The Christian Psalmist, Or Hymns, Selected and Original: With an Introductory EssayW. Collins, 1837 - 456 páginas |
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... perfect and exquisite compositions of un- inspired poets , both in our own and in other countries . The Editor of " THE CHRISTIAN PSALMIST " hopes to have an early opportunity of showing that Dr John- son's assertion respecting the ...
... perfect and exquisite compositions of un- inspired poets , both in our own and in other countries . The Editor of " THE CHRISTIAN PSALMIST " hopes to have an early opportunity of showing that Dr John- son's assertion respecting the ...
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... perfect . A hymn ought to be as regular in its structure as any other poem ; it should have a distinct subject , and that subject should be simple , not complicated , so that whatever skill or labour might be required in the author to ...
... perfect . A hymn ought to be as regular in its structure as any other poem ; it should have a distinct subject , and that subject should be simple , not complicated , so that whatever skill or labour might be required in the author to ...
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... perfect rhymes ; not to gratify a craving ear with an idle jingle , -for bad rhymes are much more obtrusive than good ones , -but to form a running harmony through the verse , which is felt without being remarked , and yet so essential ...
... perfect rhymes ; not to gratify a craving ear with an idle jingle , -for bad rhymes are much more obtrusive than good ones , -but to form a running harmony through the verse , which is felt without being remarked , and yet so essential ...
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... perfect love , in the very beams of the beatific vision , -Christian experience furnishes him with everlasting and inexhaustible themes ; and it must be confessed , that he has celebrated them with an af- fluence of diction , and a ...
... perfect love , in the very beams of the beatific vision , -Christian experience furnishes him with everlasting and inexhaustible themes ; and it must be confessed , that he has celebrated them with an af- fluence of diction , and a ...
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... perfect , throughly furnished unto all good works . " One of the most precious uses of the sacred oracles , is their infinite capability of personal applica- tion to the mind and the heart , the circumstances and duties of the Christian ...
... perfect , throughly furnished unto all good works . " One of the most precious uses of the sacred oracles , is their infinite capability of personal applica- tion to the mind and the heart , the circumstances and duties of the Christian ...
Términos y frases comunes
adore Almighty angels Augustus Toplady Behold bless bless'd bliss blood breast breath cheer Christ Christian darkness dead dear death delight divine doth dwell earth End of faith endless eternal everlasting everlasting love everlasting song eyes faith Father fear feel flow my tears foes give glorious glory gospel gracious grief Hallelujah hand happy hath hear heart heaven heavenly hell holy hope hour humble hymns Israel Jehovah Jesus joyful King Lamb Lamb of God light live Lord love divine night o'er pain peace Pentecost pray prayer ransom'd Redeemer reign rejoice rest righteousness rise sacred saints salvation Saviour seek shine sing sinners sins skies song Songs of praise sorrow soul stand Star of Bethlehem strength sweet tears Thee thine Thou art thoughts thy face thy grace thy love thy mercies thy name thy Spirit thy word tongue trembling truth voice wilt
Pasajes populares
Página 275 - 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.
Página 198 - FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee.
Página 216 - Direct, control, suggest this day, All I design, or do, or say ; That all my powers, with all their might, In Thy sole glory may unite...
Página 220 - 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.
Página 107 - twere not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmixed with Thee. Soul, then know thy full salvation, Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care; Joy to find in every station Something still to do or bear.
Página 66 - The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Página 78 - Thine eye commands with piercing view My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh, with all their powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known ; He knows the words I mean to speak, Ere from my opening lips they break. 3 Within thy circling power I stand, On every side I find thy hand : Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God.
Página 270 - ... JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more...
Página 243 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning! Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid ; Star of the East, the horizon adorning. Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Página 139 - TEACH me, my God and King, In all things thee to see, And what I do in any thing, To do it as for thee...