Christian HymnsWomen's Printing Society, 1881 - 230 pages |
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adore Alleluia Almighty Angels awake and sing beneath bless blest breast breath bright calm cease cheer clouds comfort cr dim cr f cr m cr cr m dim crown darkness death deep dim cr dim m cr divine doth dwell earth eternal everlasting evermore eyes f cr f m cr faint faith Father Father divine fear glorious glory grief Hallelujah happy hath hear heart heaven heavenly Holy hope hour hymn Jesus King light live Lord love possessing morning never nigh night o'er pain peace praise pray prayer rejoice rest saints Saviour shadows shadows fall shine shore sing skies song Songs of praise sorrow soul spirit stars storm strife strong to save sweet tears Thee Thine Thou art Thou hast thought throne Thy grace Thy love Thy mercy Thy Name toil truth voice wandering watch weary Whate'er
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Page 126 - I dare not choose my lot; I would not, if I might ; Choose Thou for me, my God, So shall I walk aright.
Page 88 - Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, — The canticles of love and woe...
Page 68 - Renew my will from day to day, Blend it with Thine, and take away All that now makes it hard to say, Thy will be done.
Page 80 - THERE is a book, who runs may read, Which heavenly truth imparts, And all the lore its scholars need, Pure eyes and Christian hearts. The works of God above, below, Within us and around, Are pages in that book, to show How God Himself is found.
Page 153 - God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame. By day, along the astonished lands The cloudy pillar glided slow ; By night, Arabia's crimsoned sands Returned the fiery column's glow.
Page 197 - A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun.
Page 212 - They are all gone into the world of light! And I alone sit lingering here; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear.
Page 218 - Jesus' blood; Give every burdened soul release, And bid us all depart in peace. 644 8s, 7s & 4s. T ORD, dismiss us with thy blessing, •*-* Fill our hearts with joy and peace; Let us each, thy love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace ; O refresh us, : Travelling through this wilderness.
Page 86 - One family we dwell in Him, One Church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream of death : One army of the living God, To his command we bow ; Part of the host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now.
Page 41 - He comes, the prisoners to release, In Satan's bondage held ; The gates of brass before Him burst, The iron fetters yield.