Hymns of praise and prayer, collected and ed. by J. Martineau1874 |
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... Beside all waters sow , The highway furrows stock , Drop it where thorns and thistles grow , Scatter it on the rock . The good , the fruitful ground , Expect not here nor there ; O'er hill and dale , by plots , ' t is found ; Go forth ...
... Beside all waters sow , The highway furrows stock , Drop it where thorns and thistles grow , Scatter it on the rock . The good , the fruitful ground , Expect not here nor there ; O'er hill and dale , by plots , ' t is found ; Go forth ...
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adore angels bless blest breast breath bright calm Charles Wesley cheer Christian clouds darkness death divine dost doth dwell earth earthly eternal everlasting evermore faith Father fear FELICIA HEMANS FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER give glorious glory gracious grief hath hear heart heaven heavenly HENRY FRANCIS LYTE Henry Hart Milman holy hope hour hymn ISAAC WATTS JAMES MONTGOMERY JOHN JOSIAH CONDER let thy life's live Lord mind morning mortal nigh night o'er peace PHILIP DODDRIDGE pray prayer Reginald Heber rejoice rest rise sacred SAMUEL LONGFELLOW seek shade shine sing skies sleep song sorrow soul strength sweet tears thee thine thou art thou hast thought throne thy grace thy hand thy love thy mercy thy name thy praise thy presence thy spirit thy word toil trust truth unto voice wandering weary WILLIAM WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HENRY FURNESS wings worship
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Page 31 - 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 31 - 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. 3 We share our mutual woes, Our mutual burdens bear ; And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear.
Page 41 - FRIEND after friend departs ; Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts That finds not here an end : Were this frail world our only rest, Living or dying, none were blest.
Page 31 - Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home, Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene, — one step enough for me.
Page 41 - We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise ; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is Thy command, Vast as eternity Thy love ; Firm as a rock Thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.
Page 31 - E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee. 2 Though like the wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone ; Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee.
Page 10 - Thou art, O God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
Page 41 - 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 41 - FOR EVER with the Lord!" Amen! so let it be! Life from the dead is in that word, 'Tis immortality. Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home.
Page 41 - Lord, I my vows to Thee renew; Scatter my sins as morning dew; Guard my first springs of thought and will, And with Thyself my spirit fill. 7 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.