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adore Almighty angels Anne Ross Cousin Behold bless blest blood bring Charles Wesley Christ crown dark dear death divine dost doth Doxology dwell earth eternal ev'n ev'ry everlasting evermore eyes faith Father fear foes give glad glorious glory God's gracious grief Hallelujah hath hear heart heaven heavenly Henry Bickersteth Henry Francis Lyte holy hope Horatius Bonar iniquity Isaac Watts Israel Jehovah Jesus John John Mason Neale joyful keep King Lamb Lamb of God land light live Lord mighty morning night o'er peace pow'r prayer reign rejoice rest righteousness rise saints salvation Saviour shine sing sinners sins song sorrow soul Spirit strength sweet tears thee thine thou art thou hast thy face thy laws thy love thy mercy thy name thy word tongue trust truth unto Verse omitted voice weary wicked William Cowper wilt
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Page 3 - People and realms of every tongue Dwell on His love with sweetest song ; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on His Name. 4 Blessings abound where'er He reigns; The prisoner leaps to lose his chains, The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blest.
Page 251 - Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind ; Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea, all I need in Thee to find, O Lamb of God, I come...
Page 75 - Our vows, our prayers we now present Before thy throne of grace : God of our fathers ! be the God Of their succeeding race. 3 Through each perplexing path of life Our wandering footsteps guide : Give us each day our daily bread. And raiment fit provide. 4 O spread thy covering wings around, Till all our wanderings cease, And, at our Father's loved abode, Our souls arrive in peace.
Page 208 - tis not in grief to harm me, While Thy love is left to me : Oh, 'twere not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmixed with Thee. 3 Take, my soul, thy full salvation ; Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care ; Joy to find in every station Something still to do or bear...
Page 359 - The Lord is my portion, saith my soul ; therefore will I hope in Him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
Page 177 - 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 181 - 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. 3 Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high; Can we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation, O salvation! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learnt Messiah's name.
Page 111 - I LOVE thy kingdom, Lord,— The house of thine abode, — The Church our blest Redeemer saved With his own precious blood. 2 I love thy Church, O God ! Her walls before thee stand, Dear as the apple of thine eye, And graven on thy hand.
Page 257 - I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless: Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if thou abide with me.
Page 144 - Can a woman's tender care Cease towards the child she bare? Yes, she may forgetful be, Yet will I remember thee. 4 "Mine is an unchanging love, Higher than the heights above, Deeper than the depths beneath, Free and faithful, strong as death.