No horses being to be had, I had an unexpected repose. I sat in the orchard and thought with sweet comfort and peace of my God, in solitude my Company, my Friend, and Comforter. Oh ! when shall time give place to eternity ! When shall appear that new... The Christian Conquest of India - Page 152by J. M. Thoburn - 1906 - 291 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1868 - 986 pages
...and His angels ! " Henry Martyn's last entry in his diary, a few hours before his death, was — " I sat in the orchard, and thought, with sweet comfort and peace, of my God, in solitude my friend and comforter ! Oh, when shall time give place to eternity ; when shall appear that new heaven... | |
| E J. A - 1869 - 354 pages
...in his diary is as follows : "October 6. — No horses being to be had, I had an unexpected repose. I sat in the orchard and thought, with sweet comfort...solitude my company — my Friend, and Comforter. Oh ! when shall time give place to eternity ? When shall nppcar that new heaven and new earth wherein... | |
| Beriah Bishop Hotchkin - Christian life - 1869 - 299 pages
...can sym23* pathize in the sentiment which forms the last record in the diary of Henry Martyn —" Oh when shall time give place to eternity? When shall...heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness ? There, there shall in no wise enter in anything that defileth. None of that wickedness which has... | |
| Henry John Van-Lennep - Turkey - 1870 - 372 pages
...— " October 6. No horses being to be CHAP. VI.] Henry Martyn. 167 had, I had an unexpected repose. I sat in the orchard and thought, with sweet comfort...in solitude my company, my friend, and comforter. Oh ! when shall time give place to eternity ! When shall appear that new heaven, and new earth, wherein... | |
| William Moister - Missionaries - 1871 - 664 pages
...proved to be the last effort of his ready pen : " No horses being to be had, I had an unexpected repose. I sat in the orchard, and thought with sweet comfort...heaven and new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness ! There — ' there shall in no wise enter in any thing that defileth : ' none of that wickedness that... | |
| Christian biographies - Christian biography - 1871 - 304 pages
...having endured the greatest hardships : — " No horses being to be had, I had an unexpected repose. I sat in the orchard, and thought with sweet comfort...in solitude my company, my friend, and comforter. Oh ! when shall time give place to eternity ! "When shall appear that new heaven and new earth •wherein... | |
| William Moister - 1871 - 632 pages
...proved to be the last effort of his ready pen : " No horses being to be had, I had an unexpected repose. I sat in the orchard, and thought with sweet comfort...in solitude my company, my Friend, and Comforter. O ! when shall time give place to eternity ! When shall appear that new heaven and new earth, wherein... | |
| Mrs. W. R. Lloyd - 1871 - 382 pages
...his last entries in that touching diary—" No horses being to be had, I had an unexpected repose. I sat in the orchard and thought, with sweet comfort and peace, of my God—in solitude my company, my friend, and comforter. Oh, when shall time give place to eternity?"... | |
| Education - 1873 - 474 pages
...of God into Persian, and laying a copy of it on the throne of the king, penned the touching words, ' I sat in the orchard and thought with sweet comfort and peace of my God,' and then closed his eyes and was carried in triumph to the eternal mountain of God. — David Witts,... | |
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