Quotes from James Montgomery

The Dove, on silver pinions, winged her peaceful way.

Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.

To-morrow — oh, 'twill never be, If we should live a thousand years! Our time is all to-day, to-day, The same, though changed; and while it flies With still small voice the moments say: "To-day, to-day, be wise, be wise."

Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed; The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast.

When the good man yields his breath (For the good man never dies).

Nature's prime favourites were the Pelicans; High-fed, long-lived, and sociable and free.

When to the cross I turn my eyes,And rest on Calvary,O Lamb of God, my sacrifice,I must remember Thee.

Songs of praise the angels sang, Heav'n with alleluias rang, when creation was begun, when God spoke and it was done.

Hymns should have unity, graduation and mutual dependence in the thoughts, a conscious progress, a sense of completeness and be easily understood.

If God hath made this world so fair, Where sin and death abound, How beautiful beyond compare Will paradise be found!

Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?

Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.

Who that hath ever been Could bear to be no more? Yet who would tread again the scene He trod through life before?

Here hyacinths of heavenly blue, shook their rich tresses to the morn.

Hope against hope, and ask till ye receive.

Eternity: a moment standing still for ever.

Tis human actions paint the chart of time.

The Dove, on silver pinions, winged her peaceful way.

There is a world above, Where parting is unknown; A whole eternity of love, Form'd for the good alone; And faith beholds the dying here Translated to that happier sphere.

Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above. unmeasured by the flight of years; and all that life is love.

Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past.

Time is eternity begun.

O thou, by whom we come to God, The Life, the Truth, the Way, The path of prayer Thyself hast trod- Lord teach us how to pray.

Prayer is the soul's sincere desire.