"Great Hymns and Modern Instances," |
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... Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty . " This wonderful psalm has suffered much at the hands of modern wreckers . Let the solemn glory of the Old Testament diction - the splendid vagueness , if you please ,
... Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty . " This wonderful psalm has suffered much at the hands of modern wreckers . Let the solemn glory of the Old Testament diction - the splendid vagueness , if you please ,
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... hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet , prophet - like , that lone one stood With dauntless words and high , That shook the ...
... hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet , prophet - like , that lone one stood With dauntless words and high , That shook the ...
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... hand . For her my tears shall fall , For her my prayers ascend ; To her my cares and toils be given , Till toils and cares shall end . Beyond my highest joy I prize her heavenly ways , Her sweet communion , solemn vows , Her hymns of ...
... hand . For her my tears shall fall , For her my prayers ascend ; To her my cares and toils be given , Till toils and cares shall end . Beyond my highest joy I prize her heavenly ways , Her sweet communion , solemn vows , Her hymns of ...
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... hand ; His mercy and truth from eternity stood And shall to eternity stand . Life with all it yields of joy or woe , is just our chance of the prize of learning love- " Love divine all love excelling Joy of heaven to earth come down ...
... hand ; His mercy and truth from eternity stood And shall to eternity stand . Life with all it yields of joy or woe , is just our chance of the prize of learning love- " Love divine all love excelling Joy of heaven to earth come down ...
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... hand , had no faith in people being really happy . " It is all can t , " said he , " they know they are miserable all the time . " A friend once said to him that his wife's sister was really happy — and the lady her- self confirmed the ...
... hand , had no faith in people being really happy . " It is all can t , " said he , " they know they are miserable all the time . " A friend once said to him that his wife's sister was really happy — and the lady her- self confirmed the ...
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Popular passages
Page 16 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise. In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 65 - I THINK when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How he called little children as lambs to his fold, I should like to have been with them then.
Page 20 - 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 64 - 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 Doth his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand.
Page 1 - 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 57 - . . At eve hold not thy hand ; To doubt and fear give thou no heed,— Broad-cast it o'er the land.
Page 72 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 7 - Thou, O Christ, art all I want ; More than all in Thee I find ; Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind. Just and holy is Thy name, I am all unrighteousness ; False and full of sin I am, Thou art full of truth and grace.
Page 30 - What though beneath thee man put forth His pomp, his pride, his skill ; And arts that made fire, flood, and earth, The vassals of his will ; — Yet mourn I not thy parted sway, Thou dim discrowned king of day...
Page 116 - Ashamed of Jesus ! that dear Friend On whom my hopes of heaven depend ! No ; when I blush, be this my shame, That I no more revere His Name.