Unity Hymns and Chorals for the Congregation and the HomeWilliam Channing Gannett, James Vila Blake, Frederick Lucian Hosmer |
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... wing Cleaving the sky , Sun , moon , and stars forgot , Upward I fly , Still all my song shall be , - Nearer , my God , to thee , Nearer to thee ! MRS . S. F. ADAMS . 9 : 1527 . Fine D. C. 4 . 5. 8 CREATION . L. M. 8 lines .
... wing Cleaving the sky , Sun , moon , and stars forgot , Upward I fly , Still all my song shall be , - Nearer , my God , to thee , Nearer to thee ! MRS . S. F. ADAMS . 9 : 1527 . Fine D. C. 4 . 5. 8 CREATION . L. M. 8 lines .
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... stars decay , Time shall soon this earth remove ; Rise , my soul , and haste away To seats prepared above . Rivers to the ocean run , Nor stay in all their course ; Fire , ascending , seeks the sun , — Both speed them to their source ...
... stars decay , Time shall soon this earth remove ; Rise , my soul , and haste away To seats prepared above . Rivers to the ocean run , Nor stay in all their course ; Fire , ascending , seeks the sun , — Both speed them to their source ...
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... Star of our darkest night , Shine on the path of right , Show us thy way ! Tr . from King Robert of France . Morning within . Italian , 57- FATHER Of World and soul , Changeless while ages roll , Boundiess in grace ! Who , with thy ...
... Star of our darkest night , Shine on the path of right , Show us thy way ! Tr . from King Robert of France . Morning within . Italian , 57- FATHER Of World and soul , Changeless while ages roll , Boundiess in grace ! Who , with thy ...
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... stars ! It seems a heart - beat in a hush , And yet the planet jars ! O , may it be that far within My inmost soul there lies A spirit - sky , that opens with Those voices of surprise ? 15 . C. WESLEY . Visited . Noyes , 38 . Nuremburg ...
... stars ! It seems a heart - beat in a hush , And yet the planet jars ! O , may it be that far within My inmost soul there lies A spirit - sky , that opens with Those voices of surprise ? 15 . C. WESLEY . Visited . Noyes , 38 . Nuremburg ...
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... stars arise ; Hope and Faith and Love rise glorious , Shining in the spirit's skies . Simeon , 30 . 39 . Whose love , enfolding us like night , Brings quietude and rest ; Glimpse of a fairer life to be , In foretaste here possessed ...
... stars arise ; Hope and Faith and Love rise glorious , Shining in the spirit's skies . Simeon , 30 . 39 . Whose love , enfolding us like night , Brings quietude and rest ; Glimpse of a fairer life to be , In foretaste here possessed ...
Common terms and phrases
acceptable in Thy Amen art in heaven Azmon beauty calm Choir choral Chorus Confucius daily bread darkness day our daily death divine doth Dundee dwell earth Eternal everlasting evil eyes F. T. PALGRAVE faith Father who art fear forgive our debtors GANNETT giveth glad glad song glory forever God's hallowed be Thy hath hear heart be acceptable heavenly Hebron holy hope hymn Hymn-selected J. H. NEWMAN Jesus Let the words life's light live maketh mercy mighty Moderato morning night Nuremburg o'er peace Pleyel praise the Lord Praise ye pray prayer rest righteousness SAMUEL LONGFELLOW School will stand seek shalt shine sing song sorrow soul spirit stars strength Supt sweet tell tender tender mercies thanksgiving thine thou art thought thy hand Thy kingdom thy love Thy name Thy sight trust truth Tune unto the Lord voice wait WHITTIER worship ye the Lord Zoroaster
Popular passages
Page 172 - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him.
Page 165 - 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 158 - 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 10 - E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me ; Still all my song shall be, — Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee ! 2 Though, like the wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone ; Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee, — Nearer to Thee...
Page 173 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?
Page 13 - Love divine, all love excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down ! Fix in us Thy humble dwelling, All Thy faithful mercies crown...
Page 28 - Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just ; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied.
Page 158 - NEARER, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee ! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me ; Still all my song shall be, — Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee...
Page 22 - Just as I am, and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To thee whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I come...
Page 28 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.