Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private WorshipHilliard and Metcalf, 1825 - 364 pages |
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Page vii
... breathing. A Absurd and vain attempt , to bind Again our weekly labours end Again the Lord of life and light Ah ! why should this mistaken mind Ah ! worldly souls , who strive in vain All nature dies and lives again All nature feels ...
... breathing. A Absurd and vain attempt , to bind Again our weekly labours end Again the Lord of life and light Ah ! why should this mistaken mind Ah ! worldly souls , who strive in vain All nature dies and lives again All nature feels ...
Page viii
Jonathan Peele Dabney. Behold , where in a mortal form Behold where breathing love divine Be thou exalted , O my God Beset with snares on every hand Blest are the sons of peace " Blest are the meek , " he said Blest be the tie that binds ...
Jonathan Peele Dabney. Behold , where in a mortal form Behold where breathing love divine Be thou exalted , O my God Beset with snares on every hand Blest are the sons of peace " Blest are the meek , " he said Blest be the tie that binds ...
Page xv
... breath What eyes like thine , eternal Sire What glory gilds thy word What pleasure , Lord ! thy house attends What seraph of celestial birth What shall we render , God of love What though downy slumbers flee What works of wisdom , power ...
... breath What eyes like thine , eternal Sire What glory gilds thy word What pleasure , Lord ! thy house attends What seraph of celestial birth What shall we render , God of love What though downy slumbers flee What works of wisdom , power ...
Page 38
... breath of life he drew , That breath thy power maintains ; Thy tender mercy , ever new , His brittle frame sustains . 5 Yet nobler favours claim his praise , Of reason's 38 [ PART II . OF GENERAL PRAISE ,
... breath of life he drew , That breath thy power maintains ; Thy tender mercy , ever new , His brittle frame sustains . 5 Yet nobler favours claim his praise , Of reason's 38 [ PART II . OF GENERAL PRAISE ,
Page 48
... LET one loud song of praise arise To God , whose goodness ceaseless flows ; Who dwells enthroned above the skies , And life and breath on all bestows . 2 Let all of good this bosom fires , To 48 [ PART II . OF GENERAL PRAISE ,
... LET one loud song of praise arise To God , whose goodness ceaseless flows ; Who dwells enthroned above the skies , And life and breath on all bestows . 2 Let all of good this bosom fires , To 48 [ PART II . OF GENERAL PRAISE ,
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adore Almighty Behold blessings blest bliss bounty breast breath bright celestial cheerful Christ clouds crown dark death delight divine dwell earth endless eternal everlasting eyes faith Father FATHER divine fear flow flowing tear frame gloom glorious glory gospel gracious grateful grief hast hath heart heaven heavenly holy honours hope hour humble HYMN immortal Jehovah Jesus joyful L. M. God let thy life's light live Lord love divine mind morning mortal night nobler o'er pain path peace perfect bliss perfect law prayer proclaim raise rapture reign repentant songs rise round sacred saints scene shade shine sing skies smile song songs of praise soul spread strong to save sweet thee thine thou art thought thy command thy grace thy hand thy love Thy mercy thy name thy power thy praise thy throne thy word tongue vale voice wings wisdom wonders worlds unknown
Popular passages
Page 78 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale And, nightly to the listening earth, Repeats the story of her birth. Whilst all the stars that round her burn And all the planets in their turn Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 355 - BLEST be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one. Our comforts and our cares.
Page 355 - Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne. We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares. 3 We share our mutual woes, Our mutual burdens bear ; And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear. 4 When we asunder part, It gives us inward pain; But we shall still be joined in heart, And hope to meet again.
Page 102 - How are Thy servants blest, O Lord How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, Omnipotence. 2 In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air. 3...
Page 129 - THE heavens declare thy glory, Lord ; In every star thy wisdom shines ; But when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines.
Page 11 - LORD of the worlds above, How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of thy love, Thine earthly temples, are ! To thine abode My heart aspires, With warm desires To see my God.
Page 216 - THROUGH all the changing scenes of life, In trouble and in joy, The praises of my God shall still My heart and tongue employ.
Page 162 - Let the sweet hope that thou art mine My life and death attend ; Thy presence through my journey shine, And crown my journey's end.
Page 273 - But timorous mortals start and shrink, To cross this narrow sea, And linger shivering on the brink, And fear to launch away.
Page 76 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.