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... sacred Scriptures . Content with the inheritance of its majestic liturgy , it loosened its hold on the sacred psalmody of the earlier Christian ages , and made no effort to enrich itself with new offerings from Spencer or Quarles , from ...
... sacred Scriptures . Content with the inheritance of its majestic liturgy , it loosened its hold on the sacred psalmody of the earlier Christian ages , and made no effort to enrich itself with new offerings from Spencer or Quarles , from ...
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... sacred verse , till it found , in the peculiar facility and the pious fervour of Watts , a most fitting instrument . His first book of Hymns was published in 1709 , exhibiting at once a wonderful ripeness in his divine art . Within ...
... sacred verse , till it found , in the peculiar facility and the pious fervour of Watts , a most fitting instrument . His first book of Hymns was published in 1709 , exhibiting at once a wonderful ripeness in his divine art . Within ...
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... sacred poetry had been scarcely consulted ; the Church stood at disadvantage in comparison with the treasures which were unlocked to others ; and every year , writers who shrunk not from the judgment of the severest taste , such as ...
... sacred poetry had been scarcely consulted ; the Church stood at disadvantage in comparison with the treasures which were unlocked to others ; and every year , writers who shrunk not from the judgment of the severest taste , such as ...
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... sacred songs be seriously felt in our public worship ; should there be new Asaphs , of whose psalmody we could not bear to be deprived ; or should increased acquaint- ance with the Hymnals of the early Church , or of the medieval times ...
... sacred songs be seriously felt in our public worship ; should there be new Asaphs , of whose psalmody we could not bear to be deprived ; or should increased acquaint- ance with the Hymnals of the early Church , or of the medieval times ...
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... sacred poetry have arisen ; and the pro- ductions of others have sunk much more deeply than before into Christian hearts . Many of the old Greek and Latin Hymns have been clothed in the garb of English verse , more or less flowing and ...
... sacred poetry have arisen ; and the pro- ductions of others have sunk much more deeply than before into Christian hearts . Many of the old Greek and Latin Hymns have been clothed in the garb of English verse , more or less flowing and ...
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adore Alleluia Almighty angels behold beneath bless bless'd blest bliss blood breast breath bright Christ cross crown darkness death didst divine dwell earth endless eternal everlasting evermore eyes faith Father fear feet foes Friend glorious God the Father gracious grief guilty Hail Hallelujah happy HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL hath hear heart heaven heavenly Holy Ghost hope Hosanna hour humble HYMN immortal Jehovah Jesus joyful King Lamb Lamb of God let Thy light live Lord morning mourn night o'er pain peace pray prayer proclaim Psalm ransom'd Redeemer reign rejoice rest rise sacred saints salvation Saviour Saviour bleed shine sing sinners sins skies song Songs of praise sorrow soul Spirit sweet tears Thee Thine Thou art Thou hast Thy grace Thy love Thy name Thy praise thy throne Thy word tongue triumph voice weary wings wondrous worship ye saints
Popular passages
Page 4 - See, a long race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies!
Page 287 - NEARER, my God ! to thee, Nearer to thee ! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me ! Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God ! to thee, Nearer to thee...
Page 25 - My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine, While like a penitent I stand, And there confess my sin.
Page 2 - Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Page xi - THE heavens declare thy glory Lord ; In every star thy wisdom shines ; But when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines. 2 The rolling sun, the changing light, And nights and days thy power confess ; But the blest volume thou hast writ, Reveals thy justice and thy grace.
Page 97 - GO to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel the tempter's power, Your Redeemer's conflict see, Watch with him one bitter hour ; Turn not from his griefs away, Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.
Page 16 - Dragged to the portals of the sky. 2 There his triumphal chariot waits, And angels chant the solemn lay : " Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates, Ye everlasting doors, give way.
Page 4 - HAIL to the Lord's Anointed, Great David's greater Son ; Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun ; He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free, To take away transgression, And rule in equity.
Page 4 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.