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... Thou sendest me In mercy given ; Angels to beckon me Nearer , my God , to Thee , Nearer to Thee ! 4 Then with my waking thoughts Bright with Thy praise , Out of my stony griefs Altars I'll raise ; So by my woes to be Nearer , my God THE ...
... Thou sendest me In mercy given ; Angels to beckon me Nearer , my God , to Thee , Nearer to Thee ! 4 Then with my waking thoughts Bright with Thy praise , Out of my stony griefs Altars I'll raise ; So by my woes to be Nearer , my God THE ...
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George Burgess. So by my woes to be Nearer , my God , to Thee , Nearer to Thee ! 5 And when on joyful 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 ...
George Burgess. So by my woes to be Nearer , my God , to Thee , Nearer to Thee ! 5 And when on joyful 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 ...
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abide adore Alleluia angels bear behold beneath bless bless'd blest bliss blood breast breath bright Charles Wesley Christ Church cross crown darkness dear death didst divine dost draw nigh dwell earth ESUS eternal everlasting evermore eyes faith Father fear foes forever Friend glorious God the Father grief guilty Hallelujah hath hear heart heaven heavenly hell holy Holy Ghost Holy Spirit hope hopes and fears Hosanna hour HYMN Israel Jesus King Lamb Lamb of God let Thy light live Lord love divine mercy morning mourn night NOREVER o'er peace pray prayer proclaim ransom'd Redeemer reign rejoice rest rise sacred saints salvation Saviour Saviour bleed shine sing sinners sins skies song sorrow soul Spirit sweet tears Thee Thine Thou art Thou hast Thy glory Thy grace Thy love Thy name Thy word tongue voice weary wilt wings worship YOME
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Page 305 - Lo, such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God.
Page 280 - JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow Thee; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my all shalt be. Perish every fond ambition, All I've sought, or hoped, or known ; Yet how rich is my condition ! God and heaven are still my own.
Page 321 - FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee.
Page 83 - 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 ! 2 Cold on His cradle the dew-drops are shining ; Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall ; Angels adore Him, in slumber reclining, Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all...
Page 261 - LORD, my best desire fulfil, And help me to resign Life, health, and comfort to thy will, And make thy pleasure mine. 2 Why should I shrink at thy command, Whose love forbids my fears ? Or tremble at the gracious hand That wipes away my tears...
Page 248 - COME, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne ; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2 Worthy the Lamb that died, they cry, To be exalted thus : Worthy the Lamb, our lips reply, For he was slain for us.
Page 302 - SUN of my soul, thou Saviour dear, It is not night if thou be near ; Oh may no earthborn cloud arise, To hide thee from thy servant's eyes.
Page 106 - 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 30 - My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine, — 'While like a penitent I stand, And there confess my sin.
Page 50 - LORD of the worlds above, How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of thy love, Thine earthly temples, are ! To thine abode My heart aspires, With warm desires To see my God.