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There is a Presence spiritually vast Around Thy Church, arisen Saviour! cast; A holy effluence, an unspoken awe, A sanctity which carnal eye ne’er saw,— A pure, impalpable, almighty sense Of peace, by reconciled Omnipotence,— That hallows, haunts, and makes a Christian mind Rich in all grace, celestially refined: Mere Nature’s worshippers can never feel The fulness of that high seraphic zeal Which veileth all things with religious light, And works unwearied in Jehovah’s sight; Thought, dream, and action, ev’ry pulse of soul The awe of Christ will solemnly control: Girt by the Spirit, wheresoe’er they rove, True faith is feeding on His breath of love.
There is a Presence spiritually vast Around Thy Church, arisen Saviour! cast; A holy effluence, an unspoken awe, A sanctity which carnal eye ne’er saw,— A pure, impalpable, almighty sense Of peace, by reconciled Omnipotence,— That hallows, haunts, and makes a Christian mind Rich in all grace, celestially refined: Mere Nature’s worshippers can never feel The fulness of that high seraphic zeal Which veileth all things with religious light, And works unwearied in Jehovah’s sight; Thought, dream, and action, ev’ry pulse of soul The awe of Christ will solemnly control: Girt by the Spirit, wheresoe’er they rove, True faith is feeding on His breath of love.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- R. Montgomery (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 126 · printed citation: R. Montgomery · subject: CHURCH
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