 | Christian life - 1873 - 350 pages
...voices gone, For vanished smiles I long ; But God hath led ray dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...alone that life and death His mercy underlies. And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed He will not break, But strengthen... | |
 | American essays - 1890 - 880 pages
...God which enabled Whittier to say, as he contemplated the mysteries of life and death : — " And ao beside the silent sea, I wait the muffled oar ; No...harm from Him can come to me, On ocean or on shore." Substitutes — I can forgive the audacity Wanted. remark of tne Contributor's friend, but I lift up... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society - New England - 1883 - 618 pages
...poet, Whitticr, which are a consolation to me, and which he kindly repeated to me when we last met : " And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar, No harm from Him can come to me, On ocean or ou shore. * 1 know not whore His islands lift Their fronded palms in air, I only know I cannot drift... | |
 | Edwin Cortland Bolles - Bible - 1865 - 734 pages
...voices gone, For vanished smiles I long, But God hath led my dear ones on, And he can do no wrong. 2 I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. 3 And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But... | |
 | Lyra - Consolation - 1866 - 334 pages
...voices gone, For vanished smiles I long, But God hath led my dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...alone that life and death His mercy underlies. And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed He will not break, But strengthen... | |
 | Baptists - 1866 - 578 pages
...voices gone, For vanished smiles I long ; But God hath led my dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise...alone that life and death His mercy underlies. And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But strengthen... | |
 | Edward James Young - 1866 - 38 pages
...his word, and serving him with a filial, grateful, joyful spirit. He loved to repeat the lines : " I know not 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 ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1866 - 836 pages
...WHITTIER. I (Ttu'D's lobc ant r Care. LONG for household voices gone, For vanished smiles I lontj, O ' 2 I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. 3 And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But... | |
 | 1878 - 626 pages
...beautifully the perfect faith expressed in these words harmonises with JG Whittier's exquisite lines : — " And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar...harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore." As Editor of the " Present-Day Papers," he helped to bring before the public clear views of great truths,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1867 - 184 pages
...voices gone, For vanished smiles I long, But God hath led my dear ones on, And He can do no wrong. I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise,...alone that life and death His mercy underlies. And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed He will not break, But strengthen... | |
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And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed He will not break, But strengthen and sustain. 
