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... author wrote " minds " instead of " souls " in the third stanza . The hymn has been improved by the omission of one inferior stanza , the fourth , of the original , which is not equal to its fellows : 4 " There with benign regard , Our ...
... author wrote " minds " instead of " souls " in the third stanza . The hymn has been improved by the omission of one inferior stanza , the fourth , of the original , which is not equal to its fellows : 4 " There with benign regard , Our ...
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... author of this hymn . In the oldest edition , 1561 , of the Old Version - Stern hold and Hopkins - now extant , it ... wrote " the well - deserved " instead of " thy " in the first verse , and " dear " hour in the second verse instead of " ...
... author of this hymn . In the oldest edition , 1561 , of the Old Version - Stern hold and Hopkins - now extant , it ... wrote " the well - deserved " instead of " thy " in the first verse , and " dear " hour in the second verse instead of " ...
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... author's Spirit of the Psalms , London , 1834 . The first three stanzas have been altered . The last line of the ... wrote " Hoard up , " instead of " And keep ; " in the fourth verse he wrote " a copious , " instead of " abundant ...
... author's Spirit of the Psalms , London , 1834 . The first three stanzas have been altered . The last line of the ... wrote " Hoard up , " instead of " And keep ; " in the fourth verse he wrote " a copious , " instead of " abundant ...
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... author's title is : Before Preaching to the Colliers in Leicestershire . This is composed of verses one , two , six , and nine , of a hymn of eighteen stanzas . No. 367 is a part of the same hymn . The author wrote " stony " instead of ...
... author's title is : Before Preaching to the Colliers in Leicestershire . This is composed of verses one , two , six , and nine , of a hymn of eighteen stanzas . No. 367 is a part of the same hymn . The author wrote " stony " instead of ...
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... author wrote : " And teach us as we read to feel ; " and in the last three lines of the last stanza : " O may we safely go To those fair realms where love provides A final rest from woe . " The Rev. William Hiley Bathurst , an English ...
... author wrote : " And teach us as we read to feel ; " and in the last three lines of the last stanza : " O may we safely go To those fair realms where love provides A final rest from woe . " The Rev. William Hiley Bathurst , an English ...
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Page 87 - Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God : All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood. 3 See from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down ; Did e'er such love and sorrow meet ? Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
Page 265 - LEAD, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead thou me on ! The night is dark, and I am far from home, — Lead thou me on ! Keep thou my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant scene, — one step enough for me.
Page 369 - A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone, Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun.
Page 288 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers ; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 16 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 47 - Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Page 46 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without thee I dare not die.
Page 215 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Page 79 - Fear not," said he ; for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind ; " Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind.
Page 165 - CHRIST, Whose glory fills the skies, Christ, the true, the only Light, Sun of Righteousness, arise, Triumph o'er the shades of night : Day-spring from on high, be near ; Day-star, in my heart appear.