 PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o:er thee swell and throng ; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And faints...  The Christian Pioneer - Page 751866Full view - About this book
 | Thoughts, James F Elton - 1885 - 382 pages
...were loud around Him and charges were multiplied 'He held His peace.' — REV. FW ROBERTSON. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. JH NEWMAN. August 24. (S. Bartholomew the Apostle.) " In whom is no guile." — St. John \. 47. See... | |
 | William White - 1885 - 696 pages
...action, and, invested in prudence, to achieve swift and sure redemption. Wise is the advice — " Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong." The National League holds an annual conference in some convenient centre, to which representatives... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1885 - 972 pages
...Old Ballad. Knowledge and timber should not be much used until they are seasoned. Holmes. Prune thon thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee swell...condense within thy soul And change to purpose strong. Do all the good you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can, iu every place you caii.... | |
 | Stray thoughts, E L - 1885 - 118 pages
...usury. By what men have done, we learn what men can do. — S. Smiles. 13. PRUNE thou thy words, thy thoughts control, That o'er thee swell and throng,...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. J. H, Newman. 14. WHEN Belief waxes uncertain, Practice too becomes unsound ; and errors, injustices,... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1886 - 204 pages
...toil with busier feet, Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat. FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. "DRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favor bears Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which... | |
 | William Mackintire Salter - 1889 - 348 pages
...let us not rate ourselves too high. I do not forget the truth of those lines of Newman, — "Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...hard service must be done, And faints at every woe." Ah ! we should shrink from the cross of Jesus. We shrink from being ill-spoken of now ; we shrink from... | |
 | William Mackintire Salter - 1889 - 350 pages
...us not rate ourselves too high. I do not forget the truth of those lines of Newman, — "Prune them thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee swell...hard service must be done, And faints at every woe." Ah ! we should shrink from the cross of Jesus. We shrink from being ill-spoken of now ; we shrink from... | |
 | 1889 - 394 pages
...tell Love's deeds ; Himself reveals the sinner's hell. Sec Note CCCLXVI I FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And fainte at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weigh'd, Than... | |
 | John Hunter - 1889 - 704 pages
...Be well and truly done. Horatius Bonar. 282. Flowers without Fruit. CM 1. pRUNE thou thy words, thy thoughts control That o'er thee swell and throng :...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. 2. But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done,... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1890 - 418 pages
...June 20, 1833. xcvur. FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thec swell and throng ; They will condense within thy soul,...deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weigh'd, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which bloom their hour and fade. Off Sardinia.... | |
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