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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... passing day I may on Thee rely . Lord , condescend to aid a child To praise the Saviour's love ; Oh ! let me live to Thee below , And dwell with Thee above . A CHILD'S MORNING HYMN . THE morning bright , With rosy light , Has waked me ...
... passing day I may on Thee rely . Lord , condescend to aid a child To praise the Saviour's love ; Oh ! let me live to Thee below , And dwell with Thee above . A CHILD'S MORNING HYMN . THE morning bright , With rosy light , Has waked me ...
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... distant sky , You have an immortal soul , Born to live when we shall die : Sun and planets pass away- Spirits never can decay . " When some thousand years , at most , All 38 HYMNS AND POETRY And may we in the morning rise ...
... distant sky , You have an immortal soul , Born to live when we shall die : Sun and planets pass away- Spirits never can decay . " When some thousand years , at most , All 38 HYMNS AND POETRY And may we in the morning rise ...
Page 57
... pass away ; Frail child of dust ! go watch and pray . A CHILD'S PRAYER . O FATHER ! bless a little child , And in his early youth Give him a spirit good and mild , A soul to love the truth . May never falsehood in his heart Or in his ...
... pass away ; Frail child of dust ! go watch and pray . A CHILD'S PRAYER . O FATHER ! bless a little child , And in his early youth Give him a spirit good and mild , A soul to love the truth . May never falsehood in his heart Or in his ...
Page 102
... passes the awful chasm ; Father , perfect my trust , strengthen the might of my faith , Let me feel as I would when I stand On the rock of the shores of death . Let me feel as I would when my feet Are slipping over the brink ; For it ...
... passes the awful chasm ; Father , perfect my trust , strengthen the might of my faith , Let me feel as I would when I stand On the rock of the shores of death . Let me feel as I would when my feet Are slipping over the brink ; For it ...
Page 115
... pass away ; How sweet a Sabbath thus to spend , In hope of one that ne'er shall end ! HEAVENLY REST . THINE earthly Sabbaths , Lord , we love , But there's a nobler rest above : To that our longing souls aspire , With cheerful hope and ...
... pass away ; How sweet a Sabbath thus to spend , In hope of one that ne'er shall end ! HEAVENLY REST . THINE earthly Sabbaths , Lord , we love , But there's a nobler rest above : To that our longing souls aspire , With cheerful hope and ...
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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
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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.