The Story of the American HymnAbingdon Press, 1921 - 429 páginas |
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... died on the sea hitherward . " How- ever , in due course of time , President Dunster married the widow and received her and the printery into his own home . Here it was that the Bay Psalm Book was printed in 1640 , a year memorable in ...
... died on the sea hitherward . " How- ever , in due course of time , President Dunster married the widow and received her and the printery into his own home . Here it was that the Bay Psalm Book was printed in 1640 , a year memorable in ...
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... died off , many of the tunes which had been brought over from England should be for- gotten and pass out of use . It was not till 1690 that a few tunes were printed , but no copies of that book are now extant . In 1698 , the ninth ...
... died off , many of the tunes which had been brought over from England should be for- gotten and pass out of use . It was not till 1690 that a few tunes were printed , but no copies of that book are now extant . In 1698 , the ninth ...
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... choicest contribution he has left us . Prob- ably no hymn of the church is held in more wide- spread favor . It is loved and sung the world around . Dr. Dwight died in 1817 , after a most illus- 39 " ACCOMMODATED " PSALM BOOK.
... choicest contribution he has left us . Prob- ably no hymn of the church is held in more wide- spread favor . It is loved and sung the world around . Dr. Dwight died in 1817 , after a most illus- 39 " ACCOMMODATED " PSALM BOOK.
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Edward Summerfield Ninde. Dr. Dwight died in 1817 , after a most illus- trious career . The amount of work he accom- plished was all the more astonishing when we re- member that in early manhood his eyes were seri- ously injured , so ...
Edward Summerfield Ninde. Dr. Dwight died in 1817 , after a most illus- trious career . The amount of work he accom- plished was all the more astonishing when we re- member that in early manhood his eyes were seri- ously injured , so ...
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... died at the early age of thirty - seven , but in that short time he made a wonderful rec- ord . He preached in Virginia for several years , and in 1759 he succeeded Jonathan Edwards as president of the College of New Jersey , now ...
... died at the early age of thirty - seven , but in that short time he made a wonderful rec- ord . He preached in Virginia for several years , and in 1759 he succeeded Jonathan Edwards as president of the College of New Jersey , now ...
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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!