 | Missions - 1851 - 772 pages
...respect to this great and glorious work, that we must not only do something, but must do it with all our might. " An angel's wing would droop if long at rest. And God Himself, inactive, be no longer blest." I muit now call upon our friend, Dr. Tidman, to read the Report ; — earnestly... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1837 - 668 pages
...comfort, and bliss to the wretched, is God-like. Then, " Be thy thoughts to work divine address'd ; Do something — do it soon — with all thy might:...And God himself, inactive, were no longer blest." To seek, therefore, the highest welfare of immortal souls, by leading them to forsake the ways of sin... | |
 | Religion - 1849 - 1188 pages
...lit, If not protected, pruned, and fed with care, Soon dies or runs to waste with fitful glare. Then be thy thoughts to work divine addressed Do something—...And God himself, inactive, were no longer blest." Labor gives a zest to all our enjoyments. It makes the plainest food savory, gives buoyancy to our... | |
 | American poetry - 1839 - 430 pages
...unnerve thee quite , And be thy thoughts to work divine addressed; Do something—do it soon—with all thy might; An angel's wing would droop if long...longer blest. Some high or humble enterprise of good Comernplate, till it shall possess thy mind, Become thy study, pastime, rest, and food, And kindle... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...night Wake ere the earthborn charm unnerve thee quite, And be thy thoughts to work divine address'd ; Do something— do it soon — with all thy might...long at rest, And God himself inactive were no longer bless'd. Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate till it shall possess thy mind, Become... | |
 | Civilization - 1851 - 428 pages
...; Wake, ere the earth-born charm unnerve thee quite, And be thy thoughts to work divine address'd ; Do something — do it soon — with all thy might...at rest, And God himself, inactive, were no longer bless'd. Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate, till it shall possess thy mind, Become... | |
 | 1853 - 1048 pages
...united. "Wake, And be your thoughts to work divine add reu'd; Do something— do It won— with all your might; An angel's wing would droop. If long at rest....And God himself, inactive, we're no longer blest. ANNIVERSARIES OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. The thirty. ninth anniversary... | |
 | Christian life - 1841 - 188 pages
...ministering spirits," to watch over the good man's path,' and at last to bear his spirit up to heaven ; for " An angel's wing would droop, if long at rest, And God himself, inactive, were no longer blest" Benevolence is also sometimes found in man, even to an eminent degree, though we are naturally much... | |
 | 1842 - 488 pages
...; Wake, ere the earth-born charm unnerve thce quite, And be thy thoughts to work divine address'd ; Do something, do it soon, with all thy might; An angel's...at rest, And God himself, inactive, were no longer bless'd. Some high or humble enterprize of good Contemplate, till it shall possess thy mind, Become... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...Might ; Wake ere the earthbom charm unnerve thee quite. And be thy thoughts to work divine address'd; Do something — do it soon — with all thy might...long at rest, And God himself inactive were no longer bless'd. 120 121 Become thy study, pastime, rest, and food, And kindle in thy heart a flame retined... | |
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Wake, thou that sleepest in enchanted bowers, Lest these lost years should haunt thee on the night When death is waiting for thy numbered hours To take their swift and everlasting flight ; Wake, ere the earth-born charm unnerve thee quite, And be thy... 
