Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private WorshipHilliard and Metcalf, 1825 - 364 pages |
Common terms and phrases
adore Almighty appear awful bear Behold blessings blest bliss breath bright bring cheerful Christ Christian clouds comfort command crown dark death delight desire divine dwell earth endless eternal eyes face faith Father fear feel flow frame give glorious glory grace grateful grief hand hear heart heaven heavenly holy hope hour human humble HYMN Jesus join kind King land lead life's light live Lord mercy mind morning mortal nature never night o'er pain path peace pleasure praise prayer presence proclaim providence race raise reign rest rise round sacred saints scene seek shade shine sing skies smile song soul sound spirit spread spring stand strength sweet tears thee thine thou thought throne thy love thy praise tongue trust truth voice wings wisdom wonders
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.