Church Psalmist: Or, Psalms and Hymns, Designed for the Public, Social, and Private Use of Evangelical Christians. Containing, Also, Directions for Musical Expression. With Supplement |
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... song - others are desti- tute of a lyrical spirit - another class lack simplicity of design and execution -- and not a few are of an unreason- able length for a single exercise of singing . To remedy these and other defects , and to ...
... song - others are desti- tute of a lyrical spirit - another class lack simplicity of design and execution -- and not a few are of an unreason- able length for a single exercise of singing . To remedy these and other defects , and to ...
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... song . . And yet , notwithstanding these well - defined limits , which nature itself has fixed to Lyric Poetry , there are hundreds of Hymns , in our language , which can never be sung to any good effect , because their subject - matter ...
... song . . And yet , notwithstanding these well - defined limits , which nature itself has fixed to Lyric Poetry , there are hundreds of Hymns , in our language , which can never be sung to any good effect , because their subject - matter ...
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... song is intended . The language should be sim- ple ; the images striking , but not gaudy ; the figures un- incumbered ; the sentences uninvolved and short ; the structure free from all ambiguity ; the whole style and manner chaste , and ...
... song is intended . The language should be sim- ple ; the images striking , but not gaudy ; the figures un- incumbered ; the sentences uninvolved and short ; the structure free from all ambiguity ; the whole style and manner chaste , and ...
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... song ; but it is believed , that those Psalms and stanzas , though they incumber many Books now in use , are rarely ... songs of enlighten- ed and cultivated christian congregations , in the nineteenth century . It shows us how far the ...
... song ; but it is believed , that those Psalms and stanzas , though they incumber many Books now in use , are rarely ... songs of enlighten- ed and cultivated christian congregations , in the nineteenth century . It shows us how far the ...
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... rise no more . mf 4 But God sustained me all the night ; Salvation doth to God belong : He raised my head to see the light , And make his praise my morning song . f 3 PSALM 3 , Second Part , L. M. God 2 * PSALMS II , III . 17.
... rise no more . mf 4 But God sustained me all the night ; Salvation doth to God belong : He raised my head to see the light , And make his praise my morning song . f 3 PSALM 3 , Second Part , L. M. God 2 * PSALMS II , III . 17.
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adore almighty angels Behold bless blest bliss blood breath bright cheerful Christ crown darkness dear death divine dwell earth endless eternal everlasting eyes faith Father fear feet foes glorious gracious hath hear heart heaven heavenly hell holy honors hope Hosanna humble humble souls HYMN immortal Israel Jehovah Jesus joyful King Lamb Lamb of God let thy light live Lord mf f mf mp Montgomery morning mortal mourn mp mf night o'er peace prayer proclaim PSALM PSALM 19 PSALM 23 PSALM 51 raise Redeemer reigns rejoice rest righteousness rise sacred salvation Saviour shine sing sinners sins skies song songs of praise sorrow soul sovereign Spirit sweet thee thine thou art thy face thy grace thy hand thy love thy mercy thy name thy power thy praise thy throne thy word tongue trust truth voice Watts wonders wondrous ye saints Zion Zion's
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Page 40 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll And spread the truth from pole...
Page 479 - In every joy that crowns my days, In every pain I bear, My heart shall find delight in praise, Or seek relief in prayer.
Page 406 - Thus might I hide my blushing face, While his dear cross appears ; Dissolve" my heart in thankfulness, And melt mine eyes to tears. 5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay The debt of love I owe ; Here, Lord, I give myself away, 'Tis all that I can do.
Page 650 - 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. 2 There is a place, where Jesus sheds The oil of gladness on our heads ; A place than all besides more sweet, — It is the blood-bought mercy-seat.
Page 190 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 363 - In vain we tune our formal songs, In vain we strive to rise; Hosannas languish on our tongues, And our devotion dies.
Page 542 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone...
Page 651 - GOD of my life, to thee I call ! Afflicted, at thy feet I fall ; When the great water-floods prevail, Leave not my trembling heart to fail. 2 Friend of the friendless and the faint, Where should I lodge my deep complaint? Where, but with thee, whose open door Invites the helpless and the poor?
Page 234 - Thine eye commands with piercing view My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh, with all their powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known ; He knows the words I mean to speak, Ere from my opening lips they break.
Page 303 - Dear dying Lamb ! Thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more.