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1. "The dearest idol I have known,Whate'er that idol be,Help me to tear it from thy throne,And worship only thee.So shall my walk be close with God,Calm and serene my frame;So purer light shall mark the roadThat leads me to the Lamb." ~ William Cowper
2. "God moves in mysterious waysHis wonders to performs" ~ William Cowper
3. "Books are not seldom talismans and spells." ~ William Cowper
4. "Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt." ~ William Cowper
5. "God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm." ~ William Cowper
6. "Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more." ~ William Cowper
7. "Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor." ~ William Cowper
8. "Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay." ~ William Cowper
9. "Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too." ~ William Cowper
10. "Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair." ~ William Cowper
11. "Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees." ~ William Cowper
12. "Absence of proof is not proof of absence." ~ William Cowper
13. "O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place." ~ William Cowper
14. "The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away." ~ William Cowper
15. "Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose." ~ William Cowper
16. "No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach." ~ William Cowper
17. "Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God." ~ William Cowper
18. "Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will." ~ William Cowper
19. "Wisdom is humble that he knows no more." ~ William Cowper
20. "The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow." ~ William Cowper
21. "There is in souls a sympathy with sounds:And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleasedWith melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave;Some chord in unison with what we hearIs touch'd within us, and the heart replies." ~ William Cowper
22. "Still ending, and beginning still!" ~ William Cowper
23. "The good we never miss we rarely prize" ~ William Cowper
24. "Blind unbelief is sure to errAnd scan His work in vain;God is His own interpreter,And He will make it plain." ~ William Cowper
25. "Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies... To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes." ~ William Cowper
26. "then to the dance, and make the sober moon... witness of joys that shun the sights of noon." ~ William Cowper
27. "Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife,His only answer was, a blameless life." ~ William Cowper
28. "Their tameness is shocking to me." ~ William Cowper
29. "Eternity for bubbles proves at last a senseless bargain." ~ William Cowper
30. "Typerien edelläkävijoiden seuraaminen ja molempien silmien ummistaminen on helpompaa kuin ajatteleminen." ~ William Cowper
31. "Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urnThrows up a steamy column and the cupsThat cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in." ~ William Cowper
32. "Man disavows, and Deity disowns me;Hell might afford my miseries a shelter;Therefore Hell keeps her ever-hungry mouths allBolted against me.Hard lot! encompassed with a thousand dangers,Weary, faint, trembling with a thousand terrors,I'm called, if vanquished, to receive a sentenceWorse than Abiram's.Him the vindictive rod of angry JusticeSent quick and howling to the centre headlong;I, fed with judgement, in a fleshy tomb, amBuried above ground." ~ William Cowper
33. "They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed." ~ William Cowper
34. "The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl." ~ William Cowper
35. "Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed." ~ William Cowper
36. "Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books." ~ William Cowper
37. "Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray." ~ William Cowper
38. "Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend." ~ William Cowper
39. "A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator." ~ William Cowper
40. "Knowledge dwells in heads replete with thoughts of other men; wisdom in minds attentive to their own." ~ William Cowper
41. "If the world like it not, so much the worse for them." ~ William Cowper
42. "Happy the bard, (if that fair name belongTo him that blends no fable with his song)Whose lines uniting, by an honest art,The faithful monitors and poets part,Seek to delight, that they may mend mankind,And while they captivate, inform the mind.Still happier, if he till a thankful soil,And fruit reward his honorable toil:But happier far who comfort those that waitTo hear plain truth at Judah's hallow'd gate" ~ William Cowper
43. "When we don't pray, we quit the fight. Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright. And Satan trembles when he sees. The weakest saint upon his knees." ~ William Cowper

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My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. —Psa. 63:8"
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