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.
WILLIAM COWPERNor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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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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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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All we behold is miracle.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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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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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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