Hymns and Poetry for the YoungProtestant Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Evangelical Knowledge, 1858 - Children's poetry, American - 178 pages |
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Page v
... Jesus ! blessed sleep , At Nazareth in olden time , Awake , my soul , and with the sun , Before I close my eyes in sleep , Be with me , Lord , where'er I go , PAGE 123 • 170 106 · 107 66 108 27 26 114 147 72 • 135 47 12 22 64 129 · 75 ...
... Jesus ! blessed sleep , At Nazareth in olden time , Awake , my soul , and with the sun , Before I close my eyes in sleep , Be with me , Lord , where'er I go , PAGE 123 • 170 106 · 107 66 108 27 26 114 147 72 • 135 47 12 22 64 129 · 75 ...
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... Jesus , I want to be an angel , Jerusalem ! thou blessed place , Jesus Christ , my Lord and Saviour , Jesus , the sinner's Friend , to Thee , Jesus , tender Shepherd , hear me , Just as I am , without one plea , Little birds sleep ...
... Jesus , I want to be an angel , Jerusalem ! thou blessed place , Jesus Christ , my Lord and Saviour , Jesus , the sinner's Friend , to Thee , Jesus , tender Shepherd , hear me , Just as I am , without one plea , Little birds sleep ...
Page viii
... , Our Father in heaven , Preserved by Thee another day , Put the spade and wheel away , Saw ye never in the meadows . 169 88 77 57 • 15 44 121 • 31 101 62 34 112 · • 119 See , the kind Shepherd , Jesus stands , See viii INDEX .
... , Our Father in heaven , Preserved by Thee another day , Put the spade and wheel away , Saw ye never in the meadows . 169 88 77 57 • 15 44 121 • 31 101 62 34 112 · • 119 See , the kind Shepherd , Jesus stands , See viii INDEX .
Page ix
... Jesus stands , See that heathen mother stand , Spread , spread the word of truth , Stars , that on your wondrous way , • Thanks to my Saviour for a bed , The angels stand around Thy throne , The morning bright , The day - light fades ...
... Jesus stands , See that heathen mother stand , Spread , spread the word of truth , Stars , that on your wondrous way , • Thanks to my Saviour for a bed , The angels stand around Thy throne , The morning bright , The day - light fades ...
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... Jesus has bid little children come nigh , He will not despise such an infant as I. As long as Thou deemest it right , That here on this earth I should stay , I pray Thee to guard me by night , And help me to serve Thee by day ; And when ...
... Jesus has bid little children come nigh , He will not despise such an infant as I. As long as Thou deemest it right , That here on this earth I should stay , I pray Thee to guard me by night , And help me to serve Thee by day ; And when ...
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Almighty angels beneath betimes blessed blest blood breath bright busy bee Christ crown dark day by day dear death divine dwell e'er earth eternal evermore faith Father fear flower forever forget to pray forgive forgiven friends gentle give glorious glory gracious grave guard Hallelujah hand happy happy land hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy hour HYMN Jerusalem keep King kneel Lamb Lamb of God light lisping little child little children live Lord will provide lowly mercy morning mother ne'er Nearer to Thee never night o'er obey pain pardon peace poor praise prayer precious blood pretty thing Redeemer reign rest round Satan Saviour shining sing sinners sins skies sleep song songs of praise sorrow soul spirit stars sweet teach tears tell There's Thine Thou hast thought throne Thy grace Twas Twill voice wake watch weary wilt
Popular passages
Page 100 - One family we dwell in him, One church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream, of death. One army of the living God, To his command we bow ; Part of his host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now.
Page 131 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 19 - New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
Page 129 - To you, in David's town, this day Is born, of David's line, The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord ; And this shall be the sign : — 4 " The heavenly babe you there shall find To human view displayed, All meanly wrapped in swathing bands, And in a manger laid.
Page 104 - Here in the body pent, Absent from him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home.
Page 26 - Forgive, me, LORD, for Thy dear SON, The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world, myself, and Thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Page 41 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great original proclaim: Th' unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Page 31 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.
Page 15 - Direct, control, suggest, this day, All I design, or do, or say ; That all my powers, with all their might, In thy sole glory may unite.
Page 83 - I think, when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How He called little children as lambs to His fold, I should like to have been with them then.