Hymns for Christian Devotion: Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination |
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adore angels ANONYMOUS art thou beams behold beneath bless blest bliss breast breath bright cheerful Christ Christian clouds COLL crown dark death divine DODDRIDGE dwell earth earthly eternal everlasting evermore faith Father fear forever Friend gloom glorious Gospel gracious hast hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy hope Hosanna hour humble humble soul Hymn Jehovah Jesus joy in heaven King land let thy life's light live Lord love divine mercy mighty MONTGOMERY morning mortal mourn night o'er path peace perfect law pray prayer proclaim rapture reign rejoice rest rise Sabbath sacred saints Saviour seek shine sing skies song songs of praise sorrow soul spirit spread star 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 tongue truth voice WATTS weary wings wisdom worship
Popular passages
Page 106 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread, Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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 445 - 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.
Page 39 - His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men ; And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed. He brought us to his fold again.
Page 157 - Cold on His cradle the dew-drops are shining, Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall ; Angels adore Him, in slumber reclining, Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all...
Page 477 - Lo ! such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God. 3 By cool Siloam's shady rill The lily must decay; The rose that blooms beneath the hill Must shortly fade away.
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 205 - HAIL to the Lord's Anointed, Great David's greater Son ; Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun ; He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free, To take away transgression, And rule in equity.
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.
Page 466 - Where'er the joyful sound is heard. 3 Be darkness, at thy coming, light ; Confusion — order, in thy path ; Souls without strength, inspire with might ; Bid mercy triumph over wrath.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Hymns for Christian Devotion: Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination |
| Authors | John Greenleaf Adams, Edwin Hubbell Chapin |
| Publisher | Tompkins, 1851 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 642 pages |
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