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By Heaven directed, by the world reviled, Amidst the wilderness they sought a home, Where beasts of prey and men of murder roam, And untamed Nature holds her revels wild. There on their pious toil their Master smiled, And prospered them, unknown or scorned of men, Till in the satyr’s haunt, and dragon’s den, A garden bloomed, and savage hordes grew mild. So, in the guilty heart, when heavenly grace Enters, it ceaseth not till it uproot All evil passions from each hidden cell; Planting again an Eden in their place, Which yields to men and angels pleasant fruit, And God Himself delighteth there to dwell.
By Heaven directed, by the world reviled, Amidst the wilderness they sought a home, Where beasts of prey and men of murder roam, And untamed Nature holds her revels wild. There on their pious toil their Master smiled, And prospered them, unknown or scorned of men, Till in the satyr’s haunt, and dragon’s den, A garden bloomed, and savage hordes grew mild. So, in the guilty heart, when heavenly grace Enters, it ceaseth not till it uproot All evil passions from each hidden cell; Planting again an Eden in their place, Which yields to men and angels pleasant fruit, And God Himself delighteth there to dwell.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 393 · printed citation: Pringle · subject: MISSIONARIES
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