The Oxford Hymn BookThomas Banks Strong, William Sanday Clarendon Press, 1908 - 922 pages |
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Page v
... hymn - book , which is already well represented . The nearest example of the type that we have really had in mind is the hymn- book used in our own University Church . Our book might be called an expanded edition of this ; though even ...
... hymn - book , which is already well represented . The nearest example of the type that we have really had in mind is the hymn- book used in our own University Church . Our book might be called an expanded edition of this ; though even ...
Page vi
... hymn , where it was to be had ; but we have not felt ourselves precluded from accepting the expression of personal experience , especially where the experience could be shared by a larger or smaller class of worshippers . We have ...
... hymn , where it was to be had ; but we have not felt ourselves precluded from accepting the expression of personal experience , especially where the experience could be shared by a larger or smaller class of worshippers . We have ...
Page vii
... hymns at the end of the collection . In one respect we have made a very considerable departure from the book used in the University Church : we have supplied tunes to the words . The selection of tunes has been guided by somewhat ...
... hymns at the end of the collection . In one respect we have made a very considerable departure from the book used in the University Church : we have supplied tunes to the words . The selection of tunes has been guided by somewhat ...
Page viii
... hymns will show that tunes are very unequally distributed among the various metres ; and it appeared to us desirable in places to meet this deficiency . The words of some few hymns are so viii closely associated with a particular tune ...
... hymns will show that tunes are very unequally distributed among the various metres ; and it appeared to us desirable in places to meet this deficiency . The words of some few hymns are so viii closely associated with a particular tune ...
Page x
... hymns : Rev. F. G. Wesley for sixty - nine tunes or harmonizations by the late Dr. S. S. Wesley in the European Psalmist ( Nos . 1 , 2 , 32 , 10 ' , 132 , 14 ' , 16 , 18 , 19 , 222 , 252 , 263 , 29 ′ , 31 , 32 ' , 41 ' , 422 , 582 , 78 ...
... hymns : Rev. F. G. Wesley for sixty - nine tunes or harmonizations by the late Dr. S. S. Wesley in the European Psalmist ( Nos . 1 , 2 , 32 , 10 ' , 132 , 14 ' , 16 , 18 , 19 , 222 , 252 , 263 , 29 ′ , 31 , 32 ' , 41 ' , 422 , 582 , 78 ...
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abide adore Alleluia angels Anon Basil Harwood behold bless blest bright Charles Wesley Christ crown darkness dddd dear death divine dost doth dwell earth Edward John Hopkins endless eternal everlasting evermore eyes faith Father fear glorious glory God's gracious Harm hath hear heart heaven heavenly Henry HOH HOH Holl holy Hott hymn Isaac Watts Jeremiah Clark Jesus Johann Sebastian Bach John Bacchus Dykes John Mason Neale King Lamb light Lord Melody morning Nahum Tate night o'er Orlando Gibbons peace praise pray prayer Psalm Ravenscroft's Psalter 1621 reign rejoice rest saints Samuel Sebastian Wesley Saviour SECOND TUNE Set by Basil shine sing song sorrow soul Spirit sweet thee thine Thomas Thomas Ravenscroft thou art throne thy face thy grace thy love thy mercy Trans Verse voice William William Henry Monk word Yattendon ए ए
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Page 15 - New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray ; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven.
Page 487 - HOW sweet the Name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear ! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast ; 'Tis manna to the hungry soul, And to the weary rest.
Page 533 - If life be long I will be glad, That I may long obey; If short — yet why should I be sad To soar to endless day ? CHRIST leads me through no darker rooms Than He went through before; He that unto GOD'S kingdom comes, Must enter by this door.
Page 177 - Brightest and best of the Sons of the morning! Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid! Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid!
Page 169 - To you in David's town, this day, Is born of David's line, The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord ; And this shall be the sign. 4 " The heavenly babe you there shall find To human view displayed, All meanly wrapped in swathing bands, And in a manger laid.
Page 653 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 379 - The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, And ordered their estate.
Page 57 - 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.
Page 475 - He that is down needs fear no fall, He that is low, no pride; He that is humble, ever shall Have God to be his guide.
Page 269 - Holy, holy, holy ! all the saints adore Thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea...