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... mind and voice sings this Advent hymn of prayer and praise must certainly be ready to welcome the Saviour when He comes . To this end our first thought in contemplating this hymn is to see the beauty , the expressiveness and the fitness ...
... mind and voice sings this Advent hymn of prayer and praise must certainly be ready to welcome the Saviour when He comes . To this end our first thought in contemplating this hymn is to see the beauty , the expressiveness and the fitness ...
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... mind that a great portion of these prayers were said by the priests before the lot was cast for incensing , or by the people in the time of incensing , it almost seems as if during the long period of his enforced solitude the aged ...
... mind that a great portion of these prayers were said by the priests before the lot was cast for incensing , or by the people in the time of incensing , it almost seems as if during the long period of his enforced solitude the aged ...
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... mind ; " Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind . " " To you , in David's town , this day Is born , of David's line , A Saviour , who is Christ the Lord , And this shall be the sign : The heavenly babe you there shall ...
... mind ; " Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind . " " To you , in David's town , this day Is born , of David's line , A Saviour , who is Christ the Lord , And this shall be the sign : The heavenly babe you there shall ...
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... mind is that of John Newton , of which the two opening lines are : " How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear . " This tribute to the name of Jesus will be given added significance in our use of it when we know that the ...
... mind is that of John Newton , of which the two opening lines are : " How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear . " This tribute to the name of Jesus will be given added significance in our use of it when we know that the ...
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... mind when we think of this festival is the product of the pen of a layman , William Chatterton Dix , a man trained for mercantile life and who held a position in a marine insurance office at the time when he wrote several hymns which ...
... mind when we think of this festival is the product of the pen of a layman , William Chatterton Dix , a man trained for mercantile life and who held a position in a marine insurance office at the time when he wrote several hymns which ...
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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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Favorite Hymns: Stories of the Origin, Authorship, and Use of Hymns We Love William Lee Hunton No preview available - 2018 |
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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.