Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
WILLIAM COWPERWhen nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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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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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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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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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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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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