Religion
CX. Divine Teachings, and their happy Consequences.
From Hymns founded on various Texts in the Holy Scriptures (1755)
BRIGHT Source of intellectual Rays,
Father of Spirits, and of Grace,
O dart with Energy unknown
Celestial Beamings from thy Throne.
Thy sacred Book we would survey,
Enlight'ned with that heav'nly Day,
And ask thy Spirit, with the Word,
To teach our Souls to know the LORD.
So shall our Children learn the Road
That leads them to their Fathers GOD;
And, form'd by Lessons so divine,
Shall Infant Minds with Knowledge shine.
So shall the haughtiest Soul submit
With Children plac'd at Jesus Feet:
The noisy Swell of Pride shall cease,
And thy sweet Voice be heard in Peace.
Codex Note
Text: Isaiah liv. 13.
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Doddridge, Philip. “CX. Divine Teachings, and their happy Consequences.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/doddridge/109/.
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Doddridge, Philip. “CX. Divine Teachings, and their happy Consequences.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/doddridge/109/.
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