And face a frowning world,
—is said to have been an allusion to Voltaire and his attack upon the church, while the calm beauty of the harbor within view of his home is supposed to have been in his eye when he composed the last stanza,—
There shall I bathe my weary soul
In seas of heavenly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.
According to the record,—
What shall the dying sinner do?
—was one of his “pulpit hymns,” and followed a sermon preached from Rom. 1:16. Another,—
And is this life prolonged to you?