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... sweet anthems floating on the air : Then was it hard to balance loss and gain . Now all is clear , and from his Pisgah height He sees the dawning of a brighter day , And led , through clouds and darkness , on to light , Joins in the ...
... sweet anthems floating on the air : Then was it hard to balance loss and gain . Now all is clear , and from his Pisgah height He sees the dawning of a brighter day , And led , through clouds and darkness , on to light , Joins in the ...
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... sweet voices , have charmed the evening in a thousand places with the utterance of another . Nor do I know of any steps now left on earth by which one may so soon rise above trouble or weariness as the verses of a hymn and the notes of ...
... sweet voices , have charmed the evening in a thousand places with the utterance of another . Nor do I know of any steps now left on earth by which one may so soon rise above trouble or weariness as the verses of a hymn and the notes of ...
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... Yet had his aspect nothing of severe ; But such a face as promised him sincere . Nothing reserved or sullen was to see But sweet regards and pleasing sanctity : Mild was his accent and his accents free . With THOMAS KEN II II.
... Yet had his aspect nothing of severe ; But such a face as promised him sincere . Nothing reserved or sullen was to see But sweet regards and pleasing sanctity : Mild was his accent and his accents free . With THOMAS KEN II II.
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... sweet sleep mine [ my ] Eye - lids close ; Sleep that may me more vig'rous make , To serve my God when I awake ! When in the night I sleepless lie , My Soul with Heavenly Thoughts supply ; Let no ill Dreams disturb my Rest , No powers ...
... sweet sleep mine [ my ] Eye - lids close ; Sleep that may me more vig'rous make , To serve my God when I awake ! When in the night I sleepless lie , My Soul with Heavenly Thoughts supply ; Let no ill Dreams disturb my Rest , No powers ...
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... Sweet by and by , " and " Shall we know each other there ? " and the like , may all be very nice , but don't you let any of them be sung at my funeral . -John B. McFerrin , the " Great Commoner of Southern Methodism , ” on his death ...
... Sweet by and by , " and " Shall we know each other there ? " and the like , may all be very nice , but don't you let any of them be sung at my funeral . -John B. McFerrin , the " Great Commoner of Southern Methodism , ” on his death ...
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Page 243 - Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies: Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me!
Page 224 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 72 - THE Son of God goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain ; His blood-red banner streams afar : Who follows in his train ? Who best can drink his cup of woe, Triumphant over pain, Who patient bears his cross below — He follows in his train.
Page 117 - JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave, and follow Thee; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my All shalt be. Perish, every fond ambition, All I've sought, or hoped, or known; Yet how rich is my condition ! God, and heaven, are still my own.
Page 240 - It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth, To touch their harps of gold : "Peace on the earth, goodwill to men, From heaven's all-gracious King!
Page 308 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 139 - O LITTLE town of Bethlehem ! How still we see thee lie ; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by ; Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light ; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee to-night.
Page 288 - Give to the winds thy fears ; Hope, and be undismayed; God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears, God shall lift up thy head. Through waves and clouds and storms He gently clears thy way; Wait thou His time, so shall this night Soon end in joyous day.
Page 112 - ABIDE with me ; fast falls the eventide ; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide ; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
Page 22 - 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 His host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now.