The New Hymn Book: Designed for Universalist SocietiesWhittemore, 1836 - 410 pages |
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... night to day , from day to night , The dawning and the dying light Lectures of heavenly wisdom read ; With silent eloquence , they raise Our thoughts to the Creator's praise , And neither sound nor language need . 3 Yet their divine ...
... night to day , from day to night , The dawning and the dying light Lectures of heavenly wisdom read ; With silent eloquence , they raise Our thoughts to the Creator's praise , And neither sound nor language need . 3 Yet their divine ...
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... night ! What peals of thunder rend the skies ! The lightning , how sublimely bright ! 3 How dreadful is the threatening hail ! Approaching tempests , O how grand ! What terror doth the mind assail , When deep convulsions shake the land ...
... night ! What peals of thunder rend the skies ! The lightning , how sublimely bright ! 3 How dreadful is the threatening hail ! Approaching tempests , O how grand ! What terror doth the mind assail , When deep convulsions shake the land ...
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Designed for Universalist Societies Sebastian Streeter, Russell Streeter. He struck from night thy peerless ray , Marked out thy path , and guides thee there . 3 Ye starry lamps , to whom ' tis given Night's sable horrors to illume ...
Designed for Universalist Societies Sebastian Streeter, Russell Streeter. He struck from night thy peerless ray , Marked out thy path , and guides thee there . 3 Ye starry lamps , to whom ' tis given Night's sable horrors to illume ...
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... night , With every beam , Record his name , Who made thee bright . 3 Fair regent of the night , With all thy starry train , Which rise , in silent hosts , To gild the azure plain , With countless rays Declare his name , Prolong the ...
... night , With every beam , Record his name , Who made thee bright . 3 Fair regent of the night , With all thy starry train , Which rise , in silent hosts , To gild the azure plain , With countless rays Declare his name , Prolong the ...
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... night , And decks the smiling face of morn With rays of cheerful light . 4 The lofty hill , the humble vale , With countless beauties shine ; The silent grove , the awful shade , Proclaim thy power divine . 5 Great nature's God , still ...
... night , And decks the smiling face of morn With rays of cheerful light . 4 The lofty hill , the humble vale , With countless beauties shine ; The silent grove , the awful shade , Proclaim thy power divine . 5 Great nature's God , still ...
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Page 287 - And an immortal crown. 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey : Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 3...
Page 380 - Must I be carried to the skies On flowery beds of ease, While others fought to win the prize, And sailed through bloody seas ? 3 Are there no foes for me to face ? Must I not stem the flood ? Is this vile world a friend to grace, To help me on to God...
Page 242 - Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3. ' Let cares, like a wild deluge, come, And storms of sorrow fall ; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all ; — 4. ' There shall I bathe my weary soul In seas of heavenly rest ; And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast.
Page 119 - 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 noonday walks He shall attend, . And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 322 - 11 confess, O Lord, to thee, What feeble things we are. 2 Fresh as the grass our bodies stand, And flourish bright and gay ; A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land, And fades the grass away. 3 Our life contains a thousand springs. And dies, if one be gone ; Strange ! that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long.
Page 47 - SWEET is the work, my God, my King, To praise thy name, give thanks and sing ; To show thy love by morning light, And talk of all thy truth at night.
Page 6 - BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations bow with sacred joy : Know that the Lord is God alone ; He can create, and he destroy. 2 His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men ; And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed, He brought us to his fold again.
Page 72 - Thine eye commands with piercing view My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh, with all their powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known ; He knows the words I mean to speak, Ere from my opening lips they break. 3 Within thy circling power I stand, On every side I find thy hand: Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God.
Page 24 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head...
Page 332 - Stand dressed in living green ; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.