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... tomb ; Who , sick'ning at the present scenes , Sigh for that better state to come ; All , great Creator ! all are thine ; All feel thy providential care : And through each varying stage of life , Alike thy constant pity share . And ...
... tomb ; Who , sick'ning at the present scenes , Sigh for that better state to come ; All , great Creator ! all are thine ; All feel thy providential care : And through each varying stage of life , Alike thy constant pity share . And ...
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... tomb survey ; Then rise , with his ascending Lord , To realms of endless day . THE RESURRECTION . ' CHRIST , the LORD , is risen to day , ' ! Sons of men and Angels say Raise your joys and triumphs high ; Sing , ye Heavens , and Earth ...
... tomb survey ; Then rise , with his ascending Lord , To realms of endless day . THE RESURRECTION . ' CHRIST , the LORD , is risen to day , ' ! Sons of men and Angels say Raise your joys and triumphs high ; Sing , ye Heavens , and Earth ...
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... ! REMEMBER THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH . IN the soft season of thy youth , In nature's smiling bloom , Ere age arrive , and trembling wait Its summons to the tomb ; REMEMBER THY CREATOR , GOD ; For him thy pow'rs 47.
... ! REMEMBER THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH . IN the soft season of thy youth , In nature's smiling bloom , Ere age arrive , and trembling wait Its summons to the tomb ; REMEMBER THY CREATOR , GOD ; For him thy pow'rs 47.
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... tomb . Can the fond mother slight her boy ; Can she forget her prattling joy ? Say then , shall Sov'reign love desert The humble and the honest heart ? Heav'n may not grant thee all thy mind ; Yet say not thou that Heaven's unkind . GOD ...
... tomb . Can the fond mother slight her boy ; Can she forget her prattling joy ? Say then , shall Sov'reign love desert The humble and the honest heart ? Heav'n may not grant thee all thy mind ; Yet say not thou that Heaven's unkind . GOD ...
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... tomb , With lustre brighter far shall shine ; ( If goodness in the life did bloom ) Safe from diseases and decline , Let sickness blast , let death devour , So heaven but recompence our pains ; Perish the grass , and fade the flower ...
... tomb , With lustre brighter far shall shine ; ( If goodness in the life did bloom ) Safe from diseases and decline , Let sickness blast , let death devour , So heaven but recompence our pains ; Perish the grass , and fade the flower ...
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Angels Asham'd beauty bestow betimes bids blessings blest bliss bloom BRAMBLE breast breath bright celestial cheerful CHRIST Cricket death delight design'd divine dread earth endless day eternal ev'ry fair FATHER DIVINE fear filmy flow flower folly give glory grace grateful hand happy happy day Hast thou hear heart Heav'n heav'nly hope hopes and fears hour humble immortal JESUS joys kite labour life's light live LORD love divine matchless mind morning mortal mourn nature's ne'er night nobler NOSEGAY o'er op'ning pain path peace perfume pity pleasure poor pow'r pray'r pride raptures reign rest rise sacred Saviour scenes Seraph shine sigh sight sing skies smiles song soul spring sweet tear tempests thee thine thou e'er thought Thro thy love Thy mercy thy praise tomb tongue truth Twas virtue virtuous voice Where'er wings wise young youth
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Page 38 - WAKE, my soul, stretch every nerve, •'*• And press with vigor on : A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown. 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey : Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 3...
Page 132 - twere always day. With heavy sighs I often hear You mourn my hapless woe ; But sure with patience I can bear A loss I ne'er can know. Then let not what I cannot have My cheer of mind destroy : Whilst thus I sing, I am a king, Although a poor blind boy.
Page 25 - Lives again our glorious King, Where, O death, is now thy sting...
Page 88 - Fair, distant land! could mortal eyes But half its charms explore, How would our spirits long to rise, And dwell on earth no more ! 3 No cloud those blissful regions know — Realms ever bright and fair! For sin, the source of mortal woe, Can never enter there.
Page 15 - It gently clear'd my way; And through the pleasing snares of vice, More to be fear'd than thev.
Page 26 - This day be grateful homage paid, And loud hosannas sung ; Let gladness dwell in every heart, And praise on every tongue. Ten thousand differing lips shall join To hail this welcome morn, Which scatters blessings from its wings, To nations yet unborn.
Page 71 - SEE the leaves around us falling, Dry and wither'd to the ground ; Thus to thoughtless mortals calling, In a sad and solemn sound...
Page 16 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 13 - All that Spring, with bounteous hand, Scatters o'er the smiling land ; All that liberal Autumn pours From her rich o'erflowing stores. These to Thee, my God, we owe, Source whence all our blessings flow ; And for these my soul shall raise Grateful vows and solemn praise.
Page 14 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...