I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
WILLIAM COWPERA self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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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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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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All we behold is miracle.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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