...ere it was. Not for its own sake merely, but for His Much more, who fashion'd it, he gives it praise. He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature ;...and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His t' enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to...

...on one of these happy occasions that he penned the following lines, so strikingly descriptive of the refined pleasure with which the Christian can view...field Of Nature ; and though poor, perhaps, compared Wkh those whose mansions glitter m his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own : His are the...

...work of our God, and the dwelling of those whom we love. " He," says Cowper, speaking of such a mind, He looks abroad into the varied field Of Nature, and...perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in hii s,ght, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the vallies his, And...

...field Of nature, and though poor, perhaps, compar'd With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, 740 Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are...and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His t' enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspir'd, 745 Can lift...

...hand, and as suggesting to him an inheritance still more lovely, and still more peculiarly his own. He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and, though poor, perhaps, compared WitTi those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are...

...his harm, 735 Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes. He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor, perhaps, compar'd With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, 740 Calls the delightful scenery all his own....

...of the temporal enjoyments of the Christian. " He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are...enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heav'n an urtpresumptuous eye, And smiling say,My Father...

...bread with cheerfulness, and drink thy wine with a merry heartj for God hath accepted thy works ?" " He looks abroad into the varied field " Of nature,..." With a propriety that none can feel, " But who, with filial confidence inspired, " Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, " And smiling say —...

...he enumerates the enjoyment of natural scenery as among the covenanted privileges of the believer. " He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature ;...enjoy With a propriety that none can feel. But who, with filial confidence inspired. Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, ' my Father...

...Another poet beautifully expresses the sentiment of the Apostle, " the world is yours:" • i • " His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the...enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say—my Father...