The Christian's Book of Gems: A Selection of Sacred PoetryW.S. Orr, 1840 - 288 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 36
Page 2
... glorious vision seen ! Nor unrewarded have I watch'd at night , And heard the drowsy sound of neighbouring sleep . New thought , new imagery , new scenes of bliss And glory , unrehearsed by mortal tongue , Which unreveal'd , I ...
... glorious vision seen ! Nor unrewarded have I watch'd at night , And heard the drowsy sound of neighbouring sleep . New thought , new imagery , new scenes of bliss And glory , unrehearsed by mortal tongue , Which unreveal'd , I ...
Page 15
... glorious throne on high : See the cherubim descending , With the chariots of the sky . These shall waft my fainting spirit To thy blissful home above , In thy presence to inherit Realms of everlasting love . Set , O set my spirit free ...
... glorious throne on high : See the cherubim descending , With the chariots of the sky . These shall waft my fainting spirit To thy blissful home above , In thy presence to inherit Realms of everlasting love . Set , O set my spirit free ...
Page 18
... glorious beauty of thy face Doth shine upon the earth . To each to all - thy bounty flows , Full , boundless , deep , and free ; Thou hast flowers for earth , and stars for heaven , And gems for the blue sea ; And for us our everlasting ...
... glorious beauty of thy face Doth shine upon the earth . To each to all - thy bounty flows , Full , boundless , deep , and free ; Thou hast flowers for earth , and stars for heaven , And gems for the blue sea ; And for us our everlasting ...
Page 21
... glorious King . On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope ; Blessings are plentiful and rife , More plentiful than hope . Thou art a day of mirth ; And where the week - days trail on ground , Thy flight is higher , as thy birth . O let me take ...
... glorious King . On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope ; Blessings are plentiful and rife , More plentiful than hope . Thou art a day of mirth ; And where the week - days trail on ground , Thy flight is higher , as thy birth . O let me take ...
Page 34
... glorious light of day , Give thy awakening spirit leave To be as blest as they . Our outward organs well may teach Its duty to the soul ; And thoughts ascend , that need not speech , Unto their heavenly goal . For hearts , whose love to ...
... glorious light of day , Give thy awakening spirit leave To be as blest as they . Our outward organs well may teach Its duty to the soul ; And thoughts ascend , that need not speech , Unto their heavenly goal . For hearts , whose love to ...
Contents
3 | |
12 | |
16 | |
19 | |
20 | |
22 | |
28 | |
29 | |
32 | |
39 | |
40 | |
41 | |
49 | |
58 | |
68 | |
75 | |
85 | |
89 | |
91 | |
97 | |
100 | |
108 | |
109 | |
171 | |
172 | |
175 | |
179 | |
186 | |
193 | |
199 | |
203 | |
206 | |
213 | |
217 | |
220 | |
224 | |
259 | |
280 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Andrew Marvell angels ask'd beams beauty beneath Bernard Barton blessed blest bliss bloom bosom breast breath bright calm clouds dark dead dear death delight despair divine doth dream dwell earth earthly Edmeston eternal fair faith farewell fear flowers friends Giles Fletcher gloom glorious glory grace grave grief H. F. Lyte hath heart heaven Heaven's open heavenly holy hope hour Jehovah Jesus land life's light live lone Lord love ye mercy mighty Wanderer morn mountains nature's ne'er night o'er Oh Mercy pass'd peace praise prayer pride raptured raven's nest rise round Sabbath saints Saul the king Saviour seem'd shine sigh sing sink to thy skies sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit star Star of Bethlehem storm stream sweet tears tempest thee thine thou art thou hast thought throne thundering bands tomb voice weep wild wings
Popular passages
Page 234 - Philosophy, baptized In the pure fountain of eternal love, Has eyes indeed; and viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Page 133 - Hark ! hark ! — to God the chorus breaks, From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, — It is the Star of Bethlehem.
Page 134 - It was my guide, my light, my all, it bade my dark forebodings cease ; and through the storm and danger's thrall it led me to the port of peace. Now safely moored — my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, for ever and for evermore, the Star— The Star of Bethlehem...
Page 179 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live : Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.
Page 131 - Die he, or justice must; unless for him Some other able, and as willing, pay The rigid satisfaction, death for death.
Page 279 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh ; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 47 - But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. Afid there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail: And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
Page 47 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Page 180 - Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take : Till, in the ocean of Thy love, We lose ourselves in Heaven above ! John Keble.
Page 9 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder ; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps...