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... Christ the true Light . The evening Hymns , all turn on the cre- ation . A beautiful arrangement for leading back the mind of the Christian , at the close of his day's labor , to meditate on the power that brought into being , those ...
... Christ the true Light . The evening Hymns , all turn on the cre- ation . A beautiful arrangement for leading back the mind of the Christian , at the close of his day's labor , to meditate on the power that brought into being , those ...
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... Christ be our spirits ' food this day ! And faith their holy thirst allay ! Not in excess o'ercome with wine , Let us be filled with joys divine . " Let us not think , " as Origen says of a similar expression in the song of Zacharias ...
... Christ be our spirits ' food this day ! And faith their holy thirst allay ! Not in excess o'ercome with wine , Let us be filled with joys divine . " Let us not think , " as Origen says of a similar expression in the song of Zacharias ...
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... . FOR THE THIRD DAY . Day's winged herald through the lands , Proclaims the close of night ; And Christ's own voice our souls commands To wake to life and light . From beds of rest , -He cries , -Depart , 26 ANCIENT HYMNS Third day.
... . FOR THE THIRD DAY . Day's winged herald through the lands , Proclaims the close of night ; And Christ's own voice our souls commands To wake to life and light . From beds of rest , -He cries , -Depart , 26 ANCIENT HYMNS Third day.
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... Christ hath come , -your end is found . Brooding darkness breaks away , Stricken by the sun - beams clear ; And discerned in light of day , Real shapes and hues appear . Thee alone , O ! Christ we know ; Thee with hearts like children's ...
... Christ hath come , -your end is found . Brooding darkness breaks away , Stricken by the sun - beams clear ; And discerned in light of day , Real shapes and hues appear . Thee alone , O ! Christ we know ; Thee with hearts like children's ...
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... Christ on us descending , Makes our spirits pure within ; We no longer lowly bending , Walk in darkness and in sin . So let all this day pass onward , Tongues be true , and hearts be pure , Eyes to earth not looking downward , Bodies ...
... Christ on us descending , Makes our spirits pure within ; We no longer lowly bending , Walk in darkness and in sin . So let all this day pass onward , Tongues be true , and hearts be pure , Eyes to earth not looking downward , Bodies ...
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Page 116 - I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Page 122 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh : for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven...
Page 111 - ... but Christ being come, an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building ; neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Page 105 - BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 107 - Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching...
Page 58 - To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God Whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore.
Page 113 - Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
Page 118 - Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of Hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
Page 108 - Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church : whereof I am made a ' minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints : to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory...