A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship |
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abode adore Almighty behold blessings blest bliss boundless bounty breast breath bright burst of joy celestial cheerful Christ creatures crown dark death delight divine dwell earth endless eternal eyes faith Father FATHER divine fear flow flowing tear frame gloom glorious glory gracious grateful grief hast hath heart heaven heavenly holy hope hour humble Hymn immortal Jehovah Jesus join joyful L. M. God let thy life's light live Lord mind morning mortal night nobler o'er pain path peace prayer proclaim raise rapture reign repentant songs rise round sacred saints scene shade shine sing skies smile song song of praise sorrow soul sovereign spread strong to save sweet tempests thee thine thou art thought thy command thy grace thy hand thy love Thy mercy thy name thy power thy praise thy throne thy word tongue truth vale voice wings wisdom wonders worlds unknown
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Page xiii - 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.
Page 9 - THE heavens declare thy glory, Lord ; In every star thy wisdom shines ; But when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines.
Page 48 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand ; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 35 - THROUGH all the changing scenes of life, In trouble and in joy, The praises of my God shall still My heart and tongue employ.
Page xiii - Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green ; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Page 23 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great original proclaim. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand.
Page 34 - Let the sweet hope that thou art mine My life and death attend ; Thy presence through my journey shine, And crown my journey's end.
Page xiii - But timorous mortals start and shrink, To cross this narrow sea, And linger shivering on the brink, And fear to launch away.