Hymns and poems for the sick and suffering [ed. by T.V. Fosbery].1868 |
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abide affliction Almighty beseech Thee Bishop Bishop of Salisbury bitter blessed blest bliss Brasenose College breath bright Cambridge canst Cheltenham College child Church clouds College comfort Crown 8vo dark death divine doth dust dwell earth earthly Edition Edward Meyrick Goulburn eternal everlasting evermore eyes faith Father fear flowers foes Francis Quarles George Herbert give glory God's grief H. F. Lyte hath hear heart Heaven heavenly Henry Parry Liddon Henry Vaughan hope hour humbly HYMN Jesus Christ John Henry Blunt light live look night o'er Oxford pain peace praise pray prayer Prebendary Queen's College R. C. Jebb R. C. Trench rejoice rest sacred saints Saviour shine sickness sins sleep Small 8vo sorrow soul strength Submitting yourself wholly suffering tears Thine things Thou art Thou hast Thou wilt thoughts throne Thy grace Thy hands Thy love Thy mercy Thy servant trust voice weary weep
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Page 49 - One adequate support For the calamities of mortal life Exists — one only; an assured belief That the procession of our fate, howe'er Sad or disturbed, is ordered by a Being Of infinite benevolence and power; Whose everlasting purposes embrace All accidents, converting them to good.
Page 152 - Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart. Thy blessed unction from above Is comfort, life, and fire of love.
Page 194 - SOMETIMES a light surprises The Christian while he sings; It is the Lord who rises With healing in his wings; When comforts are declining, He grants the soul again, A season of clear shining, To cheer it after rain.
Page xvii - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 203 - Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with Thee my heart to share ? Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone, The Lord of every motion there ! Then shall my heart from earth be free, When it hath found repose in Thee.
Page 250 - What would we give to our beloved ? The hero's heart to be unmoved, The poet's star-tuned harp to sweep, The patriot's voice to teach and rouse, The monarch's crown to light the brows,— He giveth his beloved sleep...
Page 23 - And is there care in Heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is...
Page 164 - ON TIME. FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race : Call on the lazy leaden-stepping Hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain...
Page xxvii - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Page 332 - THE DIVINITY OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Being the Bampton Lectures for 1866. By HENRY PARRY LIDDON, DD, DCL, Canon of St.