Hymns for Public WorshipThe Editor, 1772 - 202 pages |
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adore AIREST almighty angels Behold bleffings Blefs'd bleft blifs boundleſs bounty breaſt chearful CHRIST Common Metre creatures crown darkneſs death divine duft earth endleſs eternal ev'ry everlaſting eyes facred fafe faints faith falvation Father Father divine feas fhade fhine fhould filent fing fkies fleſh fmiles fongs fons form'd foul fhall fov'reign fpring frame ftand ftill fupplies fweet glorious glory grateful hand hath heart heav'n heav'nly hell holy honour houſe humble HYMN HYMN immortal JESUS king light Long Metre LORD mercy mortal muſt night o'er paffions peace pleaſure pow'r Praife Praife to GOD pray'r preſent proclaim purſue raiſe reft reigns reſt rife round SAVIOUR ſcenes ſhall Short Metre ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpirit ſpread ſtars ſtill ſtrong thee theſe thine thoſe thou thouſand thro thy name thy pow'r thy praiſe tongue voice whofe whoſe wiſdom wond'rous worlds worlds unknown
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Page 118 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 118 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge Thy foe.
Page 11 - To all my weak complaints and cries Thy mercy lent an ear, Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learnt To form themselves in prayer.
Page 74 - 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 118 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.
Page 185 - With grateful hearts the past we own ; The future, all to us unknown, We to thy guardian care commit, And peaceful leave before thy feet.
Page 80 - MY dear Redeemer and my Lord, I read my duty in thy word ; But in thy life the law appears Drawn out in living characters. 2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, Such deference to thy Father's will, Such love, and meekness so divine, I would transcribe and make them mine.
Page 157 - If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies; And they are fools who roam : The world has nothing to bestow ; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.
Page 13 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 160 - The time to insure the great reward : And while the lamp holds out to burn The vilest sinner may return.