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O, what a doctrine of almighty depth Messiah founded, when His truth declar’d In meekness lies the majesty of man! At once the wisdom of the world was dumb, And fortune blasted on her throne of bliss. The ways of pleasantness, the paths of peace, Are dim and narrow, tracks of noiseless gloom Which glory flies, and grandeur seldom walks: The poor in spirit, and the meek in heart, Who thirst and hunger for Thy righteous word.— Oh! these are blest, for Thine unerring voice Hath call’d them so.
O, what a doctrine of almighty depth Messiah founded, when His truth declar’d In meekness lies the majesty of man! At once the wisdom of the world was dumb, And fortune blasted on her throne of bliss. The ways of pleasantness, the paths of peace, Are dim and narrow, tracks of noiseless gloom Which glory flies, and grandeur seldom walks: The poor in spirit, and the meek in heart, Who thirst and hunger for Thy righteous word.— Oh! these are blest, for Thine unerring voice Hath call’d them so.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- R. Montgomery (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 380 · printed citation: R. Montgomery · subject: MEEKNESS
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