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... meet , Or thorns compose so rich a crown ? Isaac Watts . ' Mid rending rocks and dark'ning skies , My Saviour bows his head and dies ; The opening veil reveals the way To heaven's joys and endless day . W. M ' . K. Darwood . By thine ...
... meet , Or thorns compose so rich a crown ? Isaac Watts . ' Mid rending rocks and dark'ning skies , My Saviour bows his head and dies ; The opening veil reveals the way To heaven's joys and endless day . W. M ' . K. Darwood . By thine ...
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... of quietness , Till all our strivings cease ; Take from our souls the strain and stress , And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of thy peace . John G. Whittier . Life's tumult we must meet again , We cannot at 32 HYMN GEMS.
... of quietness , Till all our strivings cease ; Take from our souls the strain and stress , And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of thy peace . John G. Whittier . Life's tumult we must meet again , We cannot at 32 HYMN GEMS.
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Life's tumult we must meet again , We cannot at the shrine remain ; But in the Spirit's secret cell My hymn and prayer forever dwell . Samuel Longfellow . Here , great God , today we offer Of thine own to thee ; And for thine acceptance ...
Life's tumult we must meet again , We cannot at the shrine remain ; But in the Spirit's secret cell My hymn and prayer forever dwell . Samuel Longfellow . Here , great God , today we offer Of thine own to thee ; And for thine acceptance ...
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... meet in that blest harbor , When our stormy voyage is o'er ? Shall we meet and cast the anchor By the fair , celestial shore ? Horace L. Hastings . Burst are all my prison bars , And I soar beyond the stars ; To my Father's house , the ...
... meet in that blest harbor , When our stormy voyage is o'er ? Shall we meet and cast the anchor By the fair , celestial shore ? Horace L. Hastings . Burst are all my prison bars , And I soar beyond the stars ; To my Father's house , the ...
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... meet , Their Saviour and brethren transported to greet , While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll , And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul . William A. Muhlenberg . My Father's house is built on high , Far , HYMN GEMS 83.
... meet , Their Saviour and brethren transported to greet , While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll , And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul . William A. Muhlenberg . My Father's house is built on high , Far , HYMN GEMS 83.
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adore angels Anna Anne Steele Author Unknown beams beauty beneath Benjamin Beddome blessed blest breast breath bright calm cease Charles Wesley Charlotte Elliott Christ Christopher Wordsworth cloud cross crown darkness death divine earth earthly eternal eyes Faber fade faith Father fears flower flows forever Frederick Frederick W George glory golden grace griefs hast hath hear heart heaven heavenly Henry Alford holy hope Horatius Bonar hour hush hymn Isaac Watts James Montgomery Jesus John Bowring John Ellerton John G John Keble John Newton life's light Lord mercy morning never night o'er pain peace Philip Doddridge praise prayer Reginald Heber rest rise Robert Grant roll saints Samuel Longfellow Saviour shadows shine shore sigh sing skies smile song sorrow soul Spirit stars storm stream strife sweet tears tempest thee thine thou art thy love toil veil Whittier William Cowper wings worship
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Page 81 - So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 85 - Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green : So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Page 94 - And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar; No harm from him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care.
Page 67 - FROM every stormy wind that blows, From every swelling tide of woes, There is a calm, a sure retreat : "Tis found beneath the mercy-seat.
Page 85 - Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course ; Fire, ascending, seeks the sun ; Both speed them to their source : So a soul, that's born of God, Pants to view His glorious face, Upward tends to His abode, To rest in His embrace.
Page 58 - THERE is a book, who runs may read, Which heavenly truth imparts, And all the lore its scholars need, Pure eyes and Christian hearts. The works of God above, below, Within us and around, Are pages in that book, to show How God Himself is found.
Page 22 - O'er this benighted soul of mine. 4 Ashamed of Jesus ! that dear Friend On Whom my hopes of heaven depend ! No; when I blush, be this my shame, That I no more revere His name.
Page 36 - 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 ! Praise God, from whom all blessings flow!
Page 70 - And ye, beneath life's crushing load Whose forms are bending low ; Who toil along the climbing way With painful steps and slow, — Look now ! for glad and golden hours Come swiftly on the wing; O, rest beside the weary road, And hear the angels sing.
Page 64 - Other refuge have I none; Hangs my helpless soul on Thee; Leave, ah, leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me. All my trust on Thee is stayed, All my help from Thee I bring; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of Thy wing.