 | William Cowper - 1864 - 454 pages
...patriot's blood, Well spent in such a strife, may earn indeed, And for a time ensure, to his loved land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs...— Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them. They lived... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - 1864 - 444 pages
...patriot's blood, Well spent in such a strife, may earn indeed, And, for a time, insure to his loved land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs...struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. 3. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth;... | |
 | Our life - 1865 - 234 pages
...A patriot's blood, Well spent in such a strife, may earn indeed, And for a time ensure to his loved land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs...— Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them. They lived... | |
 | Giles Hester - 1865 - 88 pages
...placid joy. He died in defence oi that cause which was more precious to him than life. His blood was shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember him. He lived... | |
 | Joseph Stratford - 1865 - 448 pages
...single man, every word, by way of eminence, belongs to the memory of William Tyndale." " His blood was shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember him. He lived... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1865 - 454 pages
...A patriot's blood Well spent in such a strife, may earn, indeed, And for a time insure to his loved land The sweets of liberty and equal laws. But martyrs struggle for a brighter pri2e, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, — Our... | |
 | Gems - 1866 - 168 pages
...patriot's blood, Well spent in such a strife, may earn indeed, And for a time ensure, to his loved land The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs...claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them. They lived... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...patriot's blood, Well spent in such a strife, may earn indeed, And for a time ensure, to his loved land The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs...claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them. They lived... | |
 | H. L. L., Jane Laurie Borthwick - 1866 - 316 pages
...patriot's blood, Well spent in such a strife, may earn indeed, And for a time ensure, to his loved land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a nobler prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim,... | |
 | Baptist union - 1867 - 140 pages
...to swell " the noble army of martyrs." Our history has been written in blood: — " Blood that was shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free." In this land, from the year 1400, when William Sawtree was burned in... | |
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But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. 
