 | Ralph Williston - 1806 - 436 pages
...heart from earth be free, When it hath found repose in thee. •}. Each moment draw, from earth away, That strives with thee my heart to share ? Ah! tear it thence, and reign alone, My heart, that lowly waits thy calI. Speak to my inmost soul, and say : " I am thy love, thy God, thy... | |
 | Carl Heinrich von Bogatzky - 1828 - 436 pages
...our own words and deeds that we are the living temples of God. Is there a thing beneath the sun Tihat strives with thee my heart to share ? Ah ! tear it thence, and reign alone, The Lord of ev'ry motion there : Then shall my heartfrom earth be free When it ha» found repone in thcc. 0 hide... | |
 | Moravians - 1809 - 406 pages
...to see'k its peace in thee; Yet while I seek, but find thee not, At rest my wand'ring mind can't be; That strives with thee my heart to share ? Ah ! tear it thence, and be alone The spring of ev'ry motion there: Then shall my heart from earth be free, When it hath found... | |
 | Thomas Jones (chaplain to the earl of Peterborough) - 1812 - 486 pages
...Inly I sigh for thy repose : My heart is pain'd, nor can it be At rest till it finds rest in thee. Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with...Ah ! tear it thence, and reign alone, The Lord of ev'ry motion there : Then shall my heart from earth be free, When it has found repose in thee. O hide... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1820 - 516 pages
...us in his •' I'iafo Account ot Christian Perfection," were written at Savannah in the year mii : Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with...to share ? Ah tear it thence, and reign alone, The toril of every nation there ! you to proceed DO further in this business. Upon this Wesley replied,... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1820 - 490 pages
...LORD of ev'ry motion there! Then shall my heart from earth be free, When it hath found repose in Thee. That strives with Thee my heart to share ? Ah ! tear it thence, and reign alone, O hide this self from me, that I No more, but CHRIST in me may live! My vile affections crucify, In... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1820 - 562 pages
...tells us in hi» " Plain Account of Christian Perfection," were written at Savannah in the year 1736 : Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with thee my heart to share .All tear it thence, and reign alone, , The Lord of ereiy motion there ! at length succeeded in dissuading... | |
 | 1824 - 636 pages
...And inly sigh for thy repose : My heart is pain'd, nor can it be At rest, till I find rest in thee. 2 Is there a thing beneath the sun, That strives with...share '{• Ah ! tear it thence, and reign alone, And govern every motion there ! Then shall my heart from earth be free, When it hath found its all... | |
 | John Wesley - 1827 - 590 pages
...gentlemen in derision termed Methodists,) till we em barked for America, in the latter end of 1735. It was the next year, while I was at Savannah, that I wrote the following lines : la there a thing beneath (he sun, That ttrires with thee my heart to share ? Ah, (ear it thence,... | |
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Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone, The Lord of every motion there! Then shall my heart from earth be free, When it hath found repose in thee. 
