A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship in Christian Churches |
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adore Almighty angels behold bless bless'd blest bliss blood blood divine breath bright cheerful Christ Church crown darkness dear dear world death delight divine DODDRIDGE dwell dying earth endless eternal everlasting everlasting song evermore eyes faith Father fear feet foes glorious gracious hail Hallelujah hand hath hear heart heaven heavenly hell holy Holy Spirit honours hope Hosanna hymns immortal Israel Jehovah Jesus King Lamb Lamb of God let thy light live love divine mercy mighty mortal NEWTON o'er peace prayer raise ransom'd raptured songs Redeemer Redeemer's reigns rejoice rest righteousness rise sacred saints salvation Saviour shine sing sinners sins Sion Sion's skies song Songs of praise sorrow soul sovereign Spirit sweet Thee thine Thou art Thou hast thy grace thy love thy name thy praise thy presence thy throne thy word tongue triumph trust truth voice WATTS WESLEY ye saints
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Page 448 - 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 104 - People and realms of every tongue Dwell on his love with sweetest song ; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on his name. 4 Blessings abound where'er He reigns, The prisoner leaps to loose his chains ; The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blest.
Page 29 - I've breath, -*- And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last. Or immortality endures.
Page 304 - I fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless; Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness ; Where is death's sting ? Where, grave, thy victory ? I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.
Page 238 - In darkest shades if he appear, My dawning is begun ! He is my soul's sweet morning star, And he my rising sun. 3 The opening heavens around me shine With beams of sacred bliss, While Jesus shows his heart is mine, And whispers, ' I am his !' 4 My soul would leave this heavy clay At that transporting word, Run up with joy the shining way, T
Page 123 - HOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear ! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.
Page 390 - ' That saw the Lord arise ! Welcome to this reviving breast, And these rejoicing eyes ! 2 The King himself comes near, And feasts his saints to-day ; Here we may sit, and see him here, And love, and praise, and pray.
Page 65 - 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 293 - Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee; E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me, Still all my song shall be, || : Nearer, my God, to thee,:|| Nearer to thee.
Page 49 - When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain pant, To fertile vales and dewy meads My weary, wandering steps He leads, Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, Amid the verdant landscape flow.