 | 1804 - 498 pages
...look of inexpressible sweetness, said : " Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are i While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out gently there." " Weep not for me, my dear sisters, but weep for yourselves and for your children."... | |
 | English poetry - 1802 - 384 pages
...stretch her wings in haste, 19 Fly fearless thro' Death's iron gdtei Nor feel the terrors as she past. 4 Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows...lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there. XXXII. Frailty anl folly. HOW short and hasty is our life 1 How vast cur souls' affairs! Yet senseless... | |
 | George Richards - Hymns, English - 1806 - 394 pages
...stretch her wings in haste* Fly fearless through death's iron gate, Nor feel the terrors as she pass'd. 4 Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft, as downy pillows...lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there. T 2 HYMN CCCCXXX. 1 T 'LL praise my Maker while I 've breath, •*• And when my voice is lost in... | |
 | Religion - 1810 - 722 pages
...a friend to repeat it for him. — He appeared almost in transport with the following verse :— " Jesus can make a dying bed " Feel soft as downy pillows...my head, " And breathe my life out sweetly there." In the course of the night he desired his attendants would sing a hymn. He made several attempts to... | |
 | Religion - 1810 - 724 pages
...particularly fond of repeating and dwelling on the following lines: " Jesus can make a dying bed, " As soft as downy pillows are; " While on his breast I...my head, " And breathe my life out sweetly there." On Wednesday evening, Slst March, she began to repent the first lines of Watts' 17th Hymn, 1st Book... | |
 | Religion - 1810 - 724 pages
...particularly fond of repeating and dwelling on the following lines : " Jesus can make a dying bed, " As soft as downy pillows are ; " While on his breast...my head, " And breathe my life out sweetly there." On Wednesday evening, 2 1st March, she began to repeat the first lines of Watts' 17th Hymn, 1st Book... | |
 | Missions - 1809 - 618 pages
...going to glory, — I shall soon be there ! can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, Wnile on' his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there !' , Her sister said to her, ' My dear, J wish I could go with you ;' — »he replied, " 1 wish 1... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Dissenters, Religious - 1813 - 574 pages
...iron gate, Nor feel the terrors as she past. 4 Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillars are, While on his breast I lean my head, • And breathe my life out sweetly there. HYMN XXXII. [CM] Frailty and folly. 1 HOW short and hasty is our life ! How vast our soul's affairs... | |
 | Timothy Alden - Epitaphs - 1814 - 296 pages
...may not be impatient. Sweet Jesus, dear Jesus, she faintly uttered, anil then said, can you repeat? Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows...lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there. Pointing to the Bible, she said, my grace is sufficient for thec. Indeed, a frown or complaining look... | |
 | Theology - 1816 - 432 pages
...night very comfortable, and prayed to be made fit for another and a better world. She said, • • ' Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows...his breast I lean my head, , And breathe my life out sweeily there.' She then repeated several passages of Scripture, and added, ' this 1 should like to... | |
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Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on His breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there. 
