Sacred PoetryAmerican Sunday-School Union, 1828 - 180 páginas |
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... feel their worth , Is God's command to human kind , And own'd by every grateful mind . 2 Trace then the tender scenes of old , And all our infant days unfold ; Yield back to sight the mother's breast Watchful to lull her child to rest ...
... feel their worth , Is God's command to human kind , And own'd by every grateful mind . 2 Trace then the tender scenes of old , And all our infant days unfold ; Yield back to sight the mother's breast Watchful to lull her child to rest ...
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... feel the sins we own , And shun what we deplore . 2 Our contrite spirits pitying see , And penitence impart ; And let a healing ray from thee Beam hope upon the heart . 3 When our responsive tongues essay Their grateful songs to raise ...
... feel the sins we own , And shun what we deplore . 2 Our contrite spirits pitying see , And penitence impart ; And let a healing ray from thee Beam hope upon the heart . 3 When our responsive tongues essay Their grateful songs to raise ...
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... feel a friend is nigh : 2 O ! shall not warmer accents tell The gratitude we owe To Him who died , our fears to quell , Our more than orphan's wo ! 3 While yet his anguish'd soul survey'd Those pangs he would not flee ; What love his ...
... feel a friend is nigh : 2 O ! shall not warmer accents tell The gratitude we owe To Him who died , our fears to quell , Our more than orphan's wo ! 3 While yet his anguish'd soul survey'd Those pangs he would not flee ; What love his ...
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... feels a love , by love inspir'd , Returning whence it came , That can surrender all for One Who left so much for him . 6 And there is joy - the joy of One , Who , from a state of bliss , Looks back upon the awful depth Of wrath that ...
... feels a love , by love inspir'd , Returning whence it came , That can surrender all for One Who left so much for him . 6 And there is joy - the joy of One , Who , from a state of bliss , Looks back upon the awful depth Of wrath that ...
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... feel devotion's soothing power , And catch the manna of thy word . S And dear to me the loud Amen , Which echoes through the blest abode , Which swells and sinks , and swells again , Dies on the walls , but lives to God . 4 And dear the ...
... feel devotion's soothing power , And catch the manna of thy word . S And dear to me the loud Amen , Which echoes through the blest abode , Which swells and sinks , and swells again , Dies on the walls , but lives to God . 4 And dear the ...
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adore angels ANON beam Bethphage bless blest bliss blood bosom breast breath bright calm CAROLINE FRY celestial cheer CHRISTIAN clouds COWPER dark death dust to glory earth earthly EDMESTON eternal eternal grace ev'ry faith Father fear fled flow'r foes friends gloom glorious glory grace grave grief harp hast hath heart heaven heavenly hiding-place holy hope hour HYMN Israel Jesus Judah KELLY Lamb life's light lisping mar delights mercy mortal mourn ne'er nigh night o'er Oh mercy pain pass'd peace pleasure pow'r praise prayer ransom'd reigns rest rise RUSSIAN POETRY sacred saints Saviour seraph shine sigh sing sinners skies smile song sorrow soul spirit star star by star Star of Bethlehem storm sweet TAPPAN tears tempest thee thine thou art thro throne tomb trembling visions of ecstasy voice wave weep winds wings Zion Zion's
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Página 160 - The world recedes: it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy Victory? O Death! where is thy Sting.
Página 12 - 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 36 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road, That leads me to the Lamb.
Página 171 - They sin who tell us Love can die, With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. In Heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of Hell ; Earthly these passions of the Earth, They perish where they have their birth ; But Love is indestructible. Its holy flame for ever burneth, From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth...
Página 46 - But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust on his mail: And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
Página 80 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take ; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Página 46 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...
Página 68 - twere not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmix'd with Thee. 5 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 21 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. 3. Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; — Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. 4. Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air ; His watchword at the gates of death, — He enters heaven with prayer. 5. Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways ; While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry,...
Página 114 - O ! th" exceeding grace Of highest God that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed Angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe...