The Story of the American HymnAbingdon Press, 1921 - 429 páginas |
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... Christian state and worship . " The influence of these two small books on Protestant worship in England , and later , in America , for one hundred and fifty years , can scarcely be overstated . Neither book won immediate favor on this ...
... Christian state and worship . " The influence of these two small books on Protestant worship in England , and later , in America , for one hundred and fifty years , can scarcely be overstated . Neither book won immediate favor on this ...
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... Christians , but to Christians in Britain , making sundry and very pointed ref- erences to the British sovereign and his king- dom . Such references , of course , could not be tolerated in America after the colonies gained their ...
... Christians , but to Christians in Britain , making sundry and very pointed ref- erences to the British sovereign and his king- dom . Such references , of course , could not be tolerated in America after the colonies gained their ...
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... Christian Indian in New England if not in all America . He belonged to the Mohegans , and like his fellow - tribesmen , he grew up a pagan . But the Great Awakening under Jonathan Edwards was abroad in the land . Preachers with a ...
... Christian Indian in New England if not in all America . He belonged to the Mohegans , and like his fellow - tribesmen , he grew up a pagan . But the Great Awakening under Jonathan Edwards was abroad in the land . Preachers with a ...
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... Christian ministry in the Presby- terian Church . This was so extraordinary an event that it made a profound impression throughout New England . He soon began mis- sionary work among the Oneida Indians , but the white settlers whom he ...
... Christian ministry in the Presby- terian Church . This was so extraordinary an event that it made a profound impression throughout New England . He soon began mis- sionary work among the Oneida Indians , but the white settlers whom he ...
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... Christian Indians greatly enjoyed Psalm sing- ing , and at a later date , when hymns were intro- duced , their enthusiasm knew no bounds . Oc- com's diary , recording his missionary journeys through the forests , is full of references ...
... Christian Indians greatly enjoyed Psalm sing- ing , and at a later date , when hymns were intro- duced , their enthusiasm knew no bounds . Oc- com's diary , recording his missionary journeys through the forests , is full of references ...
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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!