 | John Stoughton - 1848 - Liczba stron: 356
...laments the neglect with which Englishmen have treated the memory of their Protestant martyrs : — " Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither —...and sanctifies his song — And history, so warm on other themes, Is cold on this." This language, which is hardly just in reference to some of the sufferers... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1861 - Liczba stron: 306
...CHRISTIANS. THE SIXTH PERSECUTION. ' " Their blood was shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — Oar claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God,...divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. They lived unknown, Till persecution dragged them into fame, And chased them up to heaven." ONE Jay,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - Liczba stron: 508
...equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to...remember them. They lived unknown, Till persecution dragged them into fame, And chased them up to Heaven. Their ashes flow — No marble tells us whither.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - Liczba stron: 740
...TASK. 273 And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, 720 Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with...lived unknown Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, 725 And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - Liczba stron: 516
...equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to...remember them. They lived unknown, Till persecution dragged them into fame, And chased them up to Heaven. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither.... | |
 | 1856 - Liczba stron: 624
...His body was burned to ashes, but his name still lives in ten thousand hearts. " His blood was shod In confirmation of the noblest claim, — Our claim...soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember him. He lived unknown, Till persecution dragged him into fame, And chased him up to heaven. His ashes... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1850 - Liczba stron: 842
...equal laws; But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize. And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim. Our claim to...soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember thi'm. They liv'd unknown, Till Persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to Hcav'n. Their... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1850 - Liczba stron: 382
...These are Those who, posted at the shrine or truth, Have fallen in her defence ; for Their blood a shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to...divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Whence springs the indifference of mankind to the claims of these noble sufferers ? The answer is to... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1850 - Liczba stron: 656
...England* — he was first strangled, and then his body was consumed to ashes. ' Hi» blood wm« shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, — Our claim...to be divinely free, To soar and to anticipate the aklee.' The cost at which the Bible was obtained for England cannot be estimated, unless the reader... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1850 - Liczba stron: 392
...his happiness apart from thee ! He shall be miserably disappointed. CHAPTER IV. ' Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, — Our claim...immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free. Yet few remember them. They lived unknown, Till persecution dragged them into fame, And chased them... | |
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Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies! 
