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angels bless blest bliss blood breast breath bright calm canst CHARLES WESLEY CHARLOTTE ELLIOTT Christ close to thee COTTA FAMILY cross crown dear death didst divine DORA GREENWELL dost doth dwell earth earthly Eden land eternal eyes faint faith Father fear feet of Jesus forever Gethsemane glorious glory gracious hand hath healed heart heaven heavenly holy hope HORATIUS BONAR hour hymns ISAAC WATTS JOHN KEBLE Lamb of God life's light live look Lord love thee LUCY LARCOM MADAME GUYON mighty night o'er peace perfect praise prayer RAY PALMER rejoice rest righteousness robe Saviour shalt shining shore SIMPLE TRUST sing sinner sins smile song sorrow soul Spirit storm sweet tears thine things thou art thou hast Thou wilt thought throne thy face thy feet thy grace thy love toil Truth unto waves weary weep word wouldst Zion's
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Page 38 - Hath He marks to lead me to Him, If He be my Guide ? " In His feet and hands are wound-prints, And His side.
Page 67 - But what to those who find ? Ah ! this Nor tongue nor pen can show ; The love of Jesus, what it is None but His loved ones know.
Page 12 - Lord, it belongs not to my care Whether I die or live ; To love and serve Thee is my share, And this thy grace must give.
Page 179 - Calm me, my God, and keep me calm, Soft resting on thy breast, Soothe me with holy hymn and psalm, And bid my spirit rest.
Page 40 - WHEN God of old came down from heaven, In power and wrath He came ; Before His feet the clouds were riven, Half darkness and half flame : 2 But when He came the second time, He came in power and love ; Softer than gale at morning prime Hovered His holy Dove.
Page 180 - How blest the sacred tie that binds In union sweet according minds ! How swift the heavenly course they run, Whose hearts, whose 'faith, whose hopes are one ! 2.
Page 138 - Amen ; so let it be : Life from the dead is in that word, 'Tis immortality. Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home.
Page 73 - The healing of His seamless dress Is by our beds of pain ; We touch Him in life's throng and press, And we are whole again. Through Him the first fond prayers are said Our lips of childhood frame, The last low whispers of our dead Are burdened with His name.
Page 139 - Yet clouds will intervene, And all my prospect flies ; Like Noah's dove, I flit between Rough seas and stormy skies. Anon the clouds depart, The winds and waters cease ; While sweetly o'er my gladdened heart Expands the bow of peace ! Beneath its glowing arch, Along the hallowed ground, I see cherubic armies march, A camp of fire around.
Page 97 - Jerusalem, my happy home, Would God I were in thee! Would God my woes were at an end, Thy joys that I might see!