Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire,
Unuttered or expressed;
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.
Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear
The upward glancing of an eye,
When none but God is near.
Prayer is the simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;
Prayer, the sublimest strains
That reach The Majesty on high.
Prayer [...]
Posts Tagged ‘born this date’
James Montgomery – birth, Nov. 4, 1771
Posted in born today, christmas poems, poet British, today in history, tagged Scotland, Ireland, today in history, born this date, James Montgomery, Montgomery, England, 11/4/1771, Irvine, Ayrshire, Gracehill, Ballymena, County Antrim, Fulneck Seminary, Yorkshire, newspaper owner, renamed it the “Sheffield Iris”, edited 32 years, supported abolitionist cause, supported British Bible Society and foreign missions, 400 hymns, “Angels from the Realms of Glory”, died 4/30/1854, Sheffield, Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Harriett Eugenia Peck Buell – birth, Nov. 2, 1834
Posted in born today, lady writer, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged today in history, New York, born this date, My Father is rich in houses and lands, "I’m a child of the King", Harriett Eugenia Peck Buell, 11/2/1834, Cozenovia, contributed articles, “Northern Christian Advocate”, active member of Methodist Church, Manlius, died 2/6/1910, Washington D.C. on November 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My Father is rich in houses and lands,
He holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands!
Of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold,
His coffers are full, He has riches untold.
Refrain
I’m a child of the King,
A child of the King:
With Jesus my Savior,
I’m a child of the King.
My Father’s own Son, the Savior of men,
Once [...]
John Henry Hopkins Jr. – birth, Oct. 28, 1820
Posted in born today, christmas poems, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged NY, today in history, New York, Christ Church, born this date, PA, NYC, John Hopkins Jr., We Three Kings of Orient Are, Hudson NY, General Theological Seminary, 1820, John Henry Hopkins Jr., 10/28/1820, Pittsburgh, graduated University of Vermont, a reporter in New York City, first music teacher, minister in Trinity Church, Plattsburg, Williamsport, “We Three Kings”, Christmas pageant, died 8/14/1891, Hudson on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We three kings of Orient are;
Bearing gifts we traverse afar,
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder star.
Refrain
O star of wonder, star of light,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.
Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain
Gold I bring to crown Him again,
King forever, ceasing never,
Over us all to reign.
Frankincense to offer [...]
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss – birth, Oct. 26, 1818
Posted in Jesus Christ, lady writer, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged today in history, Portland, born this date, Maine, 1845, Congregationalist, More love to Thee O Christ, Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Dorset, Vermont, 10/26/1818, 1818, more love to Thee, schoolteacher and poet, married a minister, originally printed as a leaflet, died 8/13/1878 on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More love to Thee, O Christ, more love to Thee!
Hear Thou the prayer I make on bended knee.
This is my earnest plea: More love, O Christ, to Thee;
More love to Thee, more love to Thee!
Once earthly joy I craved, sought peace and rest;
Now Thee alone I seek, give what is best.
This all my prayer shall [...]
Mary Fawler Hooper Maude – birth, Oct. 25, 1819
Posted in born today, lady writer, poet British, today in history, uncategorized, tagged London, today in history, England, born this date, England, Thine forever! God of love, Mary Fawler Hooper Maude, 10/25/1819, Bloomsbury, “Thine forever, God of love, Overton, Flintshire on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thine forever! God of love,
Hear us from Thy throne above;
Thine forever may we be
Here and in eternity.
Thine forever! Lord of life,
Shield us through our earthly strife;
Thou, the Life, the Truth, the Way,
Guide us to the realms of day.
Thine forever! O how blest
They who find in Thee their rest!
Savior, Guardian, heavenly Friend,
O defend us to the [...]
Kathrina Amalia Dorothea von Schlegel – birth, Oct. 22, 1697
Posted in born today, holy living, lady writer, today in history, tagged Germany, today in history, born this date, 1752, Kathrina Amalia Dorothea von Schlegel, 10/22/1697, Lutheran with leanings toward pietism and holiness “Be Still My Soul”, 1697 on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side.
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain.
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change, He faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly Friend
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.
Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake
To guide the future, [...]
John Woolman – birth, Oct. 19, 1720
Posted in QQQuaint Quality Quotes, born today, opposing wrong, today in history, uncategorized, tagged Jesus Christ, Journal, London, born this date, NJ, His Spirit, Northampton, 1720, John Woolman, 10/19/1720, Burlington Co., Quaker preacher, profits to support abolitionist work, Journal (written 1756-72), 19th century abolitionists, died in England, 10/7/1772, Edward Marsh, 1857, national contests, "disagreement between”, England and France, productive of misery and bloodshed on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…Wherever there are true ministers of Jesus Christ, it is from the operation of his Spirit upon their hearts, first purifying them, and thus giving them a just sense of the conditions of others.
– John Woolman, Journal (London: Edward Marsh, 1857), 11.
…We have found it to be our duty to cease from these national [...]
Michael Wigglesworth – birth, Oct. 18, 1631
Posted in End times, born today, poet American, today in history, tagged Massachusetts, today in history, England, born this date, Lincolnshire, The Day of Doom, Michael Wigglesworth, Malden, 10/18/1631, Wrawby, died 6/10/1705, Middlesex County on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Day of Doom
Still was the night, Serene & Bright,
when all Men sleeping lay;
Calm was the season, & carnal reason
thought so ‘twould last for ay.
Soul, take thine ease, let sorrow cease,
much good thou hast in store:
This was their Song, their Cups among,
the Evening before. (stanza 1)
Michael Wigglesworth was born this date, 10/18/1631, at Wrawby, Lincolnshire [...]
Christopher Wordsworth – birth, Oct. 30, 1807
Posted in born today, poet British, today in history, uncategorized, tagged Church of England, today in history, England, 1885, born this date, 1807, Lincoln, bishop of Lincoln, O day of rest and gladness, O day of joy and light, Christopher Wordsworth, 10/30/1807, Bocking, Essex, nephew to William Wordsworth, Harrow Boys School, archdeacon of Westminster, Christopher, Greek scholar, published commentary of the Bible, 127 hymns, died 3/20/1885 on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
O day of rest and gladness, O day of joy and light,
O balm of care and sadness, most beautiful, most bright:
On Thee, the high and lowly, through ages joined in tune,
Sing holy, holy, holy, to the great God Triune.
On Thee, at the creation, the light first had its birth;
On Thee, for our salvation, Christ rose [...]
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