This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...Is sparkling with unnumber'd dyes; That sacred gloom, those fires divine, So grand, so countless, Lord! are Thine. When youthful spring around us breathes, Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh; And every flower the summer wreathes Is born beneath that kindling eye: Where'er we turn, Thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are Thin SINCE FIRST THY WORD. Since first Thy Word awaked my heart. Like new life dawning o'er me, Where'er I turn mine eyes, Thou art, All light and love, before me. Nought else I feel, or hear, or see, All bonds of earth I sever, Thee, O God! and only Thee, I live for, now and ever. Like him whose fetters dropped away When light shone o'er his prison, My spirit, touched by mercy's ray, Hath from her chains arisen. And shall a soul Thou bidst be free Return to bondage?--Never! Thee, O God! and only Thee, I live for, now and ever. £jjomas otttnll 2S2£ Thomas Cotteetll was born at Cannock, Staffordshire, in 1779. He was edu-cated at Cambridge, and took his degree of M.A. at St. John's College there. He was destined for the Church, and in 1806 begau his ministerial labours at Tutbury, and some years afterwards became curate of St. Paul's, Sheffield. His writings are chiefly hymns, the best known being a volume entitled, "A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Public and Private Use, adapted to the Services of the Church of England." He also wrote a volume of Family Prayers. He died at Sheffield in 1823. THE LIGHT TO LIGHTEN THE GENTILES. O'er the realms of pagan darkness, Let the eye of pity gaze; See the kindreds of the people, Lost in sin's bewildering maze: GEORGE CROLY. 183 Darkness brooding On the face of all the earth. Light of them that sit in darkness! Rise and shine, Thy blessings bring r Light to lighten a...
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