A new and revised edition of dr. Watts's Divine and moral songs, by J.G.C. Fussell

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W.H. Dalton, 1852 - 71 pages

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Page 52 - To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, three in one, Be honor, praise, and glory given, By all on earth, and all in heaven.
Page 68 - ... HUSH ! my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head. Sleep, my babe; thy food and raiment, House and home, thy friends provide; All without thy care or payment: All thy wants are well supplied. How much better thou'rt attended Than the Son of God could be, When from heaven He descended And became a child like thee! Soft and easy is thy cradle: Coarse and hard thy Saviour lay, When His birthplace was a stable And His softest...
Page 48 - COME let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne. Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2 "Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, "To be exalted thus:" " Worthy the Lamb,
Page 46 - LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear My voice ascending high : To thee will I direct my prayer, To thee lift up mine eye...
Page 9 - There's not a plant or flower below, but makes thy glories known; and clouds arise, and tempests blow by order from thy throne. Creatures (as numerous as they be) are subject to thy care; there's not a place where we can flee but God is present there.
Page 70 - See the kinder shepherds round Him, Telling wonders from the sky! Where they sought Him, there they found Him, With His virgin mother by.
Page 17 - Here would I learn how Christ has died, To save my soul from hell ; Not all the books on earth beside Such heavenly wonders tell. 7 Then let me love my Bible more, And take a fresh delight, By day to read these wonders o'er, And meditate by night.
Page 9 - I sing the goodness of the Lord, That filled the earth with food ; He formed the creatures with his word, And then pronounced them good.
Page 50 - BE you to others kind and true, As you'd have others be to you; And neither do nor say to men Whate'er you would not take again.
Page 31 - WHATEVER brawls disturb the street, There should be peace at home; Where sisters dwell and brothers meet Quarrels should never come. Birds in their little nests agree ; And 'tis a shameful sight, When children of one family Fall out, and chide, and fight.

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