Church Poetry: Being Portions of the Psalms in Verse, and Hymns Suited to the Festivals and Fasts, and Various Occasions of the ChurchS. Potter & Company, 1823 - 267 pages |
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... thousand foes in arms Against me should appear , And war resound its dire alarms , I will not yield to fear . 7 Arise , O Lord , with saving power , In my defence engage ; As oft thy potent arm before Has crushed their impious rage . 8 ...
... thousand foes in arms Against me should appear , And war resound its dire alarms , I will not yield to fear . 7 Arise , O Lord , with saving power , In my defence engage ; As oft thy potent arm before Has crushed their impious rage . 8 ...
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... thousand days beside . 2 Yea , at the threshold of thy house My soul would rather wait , Than dwell , with all the pomp of sin , In tents of worldly state . 3 For thou who art a sun and shield , Wilt grace and glory give , And no good ...
... thousand days beside . 2 Yea , at the threshold of thy house My soul would rather wait , Than dwell , with all the pomp of sin , In tents of worldly state . 3 For thou who art a sun and shield , Wilt grace and glory give , And no good ...
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... thousand feel the blow ; Mercy shall thy soul deliver , Though ten thousand be laid low . 3 Only with thine eye , the anguish Of the wicked thou shalt see , When by slow disease they languish , When they perish suddenly . ( III . 2 ) ...
... thousand feel the blow ; Mercy shall thy soul deliver , Though ten thousand be laid low . 3 Only with thine eye , the anguish Of the wicked thou shalt see , When by slow disease they languish , When they perish suddenly . ( III . 2 ) ...
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... 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 shall stand When rolling years shall cease to move . PSALM CI . 1-3 . 1 Mercy ...
... 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 shall stand When rolling years shall cease to move . PSALM CI . 1-3 . 1 Mercy ...
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... thousand joyful blessings yield . 2 He makes the grassy food arise , And gives the cattle large supplies , With herbs for man of various power , Nature to nourish or restore . s Luxuriant fruit the vines produce ; The melting olive ...
... thousand joyful blessings yield . 2 He makes the grassy food arise , And gives the cattle large supplies , With herbs for man of various power , Nature to nourish or restore . s Luxuriant fruit the vines produce ; The melting olive ...
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Page 207 - 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 noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 118 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning! Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid ; Star of the East, the horizon adorning. Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 65 - 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 128 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road, That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 112 - TTARK ! the glad sound, the Saviour comes, -*--'- The Saviour promised long : Let every heart prepare a throne, And every voice a song.
Page 215 - Twere vain the ocean depths to sound, Or pierce to either pole. 2. The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die.
Page 13 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 189 - 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," our lips reply,
Page 133 - Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God : All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood. 3 See from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down; Did e'er such love and sorrow meet ? Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
Page 239 - 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.