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... o'er the past my memory strays Assembled at thy great command As the hart , with eager looks As the sun's enlivening eye As twilight's gradual veil is spread HYMN · 571 459 357 324 598 · 3 301 64 • 496 133 53 160 424 377 271 109 • . 314 ...
... o'er the past my memory strays Assembled at thy great command As the hart , with eager looks As the sun's enlivening eye As twilight's gradual veil is spread HYMN · 571 459 357 324 598 · 3 301 64 • 496 133 53 160 424 377 271 109 • . 314 ...
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... o'er our head 349 Benignant Saviour ! ' twas not thine Blessed be thy name for ever Blessed sabbath of the Lord Bless , O Lord , the opening year Blest are the pure in heart . Blest are the sons of peace Blest be the hour , when friends ...
... o'er our head 349 Benignant Saviour ! ' twas not thine Blessed be thy name for ever Blessed sabbath of the Lord Bless , O Lord , the opening year Blest are the pure in heart . Blest are the sons of peace Blest be the hour , when friends ...
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... O'er Kedron's stream and Salem's height O'er the dark wave of Galilee O'er the realms of Pagan darkness O Father ! though the anxious fear O for a faith in God's decrees Oft , when the waves of passion rise O give thanks to him who made ...
... O'er Kedron's stream and Salem's height O'er the dark wave of Galilee O'er the realms of Pagan darkness O Father ! though the anxious fear O for a faith in God's decrees Oft , when the waves of passion rise O give thanks to him who made ...
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... o'er all Jehovah reigns Sweet day ! so cool , so calm , so bright Sweet is the friendly voice which speaks Sweet is the prayer whose holy stream Sweet is the scene when virtue dies Sweet is the work , my God , my King Sweet slumbers ...
... o'er all Jehovah reigns Sweet day ! so cool , so calm , so bright Sweet is the friendly voice which speaks Sweet is the prayer whose holy stream Sweet is the scene when virtue dies Sweet is the work , my God , my King Sweet slumbers ...
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... o'er the deep They who seek the throne of grace This stone to thee in faith we lay Thou art the first , and thou the last Though sorrows rise , and dangers roll Thou , great Creator , art possessed Thou hidden love of God , whose height ...
... o'er the deep They who seek the throne of grace This stone to thee in faith we lay Thou art the first , and thou the last Though sorrows rise , and dangers roll Thou , great Creator , art possessed Thou hidden love of God , whose height ...
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adore beams behold bless blest bliss breast breath bright cease cheerful Christ Christian clouds darkness death divine DODDRIDGE dwell earth eternal everlasting evermore faith Father Father divine fear give gloom glorious glory gracious grief Hallelujah hast hath hear heart heaven heavenly HEBER holy hope Hosanna hour hymn iambs immortal Jehovah Jesus JOHN FAWCETT joy in heaven King lift light live Lord mind MONTGOMERY morning mortal night o'er peace pray prayer rapture reign rejoice repentant song rest rise round sacred Saviour shade shine sing skies sleep smile song Songs of praise sorrow soul spirit spread star of Bethlehem stars storm sweet tears tempest thee thine thou art thought thy grace thy hand thy love Thy mercy thy name thy power thy praise thy word tongue trembling trust truth voice WATTS weary WESLEY wings wisdom worlds unknown worship
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Page 11 - Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3. ' Let cares, like a wild deluge, come, And storms of sorrow fall ; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all ; — 4. ' There shall I bathe my weary soul In seas of heavenly rest ; And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast.
Page 15 - His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men ; And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed. He brought us to his fold again.
Page 32 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at, the north wind's breath, And stars to set — but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O death!
Page 11 - HAIL to the Lord's Anointed, Great David's greater Son ; Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun ; He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free, To take away transgression, And rule in equity.
Page 14 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 10 - HARE the glad sound ! the Saviour comes, The Saviour promised long ! Let every heart prepare a throne, And every voice a song.
Page 11 - There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God. 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays, Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.
Page 11 - O GOD of Bethel ! by whose hand Thy people still are fed ; Who through this weary pilgrimage Hast all our fathers led ! 2 Our vows, our prayers we now present Before thy throne of grace : God of our fathers ! be the God Of their succeeding race.
Page 11 - A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic, like the sun ; It gives a light to every age ; It gives, but borrows none.
Page 11 - Could we but climb where Moses stood And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood Should fright us from the shore.