No foot of land do I possess, No cottage in the wilderness; A poor wayfaring man, I lodge awhile in tents below, And gladly wander to and fro, Till I my Canaan gain... John Peters: A Novel - Seite 184von Aella Greene - 1890Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Nichols - 1812 - 734 Seiten
...all now ! For what do I want which this world can give ? And, after the labour of fourscore years, No foot of land do I possess, No cottage in the wilderness : A poor, way-faring man, I dwell awhile in tents below, Or gladly wander to and fro, Till I my Canaan... | |
| Methodist Episcopal Church - 1817 - 610 Seiten
...than danghters or than sons; Temples divine, of living atones, Inscrih'd with Jesu's name. . . •-, 5 No foot of land do I possess; No cottage in the wilderness ; A poor way-faring man ; I lodge awhile in tents helow, Or gladly wander to and fro, Till I my Canaan... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1824 - 910 Seiten
...at all now! For what do I want which this world can give ? And, after the labour of fourscore years, No foot of land do I possess, No cottage in the wilderness A poor, way-faring man, . I dwell awhile in tents below, Or gladly wander to and fro, Till I my Canaan... | |
| Daniel Isaac, John Burdsall - 1840 - 548 Seiten
...possessed of both houses and lands ; and every one of the rest may sing in a plaintiff tone, — " No foot of land do I possess, No cottage in the wilderness." It is well known how dead your 'chief pastors are to all carnal things. Now I would advise your poor... | |
| Thomas Jackson - 1841 - 598 Seiten
...pleasure that, at this time of life, I travel three or four thousand miles a year. It is not for gain. No foot of land do I possess, No cottage in the wilderness ; A poor wayfaring man, I lodge a while in tents below, Or gladly wander to and fro, Till I my Canaan... | |
| Thomas Jackson - 1842 - 816 Seiten
...pleasure that, at this time of life, I travel three or four thousand miles a year. It is not for gain. No foot of land do I possess, No cottage in the wilderness ; A poor wayfaring man, I lodge a while in tents below, Or gladly wander to and fro, Till I my Canaan... | |
| 1876 - 818 Seiten
...I would not exchange situations with the greatest man on earth" — repeating so earnestly : — " No foot of land do I possess, No cottage in the wilderness, A poor wayfaring man. Yonder's my house— my portion fair, My treasure and my heart are there, And... | |
| David Creamer - 1848 - 488 Seiten
...that, at this time of life, I travel three or four thousand miles a year. It is not for gain : — ' No foot of land do I possess, No cottage in the wilderness ; A poor wayfaring man, I lodge awhile in tents below, Or gladly wander to and fro, Till I my Canaan... | |
| Tartar tribes - 1848 - 204 Seiten
...condition which may enable them to sing tho pilgrim song, so appropriate to their mode of life :— " No foot of land do I possess ; No cottage in the wilderness : A poor wayfaring man, I lodge awhile in tents below, Or gladly wander to and fro, Till I my Canaan... | |
| George S. Brown - 1849 - 404 Seiten
...claim, Better than daughters or than sons, Temples divine of living stones, Inscribed with Jesus' name. No foot of land do I possess, No cottage in the wilderness, A poor way faring man ; I lodge awhile in tents below, Or gladly wander to and fro, Till I my heaven... | |
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