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... gods , on Sion's towery steep- If e'er your secret footsteps linger still By Siloa's fount , or Tabor's echoing hill ; If c'er your song on Salem's glories dwell , And mourn the captive land you loved so well ; ( For oft , ' t is said ...
... gods , on Sion's towery steep- If e'er your secret footsteps linger still By Siloa's fount , or Tabor's echoing hill ; If c'er your song on Salem's glories dwell , And mourn the captive land you loved so well ; ( For oft , ' t is said ...
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... God's own darkness veiled her mystic height : ( He , cherub - borne , upon the whirlwind rode , And the red mountain like a furnace glowed :) Let Sinai tell - but who shall dare recite His praise , his power , -eternal , infinite ...
... God's own darkness veiled her mystic height : ( He , cherub - borne , upon the whirlwind rode , And the red mountain like a furnace glowed :) Let Sinai tell - but who shall dare recite His praise , his power , -eternal , infinite ...
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... God . Nor shrunk she then , when , raging deep and loud , Beat o'er her soul the billows of the proud . E'en they who , dragged to Shinar's fiery sand ; Tilled with reluctant strength the stranger's land ; Who sadly told the slow ...
... God . Nor shrunk she then , when , raging deep and loud , Beat o'er her soul the billows of the proud . E'en they who , dragged to Shinar's fiery sand ; Tilled with reluctant strength the stranger's land ; Who sadly told the slow ...
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... God's revenge hangs heavy on her soul . Yet shall she rise ; -but not by war restored , Not built in murder - planted by the sword . Yes , Salem , thou shalt rise ; thy Father's aid Shall heal the wound his chastening hand has inade ...
... God's revenge hangs heavy on her soul . Yet shall she rise ; -but not by war restored , Not built in murder - planted by the sword . Yes , Salem , thou shalt rise ; thy Father's aid Shall heal the wound his chastening hand has inade ...
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... God is their temple , and the Lamb their light . And shall not Israel's sons exulting come , Hail the glad beam , and claim their ancient home ? On David's throne shall David's offspring reign , And the dry bones be warm with life again ...
... God is their temple , and the Lamb their light . And shall not Israel's sons exulting come , Hail the glad beam , and claim their ancient home ? On David's throne shall David's offspring reign , And the dry bones be warm with life again ...
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Page 112 - Holy, holy, holy ! though the darkness hide Thee, Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see, Only Thou art holy, there is none beside Thee, Perfect in power, in love, and purity. 4 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty...
Page 88 - The martyr first, whose eagle eye Could pierce beyond the grave, Who saw his Master in the sky, And called on Him to save. " Like Him, with pardon on His tongue, In midst of mortal pain, He prayed for them that did the wrong ; Who follows in His train...
Page 139 - 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 95 - BY cool Siloam's shady rill, How sweet the lily grows ! How sweet the breath beneath the hill Of Sharon's dewy rose ! 2 Lo ! such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God...
Page 140 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign ! HEBEK.
Page 142 - BREAD of the world, in mercy broken, Wine of the soul, in mercy shed, By Whom th.e words of life were spoken, And in Whose death our sins are dead ; 2 Look on the heart by sorrow broken, Look on the tears by sinners shed ; And be Thy feast to us the token That by Thy grace our souls are fed.
Page 81 - Hosanna to the incarnate Word ! To Christ, Creator, Saviour, King, Let earth, let heaven, hosanna sing. 2 " Hosanna, Lord ! " thine angels cry. " Hosanna, Lord ! " thy saints reply; Above, beneath us, and around.
Page 82 - So in the last and dreadful day. When earth and heaven shall melt away, Thy flock, redeemed from sinful stain, Shall swell the sound of praise again, Hosanna, Lord, Hosanna in the highest.
Page 93 - His head with the beasts of the stall : Angels adore Him in slumber reclining, Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all.
Page 139 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown : The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone.