Afar Quote by Reginald Heber

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.

— Reginald Heber

When the veil of death has been drawn between us and the objects of our regard, how quick-sighted do we become to their merits,…

— Reginald Heber

Thus heavenly hope is all serene,But earthly hope, how bright soe'er,Still fluctuates o'er this changing scene,As false and fleeting as 't is fair.

— Reginald Heber

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid. Star of the east the horizon…

— Reginald Heber

Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.

— Reginald Heber

Eternity has no gray hairs. The flowers fade, the heart withers, people grow old and die, the world lies down in the sepulchre of…

— Reginald Heber

With drooping bells of clearest blue Thou didst attract my childish view, Almost resembling The azure butterflies that flew Where on the heath thy…

— Reginald Heber

Remember that every guilty compliance with the humors of the world, every sinful indulgence of our own passions, is laying up cares and fears…

— Reginald Heber

We deny our Lord whenever, like Demas, we through love of this present world forsake the course of duty which Christ has plainly pointed…

— Reginald Heber

The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.

— Reginald Heber

The birds that wake the morning, and those that love the shade; The winds that sweep the mountain or lull the drowsy glade; The…

— Reginald Heber

What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile: In vain with lavish kindness…

— Reginald Heber