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. 3 Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears, Where lights and shades alternate dwell ; How bright th' unchanging... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1844 - 500 pàgines
...soul to rest ; How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves uY expirmg breast ! 2 So fades the summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are...shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which liie nor death destroys ; Nothing disturbs that peace profound Which his unfettered soul enjoys. Farewell,... | |
 | Joseph Parrish Thompson - 1844 - 156 pàgines
...countenance, even in death, bespoke a mind at peace with itself, at peace with the world, at peace with God. So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when...the eye of day ; — So dies a wave along the shore. He is gone ! His place in the sanctuary is vacant ; and in our social meetings, we shall no longer... | |
 | 1844 - 636 pàgines
...Watts; and on the following Sabbath evening, at Lessness Heath Chapel, from 2 Kings ii. 12, by C. Hart. How blest the righteous when he dies, When sinks a...closing eyes, How gently heaves th' expiring breast. So fades a sammer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day,... | |
 | 1883 - 798 pàgines
...engaged in prayer. There was no dying testimony, nor was any needed in his case. " So fades a Bummer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er...shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. Life's duty done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies ; While heaven and earth... | |
 | Will Jones - 1845 - 720 pàgines
...the same day ( 1 1th April), without a sigh, groan, or struggle, he gently expired." " How bless'd the righteous when he dies, When sinks a weary soul...closing eyes, How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! " So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of... | |
 | Bible hymn-book - 1845 - 272 pàgines
...When time shall be no more. 134 JEK. xxn. 10. — " Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him." 1 How blest the righteous when he dies! When sinks...How mildly beam the closing eyes ; How gently heaves the expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er : So gently... | |
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So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. 
