 | William Henry Thorne - English literature - 1886 - 194 pages
...are a couple of glimpses : " O them, wha in the heavens dost dwell, Wha, as it pleases best thysel', Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, A' for thy glory,...no for ony guid or ill They've done afore thee ! I bless and praise thy matchless might, Whan thousands thou hast left in night, ' That I am here afore... | |
 | John Stuart Blackie - 1888 - 250 pages
...name of " Holy Willie." ""Oh Thou, wha in the heavens dost dwell, Wha, as it pleases best thysel', Sends ane to heaven, and ten to hell, A' for thy glory,...And no for ony guid or ill They've done afore thee 1 I bless and praise thy matchless might, When thousands thou hast left in night, That I am here afore... | |
 | Church history - 1889 - 438 pages
...mouth of a Calvinistic saint who says in a supposed act of worship, " Wha as it pleases best thysel' Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell A" for thy glory ; And not for onie guid or ill They 've done afore thee." " Not for onie guid or ill they Ve done afore thee"... | |
 | J. B. Reid - Burns - 1889 - 586 pages
...illustrate and honour my story. Fragment inscr. to Fox. Glory, Honour, now invite, . . .S". Highland Laddie. Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, A' for thy glory, . Holy Willie's Prayer. An* a' the glory shall be thine, Amen, Amen. . Ib. lu. And winter once rejoic'd... | |
 | George Claude Lorimer - 1890 - 80 pages
...some souls to eternal death: " O Thou, wha in the heavens dost dwell, Wha, as it pleases best Thysel, Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, A' for Thy glory, And no for any guid or ill They've done afore Thee ! " And so, being truthful, he just spoke what was on his mind.... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1887 - 730 pages
...belang'd ye. HOLY WILLIE'S PRAYER. 0 THOU, wha in the Heavens dost dwell, Wha, as it pleases best thysel', Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, A' for thy glory, And no for onie guid or ill They've done afore thee ! 1 bless and praise thy matchless might, Whan thousands thou... | |
 | James Fyfe - Future life - 1890 - 448 pages
...expressed this doctrine thus : — Oh, Thou wha in the heavens dost dwell ; Wha, as it pleases best Thysel, Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, A' for Thy glory ; And not for any good or ill They've done before Thee. And, if this doctrine be true, John Foster is right.... | |
 | Alexander Michie - China - 1891 - 128 pages
...applicable as when he wrote : " 0 Thou wha in the Heavens dost dwell, Wha as it pleases best thysel', Sends ane to Heaven and ten to Hell A' for thy glory : An' no for ony gude or ill They've done afore Thee ! " A lady, fresh perhaps from some theological... | |
 | Robert Burns, Nathan Haskell Dole - Scotland - 1892 - 322 pages
..." Holy Willie's Prayer: " "O Thou, wha in the Heavens dost dwell, Wha, as it pleases best thysel', Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, A' for thy glory, And no for onie guid or ill They've done afore thee !" The attack was after all not so disreputable as the elder's... | |
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PRAYER 0 thou, wha in the Heavens dost dwell, Wha, as it pleases best thysel', Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, A' for thy glory, And no for ony guid or ill They've done afore thee! 
