Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: For Use in the Public Services of the Church of Christ

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Simpkin, Marshall, & Company, 1860 - Hymns, English - 355 pages

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Page 137 - COME, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne ; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2 " Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, "To be exalted thus!
Page 132 - IN the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime.
Page 81 - Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and His word? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed ! How sweet their memory still ! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Page 239 - 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 115 - ... the glad sound ! the Saviour comes! The Saviour promised long ! Let every heart prepare a throne, And every voice a song.
Page 117 - 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 259 - I sing the wisdom that ordained The sun to rule the day ; The moon shines full at his command, And all the stars obey. 3 I sing the goodness of the Lord, That filled the earth with food ; He formed the creatures with his word, And then pronounced them good.
Page 139 - GO to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel the Tempter's power. Your Redeemer's conflict see : Watch with Him one bitter hour. Turn not from His griefs away : Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.
Page 100 - BEHOLD the morning sun Begins his glorious way ; His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey. 2 But where the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light ; It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight.
Page 101 - A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun ; It gives a light to every age, — It gives, but borrows none.

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