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adore almighty angels beams behold bids blessings blest bliss boundless breath bright celestial cheerful Christ clouds crown darkness death delight divine dwell earth endless eternal everlasting everlasting song eyes faith Father FATHER divine fear flow forever glad song gloomy glorious God's gospel gracious grateful hail hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy honours hope Hosanna humble humble souls HYMN immortal Jehovah Jesus joyful King light live Lord Metre mighty morning mortal NATIVITY OF JESUS night o'er peace prayer proclaim raise rapture reign rejoice repentant songs rest rise sacred saints salvation Saviour shade shine sing sinners skies smiling songs songs of praise sorrow soul sound sovereign spirit spread Star of Bethlehem sweet tempests thee thine thy command thy grace thy hand thy love Thy mercy thy name thy praise thy throne thy word tongue triumph truth voice wings wisdom wonders wondrous Zion's
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Page 6 - His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men , And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed He brought us to his fold again.
Page 5 - 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 ; 4 While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, • Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 163 - COME, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne ; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2 " "Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, " To be exalted thus ; " " Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply,
Page 24 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take ; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 378 - Must I be carried to the skies On flowery beds of ease, While others fought to win the prize, And sailed through bloody seas ? 3 Are there no foes for me to face ? Must I not stem the flood ? Is this vile world a friend to grace, To help me on to God...
Page 333 - LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 28 - 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.
Page 330 - 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 141 - E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream, Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.
Page 391 - THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high, And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherubim and seraphim Full royally he rode, And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad.