And Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees.
Exhortation to Prayer. W. COWPER.
Still raise for good the supplicating voice,
But leave to Heaven the measure and the choice.
The Vanity of Human Wishes. DR. S. JOHNSON.
You few that loved me
* * * * *
Go with me, like good angels, to my end;
And, as the long divorce of steel falls on me,
Make of your prayers one sweet sacrifice,
And lift my soul to heaven.
King Henry VIII., Act ii. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
PREACHING.
I venerate the man whose heart is warm,
Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life,
Coincident, exhibit lucid proof
That he is honest in the sacred cause.
The Task, Bk. II. W. COWPER.
God preaches, a noted clergyman,
And the sermon is never long;
So instead of getting to heaven at last,
I'm going all along.
A Service of Song. E. DICKINSON.
Skilful alike with tongue and pen,
He preached to all men everywhere
The Gospel of the Golden Rule,
The new Commandment given to men,
Thinking the deed, and not the creed,
Would help us in our utmost need.
Tales of a Wayside Inn: Prelude. H.W. LONGFELLOW.
Seek to delight, that they may mend mankind.
And, while they captivate, inform the mind.
Hope. W. COWPER.