Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
WILLIAM COWPERA self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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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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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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