The Christian Lyre: A Collection of Hymns and Tunes Adapted for Social Worship, Prayer Meetings, and Revivals of Religion, Volumes 1-2Jonathan Leavitt, 1833 - 532 pages |
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... Soon he'll bring thee home to God ! Therefore praise him— Praise the great Redeemer's name . 4 Oh , that I could now adore him , Like the heavenly host above , Who for ever bow before him , And unceasing sing his love ! Happy songsters ...
... Soon he'll bring thee home to God ! Therefore praise him— Praise the great Redeemer's name . 4 Oh , that I could now adore him , Like the heavenly host above , Who for ever bow before him , And unceasing sing his love ! Happy songsters ...
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... soon be o'er ; Safely moord in heaven's wide haven , Storm and tempest vex no more . 9 LIGHT OF THOSE . 1 LIGHT of those whose dreary dwelling Borders on the shades of death , Come , and by thy love's reveal- ing , Dissipate the clouds ...
... soon be o'er ; Safely moord in heaven's wide haven , Storm and tempest vex no more . 9 LIGHT OF THOSE . 1 LIGHT of those whose dreary dwelling Borders on the shades of death , Come , and by thy love's reveal- ing , Dissipate the clouds ...
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... we've a Friend , Fight we must , but should not fear : Forward , then , with One that loves us to the cou - rage go , Long we shall not dwell be- low ; Soon the joyful news will come , “ Child , your Father calls , Come home .
... we've a Friend , Fight we must , but should not fear : Forward , then , with One that loves us to the cou - rage go , Long we shall not dwell be- low ; Soon the joyful news will come , “ Child , your Father calls , Come home .
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... soon in glory be ; Soon the joyful news will come , " Child , your Father calls , Come home . " 3 But of all the foes we meet , None so oft mislead our feet , None betray us into sin , Like the foes that dwell within : Yet let nothing ...
... soon in glory be ; Soon the joyful news will come , " Child , your Father calls , Come home . " 3 But of all the foes we meet , None so oft mislead our feet , None betray us into sin , Like the foes that dwell within : Yet let nothing ...
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... Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale , Soon all my mortal powers must fail ; O ! may my last expiring breath His loving - kindness sing in death . 7 Then let me mount and soar away , To the bright world of endless day , And sing , with ...
... Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale , Soon all my mortal powers must fail ; O ! may my last expiring breath His loving - kindness sing in death . 7 Then let me mount and soar away , To the bright world of endless day , And sing , with ...
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adore angels behold bless blest bliss blood bove bright burst of joy Canaan Christ is best crown dark dear death divine dwell dying earth ed lay endless eternal eternal grace everlasting song eyes faith Father fear feet fill'd foes friends give glorious glory guilty Hail Hallelujah happy Hark hast hath hear heart heaven heavenly hell holy hope HYMN Jesus joyful King Lamb Let thy light live Lord love divine Lyre meet mercy Mercy Seat mighty mountain mourn ne'er never night o'er pain pardon peace pleasure praise pray ransom'd rapturous songs Redeemer reign rejoice rest rise sacred sacred head salvation Savior shine sing sinners sins skies song soon sorrow soul sound Spirit Star of Bethlehem sweet tears thee thine thou art thro thy grace thy love thy name thy throne tongue trumpet tune twill voice weary wings ye saints
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Page 25 - Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand : From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, . And only man is vile...
Page 123 - HOW firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in his excellent word ! What more can he say than to you he hath said, You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled...
Page 25 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 9 - Thy servant, Lord, prepare A strict account to give. 4 Help me to watch and pray, And on Thyself rely, Assured, if I my trust betray, I shall for ever die.
Page 133 - I WOULD not live alway : I ask not to stay Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way ; The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here, Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer. 2 I would not live alway...
Page 84 - twere not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmixed with Thee ! Take, my soul, thy full salvation ! Rise o'er sin and fear and care ; Joy to find, in every station, Something still to do or bear. Think what Spirit dwells within thee, What a Father's smile is thine, What a Saviour died to win thee ; Child of heaven, should'st thou repine?
Page 59 - Where is the blessedness I knew, When first I saw the Lord ? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and His word ? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed ! How sweet their memory still ! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Page 174 - His name yields the richest perfume, And sweeter than music his voice ; His presence disperses my gloom, And makes all within me rejoice : I should, were he always thus nigh, Have nothing to wish or to fear, No mortal so happy as I, My summer would last all the year.
Page 115 - Direct, control, suggest this day All I design, or do, or say, That all my powers, with all their might, In Thy sole glory may unite ! Praise God, from whom all blessings flow!
Page 102 - I'm constrained to be ! Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee : Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it ; Prone to leave the God I love ; Here's my heart, oh take and seal it, Seal it from Thy courts above.