 | David Morris (B.A.) - 1883 - 198 trang
...thyself, Thy wicked deeds to praise ? Upon this the king stood up and called for the fifty-sixth psalm:— Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, For men would me devour I This was willingly responded to by the soldiers present, much to the discomfiture of the preacher.... | |
 | 1884 - 90 trang
...thyself, Thy wicked words to praise ? " whereupon the King stood and called for Psalm 56, which begins " Have mercy, Lord, on me I pray, For men would me devour." The audience, in good-natured pity for distressed royalty, sang the Psalm for which King Charles had called. Alongside... | |
 | Israel Smith Clare - 1893 - 766 trang
...affected even the rigid enthusiasts, called for the fifty-sixth Psalm, which was sung accordingly: "Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, For men would me devour ! " In Scotland in the meantime the Marquis of Montrose had deserted the Covenanters and raised an... | |
 | Samuel Harden Church - 1894 - 564 trang
...wicked deeds to praise ? " The King stood up, and plaintively requested this one to be substituted : " Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray ; For men would me devour." 8 From May, 1646, to January, 1647, the negotiations between the English Parliament and the Scottish... | |
 | Joseph Waddell Clokey - 1896 - 284 trang
...works to praise." His Majesty thereupon stood up and called for the Fiftysixth Psalm, which begins, " Have mercy, Lord, on me I pray, For men would me devour." The people waived the minister's Psalm and sung that which the King called for. ' ' The use of metrical... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1899 - 516 trang
...deeds to praise? " On which the King stood up, and commenced singing the psalm which begins with these words: " Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, For men would me devour," and, with one consent, the whole congregation joined with him. Nevertheless, the Scotch, who despaired... | |
 | I︠U︡. A. Labynt︠s︡ev, L. L. Shchavinskai︠a︡ - 1900 - 300 trang
...appropriate. He rose, and said, in a very audible manner, " We will sing the fifty -sixth Psalm : " ' Have mercy, Lord, on me I pray, For men would me devour.' " The congregation, moved by a sudden impulse of religious generosity extremely unusual in those days, immediately... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 376 trang
...the king rose from his seat, and calmly proposed to substitute the psalm, which begins — " H ave mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, For men would me devour." The congregation, to their credit, sided with Charles, and sang the more appropriate version. From the... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 366 trang
...the king rose from his seat, and calmly proposed to substitute the psalm, which begins — " H ave mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, For men would me devour." The congregation, to their credit, sided with Charles, and sang the more appropriate version. From the... | |
 | Mrs. F. S. Boas - 1905 - 376 trang
...the King, rising with dignity, calmly proposed in its place the penitential psalm beginning : — " Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, For men would me devour." From henceforth Charles' life was that of a captive. He was sent by the Scotch to Newcastle, then to... | |
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Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray ; For men would me devour. 
