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... hope that every reader of these pages will miss from the incomplete list of Favorite Hymns here treated some of the hymns he most dearly loves , and that his interest will be so aroused as to send him to the libraries to find the same ...
... hope that every reader of these pages will miss from the incomplete list of Favorite Hymns here treated some of the hymns he most dearly loves , and that his interest will be so aroused as to send him to the libraries to find the same ...
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... Hope , my heart's delight ! O kindle , Lord most holy , Thy lamp within my breast , To do in spirit lowly All that may please Thee best . Thy Zion palms is strewing , And branches fresh and fair ; My heart , its powers renewing , An ...
... Hope , my heart's delight ! O kindle , Lord most holy , Thy lamp within my breast , To do in spirit lowly All that may please Thee best . Thy Zion palms is strewing , And branches fresh and fair ; My heart , its powers renewing , An ...
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... Hope and Expectation , O Jesus , now appear ; Arise , Thou Sun so longed for , O'er this benighted sphere ! With hearts and hands uplifted , We plead , O Lord , to see The day of earth's redemption , That brings us unto Thee ! THE ...
... Hope and Expectation , O Jesus , now appear ; Arise , Thou Sun so longed for , O'er this benighted sphere ! With hearts and hands uplifted , We plead , O Lord , to see The day of earth's redemption , That brings us unto Thee ! THE ...
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... Hope for years to come ; Our Shelter from the stormy blast , And our eternal Home . Under the shadow of Thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure ; Sufficient is Thine arm alone . And our defence is sure . Before the hills in order stood ...
... Hope for years to come ; Our Shelter from the stormy blast , And our eternal Home . Under the shadow of Thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure ; Sufficient is Thine arm alone . And our defence is sure . Before the hills in order stood ...
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... this thought is from the pen of the author of " Hymns of Faith and Hope , " which have demonstrated their title to many a godly saint on this earth . We refer to that hymn written by HYMNS FOR THE NEW YEAR 39 Another year is dawning.
... this thought is from the pen of the author of " Hymns of Faith and Hope , " which have demonstrated their title to many a godly saint on this earth . We refer to that hymn written by HYMNS FOR THE NEW YEAR 39 Another year is dawning.
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Favorite Hymns: Stories of the Origin, Authorship, and Use of Hymns We Love ... William Lee Hunton No preview available - 2013 |
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Page 213 - Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave? On that shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Page 209 - 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 199 - Crowns .and thrones may perish, Kingdoms rise and wane, But the Church of Jesus Constant will remain; Gates of hell can never 'Gainst that Church prevail, We have Christ's own promise, And that cannot fail.
Page 55 - 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 lose his chains ; The weary find eternal rest ; And all the sons of want are blest.
Page 158 - Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear! It is not night if Thou be near...
Page 72 - GO to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel the tempter's power, Your Redeemer's conflict see, Watch with him one bitter hour ; Turn not from his griefs away, Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.
Page 172 - MY faith looks up to thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour Divine ! Now hear me while I pray : Take all my guilt away ; O let me from this day Be wholly thine.
Page 143 - YE servants of the Lord, Each in his office wait, Observant of His heavenly word, And watchful at His gate. 2 Let all your lamps be bright, And trim the golden flame ; Gird up your loins, as in His sight, For awful is His Name.
Page 238 - I'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee. 3 There let the way appear, Steps unto heaven ; All that Thou sendest me, In mercy given ; Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee.
Page 145 - Take my hands and let them move At the impulse of Thy love; Take my feet, and let them be Swift and beautiful for Thee.