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... verse by Francis Scott Key , in Benson's Studies of Familiar Hymns . Rev. Dr. Henry van Dyke - Poem from Collected Poems , copyrighted by Charles Scribner's Sons , New York . Rev. Dr. F. L. Hosmer - Hymns . Rev. Dr. M. W. Stryker - Hymn ...
... verse by Francis Scott Key , in Benson's Studies of Familiar Hymns . Rev. Dr. Henry van Dyke - Poem from Collected Poems , copyrighted by Charles Scribner's Sons , New York . Rev. Dr. F. L. Hosmer - Hymns . Rev. Dr. M. W. Stryker - Hymn ...
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... verse by Francis Quarles , the poet , and sent over from England , all the work was done on this side . Of the piety of ... verses with the sweet- ness of any paraphrase , and soe have attended Conscience rather than Elegance , fidelity ...
... verse by Francis Quarles , the poet , and sent over from England , all the work was done on this side . Of the piety of ... verses with the sweet- ness of any paraphrase , and soe have attended Conscience rather than Elegance , fidelity ...
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... verses lengthen , And with the texts own word you will them strengthen . " The rendering of the 137th Psalm is a fair example of the greater part of the book : " 1 The rivers on of Babilon there when wee did sit downe : yea even then ...
... verses lengthen , And with the texts own word you will them strengthen . " The rendering of the 137th Psalm is a fair example of the greater part of the book : " 1 The rivers on of Babilon there when wee did sit downe : yea even then ...
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... verses from the 137th Psalm may be com- pared with the passage already quoted from the same Psalm in the Bay Psalm Book . " 1 As by the streams of babylon We captive sat with anxious fears ; Then we dear Zion thought upon , And melted ...
... verses from the 137th Psalm may be com- pared with the passage already quoted from the same Psalm in the Bay Psalm Book . " 1 As by the streams of babylon We captive sat with anxious fears ; Then we dear Zion thought upon , And melted ...
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... years could be written from simply studying the hymns of these centuries . The militant verses of Mar- tin Luther and Gustavus Adolphus , the raptur- ous songs of Charles Wesley , the missionary out- burst 60 HYMNS ON DEATH AND PERDITION.
... years could be written from simply studying the hymns of these centuries . The militant verses of Mar- tin Luther and Gustavus Adolphus , the raptur- ous songs of Charles Wesley , the missionary out- burst 60 HYMNS ON DEATH AND PERDITION.
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Page 267 - While life's dark maze I tread, And griefs around me spread, Be Thou my guide ; Bid darkness turn to day, Wipe sorrow's tears away, Nor let me ever stray From Thee aside.
Page 151 - THOU art the Way : — to thee alone From sin and death we flee ; And he who would the Father seek, Must seek him, Lord, by thee. 2 Thou art the Truth : — thy word alone True wisdom can impart; Thou only canst inform the mind, And purify the heart. 3 Thou art the Life :— the rending tomb Proclaims thy conquering arm ; And those who put their trust in thee Nor death nor hell shall harm. 4 Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life; Grant us that Way to know, That Truth to keep, that Life to win, Whose...
Page 252 - He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat : Oh ! be swift, my soul, to answer Him ! be jubilant, my feet ! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me : As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Page 332 - O LITTLE town of Bethlehem ! How still we see thee lie ; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by ; Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light ; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee to-night.
Page 157 - Still through the cloven skies they come, With peaceful wings unfurled; And still their heavenly music floats O'er all the weary world: Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on hovering wing; And ever o'er its Babel-sounds The blessed angels sing.
Page 266 - MY faith looks up to thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour Divine ! Now hear me while I pray : Take all my guilt away ; O let me from this day Be wholly thine.
Page 145 - There is an hour of peaceful rest, To mourning wanderers given; There is a joy for souls distressed, A balm for every wounded breast, 'Tis found above — in heaven.
Page 158 - For lo! the days are hastening on, By prophet-bards foretold, When with the ever-circling years Comes round the age of gold ; When Peace shall over all the earth Its ancient splendors fling, And the whole world send back the song Which now the angels sing.
Page 241 - When on my day of life the night is falling, And, in the winds from unsunned spaces blown, I hear far voices out of darkness calling My feet to paths unknown...
Page 237 - I see the wrong that round me lies, I feel the guilt within; I hear, with groan and travail-cries, The world confess its sin. Yet, in the maddening maze of things, And tossed by storm and flood, To one fixed trust my spirit clings; I know that God is good!