Hymns for Christian Devotion: Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination |
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adore Almighty angels ANONYMOUS beams behold bless blest bliss breast breath bright cheer Christ Christian COLL crown dark death divine DODDRIDGE dwell earth earthly eternal everlasting evermore faith Father favored souls fear forever Friend gloom glorious Gospel gracious grateful hast hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy hope Hosanna hour humble Hymn Jehovah Jesus joy in heaven King land let thy light live Lord love divine mercy mighty MONTGOMERY morning mortal mourn night o'er path peace perfect law pray prayer proclaim raise rapture reign rejoice rest rise Sabbath sacred saints Saviour seek shine sing skies song songs of praise sorrow soul spirit spread sweet tears tempests temple thee thine thou art thought thy grace thy hand thy love thy name thy praise thy presence thy throne thy word tide of light tongue voice WATTS weep wings wisdom worship
Popular passages
Page 421 - In the cross of Christ I glory,' Towering o'er the wrecks of time ; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime.
Page 63 - ' 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 135 - 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 313 - Feed me till I want no more, Feed me till I want no more. Sel. 372. [H. 220. GUIDE me, O thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but thou art mighty, Hold me with thy powerful hand: Bread of heaven, Feed me, till I want no more.
Page 257 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. 3. Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; — Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high.
Page 157 - His head with the beasts of the stall ; Angels adore Him, in slumber reclining, Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all...
Page 309 - FOR a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame ! A light to shine upon the road, That leads me to the Lamb...
Page 235 - While life's dark maze I tread, And griefs around me spread, Be Thou my guide ; Bid darkness turn to day, Wipe sorrow's tears away, Nor let me ever stray From Thee aside.
Page 512 - My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love : I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
Page 205 - He comes, with succor speedy, To those who suffer wrong; To help the poor and needy, And bid the weak be strong; To give them songs for sighing, Their darkness turn to light, Whose souls, condemned and dying, Were precious in his sight.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Hymns for Christian Devotion: Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination |
| Authors | John Greenleaf Adams, Edwin Hubbell Chapin |
| Edition | 8 |
| Publisher | Universalist Publishing House, 1849 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 6 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 642 pages |
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