Sparkling Diamonds: A Collection of New Music for Sabbath School, Gospel Meetings and the Home Circle

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White, Smith, 1884 - Hymns, English - 176 pages
 

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Page 130 - I wish that his hands had been placed on my head, That his arm had been thrown around me, And that I might have seen his kind look when he said, Let the little ones come unto me.
Page 130 - I think, when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How He called little children as lambs to His fold, I should like to have been with them then.
Page 43 - Why longer roam ? 2 To-day the Saviour calls : O, hear him now ; Within these sacred walls To Jesus bow. 3 To-day the Saviour calls : For refuge fly ; The storm of justice falls, And death is nigh. 4 The Spirit calls to-day : Yield to his power : O, grieve him not away ; 'Tis mercy's hour.
Page 76 - LIFT your glad voices in triumph on high, For Jesus hath risen, and man cannot die. Vain were the terrors that gathered around him, And short the dominion of death and the grave ; He burst from the fetters of darkness that bound him. Resplendent in glory, to live and to save. Loud was the chorus of angels on high, ' The Saviour hath risen, and man shall not die.* 2 Glory to God, in full anthems of joy ; The being he gave us, death cannot destroy.
Page 163 - The bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her lowly nest ; And she that doth most sweetly sing Sings in the shade when all things rest : In lark and nightingale we see What honour hath humility. When Mary chose the "better part,
Page 157 - Are decked in glo -rious sheen. For - ev - er and for - ev - er Are clad in robes of white. Who art, with God the Fa - ther And Spir - it, ev - er blest ! A -men.
Page 19 - Lord and Master, At Thy sacred feet, Here with hearts rejoicing See Thy children meet: Often have we left Thee, Often gone astray ; Keep us, mighty Saviour, In the narrow way.
Page 66 - Angels, sing on ! your faithful watches keeping; Sing us sweet fragments of the songs above ; Till morning's joy shall end the night of weeping, And life's long shadows break in cloudless love.
Page 163 - The saint that wears heaven's brightest crown In deepest adoration bends : The weight of glory bows him down Then most, when most his soul ascends : Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility.
Page 43 - Ye wanderers, come ; O ye benighted souls, Why longer roam ? 2 To-day the Saviour calls : O hear him now ; Within these sacred walls To Jesus bow.

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