Songs of the Church, Or, Hymns and Tunes for Christian WorshipA.S. Barnes & Burr, 1873 - 417 pages |
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... morning light , And talk of all thy truth at night . 6 . 2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest ; No mortal care shall seize my breast ; Oh ! may my heart in tune be found , Like David's harp of solemn sound ! 3 My heart shall triumph in my ...
... morning light , And talk of all thy truth at night . 6 . 2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest ; No mortal care shall seize my breast ; Oh ! may my heart in tune be found , Like David's harp of solemn sound ! 3 My heart shall triumph in my ...
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... morning ! whose young dawning rays Beheld our rising God ; That saw him triumph o'er the dust , And leave his dark abode . 2 In the cold prison of a tomb The great Redeemer lay , Till the revolving skies had brought The third , th ...
... morning ! whose young dawning rays Beheld our rising God ; That saw him triumph o'er the dust , And leave his dark abode . 2 In the cold prison of a tomb The great Redeemer lay , Till the revolving skies had brought The third , th ...
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... morning thou shalt hear My voice ascending high ; To thee will I direct my prayer , To thee lift up mine eye . 2 Up to the hills where Christ is gone , To plead for all his saints , Presenting at his Father's throne Our songs and our ...
... morning thou shalt hear My voice ascending high ; To thee will I direct my prayer , To thee lift up mine eye . 2 Up to the hills where Christ is gone , To plead for all his saints , Presenting at his Father's throne Our songs and our ...
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... morning sun Begins his glorious way ; His beams through all the nations run , And light and life convey . 2 But where the Gospel comes , It spreads diviner light ; It calls dead sinners from their tombs , And gives the blind their sight ...
... morning sun Begins his glorious way ; His beams through all the nations run , And light and life convey . 2 But where the Gospel comes , It spreads diviner light ; It calls dead sinners from their tombs , And gives the blind their sight ...
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... morning light and evening shado Shall be exchanged no more . 69 . 1 LORD , in this sacred hour Within thy courts we bend , And bless thy love , and own thy power , Our Father and our Friend . 2 But thou art not alone In courts by ...
... morning light and evening shado Shall be exchanged no more . 69 . 1 LORD , in this sacred hour Within thy courts we bend , And bless thy love , and own thy power , Our Father and our Friend . 2 But thou art not alone In courts by ...
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adore almighty angels art thou behold bless blest bliss blood breast breath bright cheer Christ church congregation cross crown dark dear death divine dwell earth eternal everlasting evermore eyes faith Father fear foes forever give glorious glory gracious grief guilt Hallelujah hast hath hear heart heaven heavenly heavenly host holy hope Hosanna hour hymns Jehovah Jesus joyful judicatory King Lamb Lamb of God let thy light live Lord love divine mercy minister mortal mourn night o'er peace pray prayer Presbytery PSALM raptured song Redeemer reign rejoice rest rise sacred saints salvation Saviour Saviour bleed seraphs shine sing sinners sins skies song songs of praise sorrow soul Spirit sweet tears thee thine thou art thou hast thy face thy grace thy love thy name thy praise thy throne thy word tongue trust voice wandering weary wilt wings worship ye saints
Popular passages
Page 16 - Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Page 206 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone...
Page 14 - 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. 6 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.
Page 136 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without thee I dare not die.
Page 52 - 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 267 - Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green ; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Page 206 - 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 153 - My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine, While like a penitent I stand, And there confess my sin.
Page 324 - ABIDE with me ! fast falls the even-tide ; The darkness deepens ; Lord, with me abide ! When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me...
Page 247 - That day of wrath, that dreadful day, When heaven and earth shall pass away, What power shall be the sinner's stay ? How shall he meet that dreadful day ? When, shrivelling like a parched scroll, The flaming heavens together roll ; When louder yet, and yet more dread, Swells the high trump that wakes the dead...