On the Death of a Minister (William Cowper Poem)
His master taken from his head, Elisha saw him go; And in desponding accents said, "Ah, what must Israel do?" ...
His master taken from his head, Elisha saw him go; And in desponding accents said, "Ah, what must Israel do?" ...
To those who love the Lord I speak; Is my Beloved near? The Bridegroom of my soul I seek, Oh! ...
The new-born child of gospel grace, Like some fair tree when summer's nigh, Beneath Emmanuel's shining face Lifts up his ...
The Lord receives his highest praise From humble minds and hearts sincere; While all the loud professor says Offends the ...
To tell the Saviour all my wants, How pleasing is the task! Nor less to praise Him when He grants ...
O God, whose favorable eye, The sin-sick soul revives, Holy and heavenly is the joy Thy shining presence gives. Not ...
Grace, triumphant in the throne, Scorns a rival, reigns alone; Come and bow beneath her sway; Cast your idol works ...
To Jesus, the crown of my hope, My soul is in haste to be gone; O bear me, ye cherubim, ...
Thy country, Wilberforce, with just disdain, Hears thee, by cruel men and impious, call'd Fanatic, for thy zeal to loose ...
Lord, my soul with pleasure springs When Jesu's name I hear: And when God the Spirit brings The word of ...
Thus heav'nward all things tend. For all were once Perfect, and all must be at length restor'd. So God has ...
Winter has a joy for me, While the Saviour's charms I read, Lowly, meek, from blemish free, In the snowdrop's ...
Sin has undone our wretched race; But Jesus has restored, And brought the sinner face to face With his forgiving ...
(Zecheriah, xiii.1) There is a fountain fill'd with blood, Drawn from Emmanuel's veins; And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose ...
I was a grovelling creature once, And basely cleaved to earth: I wanted spirit to renounce The clod that gave ...
Sin enslaved me many years, And led me bound and blind; Till at length a thousand fears Came swarming o'er ...
(Isaiah, xii.1) I will praise Thee every day Now Thine anger's turn'd away; Comfortable thoughts arise From the bleeding sacrifice. ...
(Isaiah, lvii.15) The Lord will happiness divine On contrite hearts bestow; Then tell me, gracious God, is mine A contrite ...
'Tis morning; and the sun, with ruddy orb Ascending, fires th' horizon: while the clouds, That crowd away before the ...
Of all the gifts Thine hand bestows, Thou Giver of all good! Not heaven itself a richer knows Than my ...
How bless'd Thy creature is, O God, When with a single eye, He views the lustre of Thy Word, The ...
Hark! 'tis the twanging horn! O'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in ...
Oh that those lips had language! Life has pass'd With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips ...
A poet's cat, sedate and grave As poet well could wish to have, Was much addicted to inquire For nooks ...
Almighty King! whose wondrous hand Supports the weight of sea and land; Whose grace is such a boundless store, No ...
Ah! wherefore should my weeping maid suppress Those gentle signs of undissembled woe? When from soft love proceeds the deep ...
God of my life, to Thee I call, Afflicted at Thy feet I fall; When the great water-floods prevail, Leave ...
God gives his mercies to be spent; Your hoard will do your soul no good. Gold is a blessing only ...
England, with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English ...
(Hebrews, iv.2) Israel in ancient days Not only had a view Of Sinai in a blaze, But learn'd the Gospel ...
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