Unity Hymns and Chorals for the Congregation and the HomeWilliam Channing Gannett, James Vila Blake, Frederick Lucian Hosmer |
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... leads the way , As the dawn that faint and low Prophesies the perfect day . Wearied with the golden glare , With the noise of outward things , Take us to thy larger air , To the freedom of our wings ! Soul of Nature , hidden nigh ...
... leads the way , As the dawn that faint and low Prophesies the perfect day . Wearied with the golden glare , With the noise of outward things , Take us to thy larger air , To the freedom of our wings ! Soul of Nature , hidden nigh ...
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... Lead thou me on ! Parker , 69 . LEAD , Kindly Light , amid the encircling gloom , Lead thou me on ! The night is dark , and I am far from home ; Lead thou me on ! Keep thou my feet : I do not ask to see The distant scene ; one step ...
... Lead thou me on ! Parker , 69 . LEAD , Kindly Light , amid the encircling gloom , Lead thou me on ! The night is dark , and I am far from home ; Lead thou me on ! Keep thou my feet : I do not ask to see The distant scene ; one step ...
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... for God , - ' t is they Are soonest at the goal . Are soonest at the goal That is not gained by speed ; Then hold thee still , O restless heart , For I shall wait his lead . B. T. Arr . by Dr. MASON . 120 . For calm 38 1704 . NOYES . 7s .
... for God , - ' t is they Are soonest at the goal . Are soonest at the goal That is not gained by speed ; Then hold thee still , O restless heart , For I shall wait his lead . B. T. Arr . by Dr. MASON . 120 . For calm 38 1704 . NOYES . 7s .
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... leads us safe and slow , - O Love of God most wise ! And though we turn us from thy face , And wander wide and long , Thou hold'st us still in thine embrace , - O Love of God most strong ! The saddened heart , the restless soul , The ...
... leads us safe and slow , - O Love of God most wise ! And though we turn us from thy face , And wander wide and long , Thou hold'st us still in thine embrace , - O Love of God most strong ! The saddened heart , the restless soul , The ...
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... lead the way to thee , That burn upon the martyr - rolls ' And lists of prophecy . And sweet it is to tread the ground O'er which their faith hath trod ; But sweeter far , when thou art found , The soul's own sense of God ! The thought ...
... lead the way to thee , That burn upon the martyr - rolls ' And lists of prophecy . And sweet it is to tread the ground O'er which their faith hath trod ; But sweeter far , when thou art found , The soul's own sense of God ! The thought ...
Common terms and phrases
acceptable in Thy Amen art in heaven Azmon beauty calm Choir choral Chorus Confucius daily bread darkness day our daily death divine doth Dundee dwell earth Eternal everlasting evil eyes F. T. PALGRAVE faith Father who art fear forgive our debtors GANNETT giveth glad glad song glory forever God's hallowed be Thy hath hear heart be acceptable heavenly Hebron holy hope hymn Hymn-selected J. H. NEWMAN Jesus Let the words life's light live maketh mercy mighty Moderato morning night Nuremburg o'er peace Pleyel praise the Lord Praise ye pray prayer rest righteousness SAMUEL LONGFELLOW School will stand seek shalt shine sing song sorrow soul spirit stars strength Supt sweet tell tender tender mercies thanksgiving thine thou art thought thy hand Thy kingdom thy love Thy name Thy sight trust truth Tune unto the Lord voice wait WHITTIER worship ye the Lord Zoroaster
Popular passages
Page 172 - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him.
Page 165 - My native country, thee, Land of the noble, free. Thy name I love ; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills: My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
Page 158 - I'd be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee ! 3 There let the way appear Steps unto heaven; All that thou sendest me, In mercy given; Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!
Page 10 - E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me ; Still all my song shall be, — Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee ! 2 Though, like the wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone ; Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee, — Nearer to Thee...
Page 173 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?
Page 13 - Love divine, all love excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down ! Fix in us Thy humble dwelling, All Thy faithful mercies crown...
Page 28 - Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just ; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied.
Page 158 - 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 22 - Just as I am, and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To thee whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I come...
Page 28 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.