Family HymnsAmerican Tract Society, 1835 - 216 pages |
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... pleasure , Food and Med'cine , Shield and Sword : Let the world account me poor ; Having this I need no more . 2 Food , to which the world ' s a stranger , Here my hungry soul enjoys ; Of excess there is no danger , Though it fills , it ...
... pleasure , Food and Med'cine , Shield and Sword : Let the world account me poor ; Having this I need no more . 2 Food , to which the world ' s a stranger , Here my hungry soul enjoys ; Of excess there is no danger , Though it fills , it ...
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... pleasure Do these precious words afford ! Heavenly blessings without measure Flow to us from Christ the Lord . " It is finish'd ! " Saints , the dying words record . 3 Finish'd , all the types and shadows Of the ceremonial law ; Finish ...
... pleasure Do these precious words afford ! Heavenly blessings without measure Flow to us from Christ the Lord . " It is finish'd ! " Saints , the dying words record . 3 Finish'd , all the types and shadows Of the ceremonial law ; Finish ...
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... pleasure in perfection is . 57. Prayer for the Spirit . 7's . 1 GRACIOUS Spirit , Love divine ! Let thy light within me shine , All my guilty fears remove , Fill me full of heaven and love . 2 Speak thy pardoning grace to me , Set the ...
... pleasure in perfection is . 57. Prayer for the Spirit . 7's . 1 GRACIOUS Spirit , Love divine ! Let thy light within me shine , All my guilty fears remove , Fill me full of heaven and love . 2 Speak thy pardoning grace to me , Set the ...
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... pleasures end ? " How shall I secure my peace , " And make the Lord my friend ? " 2 Friends and ministers said much The Gospel to enforce ; But my blindness still was such , I chose a legal course : Much I fasted , watch'd , and strove ...
... pleasures end ? " How shall I secure my peace , " And make the Lord my friend ? " 2 Friends and ministers said much The Gospel to enforce ; But my blindness still was such , I chose a legal course : Much I fasted , watch'd , and strove ...
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... pleasure bound My Savior's voice to hear ? 4 Hast thou a Lamb in all thy flock I would disdain to feed ? Hast thou a foe before whose face I fear thy cause to plead ? 5 Would not my ardent spirit vie With angels round the throne , To ...
... pleasure bound My Savior's voice to hear ? 4 Hast thou a Lamb in all thy flock I would disdain to feed ? Hast thou a foe before whose face I fear thy cause to plead ? 5 Would not my ardent spirit vie With angels round the throne , To ...
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adore Almighty angels Behold bleeding blessings blest bliss blood breast breath C. M. Newton cheer Christ dark Dear Lord death despair divine Doddridge dreadful dwell dying earth endless eternal everlasting eyes face faint faith Father fear feet foes glorious glory Gospel gracious guilt hail happy hast hear heart heart of stone heaven heavenly heavenly host hell holy Holy Spirit hope Hosanna humble Jesus joyful joys King Lamb Lamb of God Let thy light live mercy morning mortal mourn ne'er never Newton night o'er pain pardon peace pleasures pray prayer rapturous song redeeming love reign rest rise sacred salvation Savior seek seraphs shine sing sinners sins skies songs songs of praise sorrows soul sound sovereign Spirit Star of Bethlehem storm sweet tears thee thine thou art thoughts throne thy grace thy love thy name thy word tongue trembling triumph voice Watts wonders wretched ye saints
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Page 119 - 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 22 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 115 - MY dear Redeemer and my Lord, I read my duty in thy word ; But in thy life the law appears, Drawn out in living characters. 2. Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, Such deference to thy Father's will — Such love, and meekness so divine — I would transcribe and make them mine.
Page 35 - Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget The wormwood and the gall, Go, spread your trophies at His feet, And crown Him Lord of all.
Page 196 - UNVEIL thy bosom, faithful tomb ; Take this new treasure to thy trust, And give these sacred relics room To slumber in the silent dust. 2 Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear Invade thy bounds ; no mortal woes Can reach the peaceful sleeper here, While angels watch the soft repose.
Page 216 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole; Till...
Page 186 - I would not live alway : no — welcome the tomb: Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not its gloom. There sweet be my rest till he bid me arise To hail him in triumph descending the skies.
Page 9 - We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise ; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is Thy command ; Vast as eternity Thy love ; Firm as a rock Thy truth shall stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.
Page 213 - How happy are our ears, That hear this joyful sound, Which kings and prophets waited for, And sought, but never found...
Page 193 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame : Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying. Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away.