The Story of the American HymnAbingdon Press, 1921 - 429 páginas |
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... known to fame as apostle to the Indians . In the meantime , while the work was in prog- ress , a printing press , or " printery , " as it was called , was brought over from England and set up in the house of President Dunster , head of ...
... known to fame as apostle to the Indians . In the meantime , while the work was in prog- ress , a printing press , or " printery , " as it was called , was brought over from England and set up in the house of President Dunster , head of ...
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... known . But in Salem , where the Pilgrim spirit was dominant , Ainsworth's version was re- tained till 1667 , and Plymouth , the stronghold of the Pilgrims , did not give up its beloved Ains- worth for the new version till 1692. A ...
... known . But in Salem , where the Pilgrim spirit was dominant , Ainsworth's version was re- tained till 1667 , and Plymouth , the stronghold of the Pilgrims , did not give up its beloved Ains- worth for the new version till 1692. A ...
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... known to exist , one in the John Carter Brown Library at Providence , and the other in the British Museum . In 1650 the third edition appeared . A care- ful revision of the original book had been made by President Dunster , aided by ...
... known to exist , one in the John Carter Brown Library at Providence , and the other in the British Museum . In 1650 the third edition appeared . A care- ful revision of the original book had been made by President Dunster , aided by ...
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... known is the one inspired by the words of the 137th Psalm : " If I forget thee , O Jerusalem , let my right hand for- get her cunning . If I do not remember thee , let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem ...
... known is the one inspired by the words of the 137th Psalm : " If I forget thee , O Jerusalem , let my right hand for- get her cunning . If I do not remember thee , let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem ...
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... known in America . Dr. John Rippon , of London , included seven of them in the famous Baptist Hymn Book which he published in 1787. One of them became so popular that it appeared in more than one hundred hymn books in England alone ...
... known in America . Dr. John Rippon , of London , included seven of them in the famous Baptist Hymn Book which he published in 1787. One of them became so popular that it appeared in more than one hundred hymn books in England alone ...
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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!