 | 1827 - 676 Seiten
...Christians have been privileged to enjoy. He often dwelt with delight on those lines of Dr. Watts— There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal...day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. To a friend engaged in the building business, who was lamenting sometime ago the infirmities of age,... | |
 | 1827 - 346 Seiten
...brings the myriads none can count, To seats of joy on Zion's mount! 303. c. M. A Prospect of Heaven. THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal...day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 3 There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers : Death, like a narrow sea, divides... | |
 | 1828 - 594 Seiten
...j May lively faith and strong desire Bear ev'ry thought above. 482. CM WATTS. A prospect of heaven, 1 THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal...banish pain. 2 There, everlasting spring abides, And never-with'ring flow'rs ; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heav'nly land from ours. 3 Sweet fields,... | |
 | William Orme - 1828 - 368 Seiten
...sufferings, behind us Strange that we should ever wish to linger. You remember that beautiful hymn; — "There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal...day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. "There everlasting spring abides, And never-with'ring flow'rs: Death, like a narrow eea, divides, This... | |
 | 1828 - 188 Seiten
...mercies give, Yet who so often is forgot ? Then may I ever grateful be, For all the Lord has given to me. THERE is a land of pure delight. Where Saints immortal...day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. There everlasting Spring abides, And never withering flowers ; Death, like a narrow stream, divides... | |
 | Alvan Bond, Pliny Fisk - 1828 - 454 Seiten
...evening I sat by the bed-side of my feeble brother, and he requested me to repeat the following hymn: 'There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal...day excludes the night. And pleasures banish pain.' &c. Afterwards we enjoyed a happy season in conversing about heaven. 'If I were to live my missionary... | |
 | Jonathan Peele Dabney - 1828 - 358 Seiten
...brings the myriads none can count, To seats of joy on Zion's mount! 303. c. M. A Prospect of Heaven. 1 THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasure* banish pain. 3 There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers : Death, like... | |
 | Sebastian Streeter, Russell Streeter - 1829 - 426 Seiten
...# or b ] Land of Delight. 1 THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign ; Eternal day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain....from ours. 3 Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood, 1 -ipH in livinp: preen ; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between. 4 But timorous... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1829 - 222 Seiten
...speak a world from nought, 'Twas greater to redeem. 76. A prospect of heaven makes death eaty. (CM) 1 THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal...banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-fading flowers ; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heav'nly land from ours. 3 But tim'rous... | |
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Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green ; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between. 
