"O to be like my Lord! Yet must I be Mine own self too, And to the nature He bestowed on me Be frankly true.The olive fruits not as the clustering vine; Nor may we get Scent of the rose or lily from woodbine, Or violet."
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Poets from ScotlandNovelists from ScotlandPresbyteriansHymnwriters from ScotlandUniversity of Edinburgh alumni
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Thoughts and Fancies for Sunday Evenings (Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons, 1887) p. 18. Compare: 1 Corinthians, xii, 4: "There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit." · xii, 6: "There are diversities of workings, but the same God, who worketh all things in all."
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Walter Chalmers Smith
1841 – 1913
Walter Chalmers Smith (5 December 1824 – 19 September 1908) was a hymnist, author, poet and minister of the Free Church of Scotland, chiefly remembered for his hymn "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise". In 1893 he served as Moderator of the General Assembly for the Free Church of Scotland. He attained considerable reputation as a poet. Some of these works were written under the names of Orwell (or Hermann) Kunst.
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