Social Hymn and Tune Book: For the Lecture Room, Prayer Meeting, Family Circle, and Mission Church |
Common terms and phrases
adore angels beams behold bless blest bliss blood breast breath bright cheer Christ cross crown dark dear death divine dwell dying earth endless eternal ev'ry eyes faint faith Father fear feet foes glad song glorious gracious guilt happy harps hast hath hear heart heaven heavenly heavenly host hell holy hope hour humble Jes-us Jesus joyful King Lamb Lamb of God land let thy light live Lord love divine mercy Moderato mortal mourn ne'er night o'er pain peace pow'r praise prayer precious blood rapturous songs Redeemer reign rejoice rest rise sacred saints salvation Saviour shine sing sinners sins skies smile song songs of praise sorrow soul sound sovereign Spirit stand sweet SWEET LAND tears thee There's a home thine thou art thy grace thy hand thy love thy name thy throne thy word tongue triumph voice weary ye saints
Popular passages
Page 41 - Ye fearful saints! fresh courage take; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 439 - By which supported still we stand ; The opening year thy mercy shows ; Let mercy crown it till it close. 2 By day, by night, at home, abroad, Still we are guarded by our God ; By his incessant bounty fed, By his unerring counsel led. 3 With grateful hearts the past we own ; The future all to us unknown, We to thy guardian care commit, And peaceful leave before thy feet.
Page 117 - I heard the voice of Jesus say, " I am this dark world's Light ; Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright." I looked to Jesus, and I found In Him my Star, my Sun ; And in that Light of life I'll walk Till travelling days are done ! H.
Page 307 - Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3. ' Let cares, like a wild deluge, come, And storms of sorrow fall ; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all ; — 4. ' There shall I bathe my weary soul In seas of heavenly rest ; And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast.
Page 297 - My flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpet's joyful sound, Then burst the chains with sweet surprise, And in my Saviour's image rise.
Page 139 - Our souls can neither fly nor go To reach eternal joys. 3 In vain we tune our formal songs, In vain we strive to rise ; Hosannas languish on our tongues, And our devotion dies. 4 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live At this poor, dying rate ! Our love so faint, so cold to Thee, And Thine to us so great ! 5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, With all Thy quickening powers ! Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love, And that shall kindle ours.
Page 253 - RISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings^ Thy better portion trace; Rise from transitory things, Towards heaven thy native place : Sun and moon and stars decay ; Time shall soon this earth remove : Rise, my soul, and haste away, To seats prepared above.
Page 287 - GIVE to the winds thy fears; Hope, and be undismayed ; God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears : God shall lift up thy head.
Page 27 - CHILDREN of the heavenly King ! As ye journey, sweetly sing; Sing your Saviour's worthy praise, Glorious in his works and ways. 2...
Page 235 - I'm constrained to be ! Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee : Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it; Prone to leave the God I love ; Here's my heart, O take and seal it ; Seal it from Thy courts above.