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... sent to you , dear young reader , as the dying gift of SAMUEL GEORGE , in the hope that God , for the sake of His beloved Son , would make it as great a blessing to you as it was to their child . THE BIBLE HYMN - BOOK . EDITED BY THE REV.
... sent to you , dear young reader , as the dying gift of SAMUEL GEORGE , in the hope that God , for the sake of His beloved Son , would make it as great a blessing to you as it was to their child . THE BIBLE HYMN - BOOK . EDITED BY THE REV.
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... dying moan on their cheerless bed , By the Ganges laved in vain . Light for the ancient race Exil'd from Zion's rest ! Homeless they roam from place to place , Benighted and oppress'd ; They shudder at Sinai's fearful base , — Guide ...
... dying moan on their cheerless bed , By the Ganges laved in vain . Light for the ancient race Exil'd from Zion's rest ! Homeless they roam from place to place , Benighted and oppress'd ; They shudder at Sinai's fearful base , — Guide ...
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... dying friend . 2 Here I'll sit , for ever viewing Mercy's streams , in streams of blood ; Precious drops ! my soul bedewing , Plead and claim my peace with God , 3 Truly blessed is this station , Low before his Cross to lie , While I ...
... dying friend . 2 Here I'll sit , for ever viewing Mercy's streams , in streams of blood ; Precious drops ! my soul bedewing , Plead and claim my peace with God , 3 Truly blessed is this station , Low before his Cross to lie , While I ...
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... dying state . Upward bid my soul aspire ; Open thou the crystal gate , To thy praise attune my lyre : Dwell for ever , — Dwell on each immortal wire . 3 From the sparkling turrets there , Oft I'll trace my pilgrim way ; Often bless thy ...
... dying state . Upward bid my soul aspire ; Open thou the crystal gate , To thy praise attune my lyre : Dwell for ever , — Dwell on each immortal wire . 3 From the sparkling turrets there , Oft I'll trace my pilgrim way ; Often bless thy ...
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... for ever flow . 4 My God , I feel the mournful scene ; My bowels yearn o'er dying men ; And fain my pity would reclaim And snatch the firebrands from the flame . 5 But feeble my compassion proves , And can but 106 THE BIBLE HYMN - BOOK .
... for ever flow . 4 My God , I feel the mournful scene ; My bowels yearn o'er dying men ; And fain my pity would reclaim And snatch the firebrands from the flame . 5 But feeble my compassion proves , And can but 106 THE BIBLE HYMN - BOOK .
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angels Art thou bear Behold blessed blest bliss breast bright cheer child children of Zion Christ clouds Covenanters cross crown curse dark dead dear death delight divine dwell dying earth earthly eternal ev'ry everlasting eyes faint faith faithless Father fear feast of love flee flow my tears foes give glad glorious glory God's gracious grief Hallelujah happy hast hath hear heart HEATHERDALE Heaven heavenly holy hope HORATIUS BONAR Israel Jehovah Jesus King Lamb Lamb of God light lives Lord mercy morning morocco nigh night o'er peace Praise ye prayer precious ransom'd reign rest rise salvation Saviour shame shine sigh sing sinners sins skies slain song Songs of praise sorrow soul spirit sweet tears Thee thine Thou art Thou hast thro Thy blood Thy grace Thy love thy throne tongue Twas unto voice vols weary weep word
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Page 240 - Christ, art all I want ; More than all in thee I find; Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind ! Just and holy is thy name ; I am all unrighteousness ; Vile, and full of sin I am ; Thou art full of truth and grace.
Page 14 - 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.
Page 286 - Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were a present far too small; love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.
Page 372 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers ; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours.
Page 100 - SONGS of praise the angels sang; Heaven with hallelujahs rang, When Jehovah's work begun, When he spake and it was done. 2 Songs of praise awoke the morn. When the Prince of Peace was born ; Songs of praise arose, when he Captive led captivity. 3 Heaven and earth must pass away : Songs of praise shall crown that day : God will make new heavens and earth ; Songs of praise shall hail their birth.
Page 167 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 168 - Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we, to men benighted, The lamp of life deny ? Salvation, O ! salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learned Messiah's name.
Page 275 - Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
Page 286 - See, from His head, His hands. His feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down ! Did e'er such love and sorrow meet ? Or thorns compose so rich a crown...
Page 72 - SWEET the moments, rich in blessing, Which before the Cross I spend ; Life and health and peace possessing From the sinner's dying friend. 2 Here I'll sit, for ever viewing Mercy's streams, in streams of blood ; Precious drops ! my soul bedewing, Plead and claim my peace with God...