Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
WILLIAM COWPERGod moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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