 | Christian life - 1873 - 350 pages
...flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed He will not break, But strengthen and sustain. And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar...know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. And, O dear Lord, by whom are seen Thy creatures as they be, Oh, give me grace, in faith to lean, ^ta-bamu.... | |
 | American literature - 1867 - 796 pages
...condensed in the following verses: — "And so, beside the silent sea, I wait the muffled oar ; Xo harm from Him can come to me, On ocean or on shore....islands lift Their fronded palms in air, I only know I c.innot drift Beyond His love and care. 0 brothers ! if my faith is vain, If ho|€s like these betray... | |
 | Edwin Cortland Bolles - Bible - 1865 - 734 pages
...are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But strengthen and sustain. 4 And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar...harm from him can come to me On ocean or on shore. • 5 I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond... | |
 | Edwin Cortland Bolles - Bible - 1865 - 738 pages
...faith is vain, If hopes like these betray, Pray for me that my feet may gain The sure and safer way. 5 And thou, O Lord ! by whom are seen Thy creatures...be, Forgive me if too close I lean My human heart on thce ! 137 7'sM. out Jiffr. TOPLADT. LORD, it is not life to live, If thy presence thou deny ; Lord,... | |
 | Baptists - 1866 - 578 pages
...flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But strengthen and sustain. And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar...on shore. I know not where his islands lift Their fronted palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. And O, dear Lord, by whom... | |
 | Edward James Young - 1866 - 38 pages
...what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. 10 And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar...on shore. I know not where his islands lift Their fronted balms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care." I never knew one more... | |
 | Horatius Bonar - Consolation - 1866 - 334 pages
...have. Nor works my faith to prove ; I can but give the gifts he gave, And plead his love for love. And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar...on shore. I know not where his islands lift Their fronted balms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. O brothers ! if my faith... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1866 - 836 pages
...are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But strengthen and sustain. o 4 And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar;...harm from him can come to me On ocean or on shore. 5 I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond... | |
 | American Unitarian Association - Unitarian churches - 1867 - 532 pages
...what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. And so, beside the silent sea, I 'wait the muffled...only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care. 0 brother ! if my faith is vain, If hopes like these betray, Pray for me, that my feet may gain The... | |
 | 1867 - 554 pages
...their comprehensiveness. The spirit which pervades them is condensed in the following verses : — ' And so, beside the silent sea, I wait the muffled...only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. ' 0 brothers ! if my faith is vain, If hopes like these betray ; Pray for me that my feet may gain... | |
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And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. 
