 But oh ! th' exceeding grace Of highest God that loves His creatures so, And all His works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels He sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve His wicked foe. " How oft do they their silver bowers leave,...  The Retrospective Review - Sida 871825Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1867 - 746 sidor
...beautiful lines, intended to illustrate God's care for his creatures by the ministration of angels :— " And is there care in heaven ? and is there love In...evils move ? There is; else much more wretched were thence Of men than beasts. But oh 1 the exceeding grace Of highest God, that loves his creatures BO,... | |
 | Henry Thompson - 1853 - 762 sidor
...thoughts of solemnity and elevation. How shall we feel, who know that we are closed about with 1 " O the exceeding grace Of highest GOD ! that loves His creatures so, And all His works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed Angels He sends to and fro To serve to wicked man, to serve His wicked... | |
 | Edward A. Rice - 1853 - 326 sidor
...extracts ; the first from our Christian poet, Spenser, the other from Hesiod, who lived before Homer: ' And is there care in heaven, and is there love In heavenly spirits to us creatures base, That may compassion of our evils move ? There is, else much more wretched were the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1854 - 374 sidor
...sky, The searching glance which none may flee, Is still, in mercy, turned on thee. ANGELIC MINISTRY. AND is there care in Heaven? And is there love In...more wretched were the case Of men than beasts : but O ! the exceeding grace Of highest God, that loves His creatures so, And all His works with mercy doth... | |
 | 1854 - 268 sidor
...such as Heaven stoops down to see. MAN, THE CARE OF ANGELS. An extract from SPENSER'S Fairy Queen. AND is there care in heaven ? And is there love In...more wretched were the case Of men than beasts : but O the exceeding grace Of highest God ! that loves his creatures so, And all his workes with mercy doth... | |
 | William Spalding - 1854 - 446 sidor
...being instructive, should be described. It is that according to which H. ANGELS WATCHING OVER MANKIND. And is there care in heaven, and is there love In...wretched were the case Of men than beasts : But,*)! ! the exceeding grace Of Highest God, that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1854 - 388 sidor
...sky, The searching glance which none may flee, Is still, in mercy, turned on thee. ANGELIC MINISTRY. AND is there care in Heaven ? And is there love In...creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move 1 There is : — else much more wretched were the case Of men than beasts : but O ! the exceeding grace... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 sidor
...flourishing fresh leaves and blossomes did enwrap. V Book H. Canto in THE CARE OF ANOELS OVER HEN. I. And is there care in heaven? And is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures bace, That may compassion of their evils move? There is : — else much more wretched were die cace... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 sidor
...having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth.— Revelations, xiv. 6. AND is there care in heaven? and is there love In heavenly spirits to the creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move? There is; else much more wretched were... | |
 | 1858 - 688 sidor
...care in heaven, and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base That may compassion to their evils move ? There is, else much more wretched were the case Of men than beasts. But O ! th' exceeding grace Of highest God, that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth... | |
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