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... never - fainting ray ! How rise thy towers , serene and bright , To meet the dawning day ! 5 In vain the surge's angry shock , In vain the drifting sands ; Unharmed , upon the eternal rock , The eternal city stands . Rev. Samuel Johnson ...
... never - fainting ray ! How rise thy towers , serene and bright , To meet the dawning day ! 5 In vain the surge's angry shock , In vain the drifting sands ; Unharmed , upon the eternal rock , The eternal city stands . Rev. Samuel Johnson ...
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... never cease . We seek the truth which Jesus brought ; His path of light we long to tread ; Here be his holy doctrines taught , And here their purest influence shed . Rev. Henry Ware , Jr. , 1794 3 Thine inward teachings make me know ...
... never cease . We seek the truth which Jesus brought ; His path of light we long to tread ; Here be his holy doctrines taught , And here their purest influence shed . Rev. Henry Ware , Jr. , 1794 3 Thine inward teachings make me know ...
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... Never from us depart ; Rule thou in every heart , Hence , evermore . Thy sovereign majesty May we in glory see , And to eternity Love and adore . Anonymous 18 A i Lord of all power and might , Father of love and light , Speed on thy ...
... Never from us depart ; Rule thou in every heart , Hence , evermore . Thy sovereign majesty May we in glory see , And to eternity Love and adore . Anonymous 18 A i Lord of all power and might , Father of love and light , Speed on thy ...
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... never look in vain ; I feel thy strong and tender love , And all is well again : The thought of thee is mightier far Than sin and pain and sorrow are . 2 Discouraged in the work of life , Disheartened by its load , Shamed by its ...
... never look in vain ; I feel thy strong and tender love , And all is well again : The thought of thee is mightier far Than sin and pain and sorrow are . 2 Discouraged in the work of life , Disheartened by its load , Shamed by its ...
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... never set . 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine , For such a bright display , As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day . 5 My soul rejoices to pursue The steps of him I love ; Till glory break upon my view In brighter ...
... never set . 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine , For such a bright display , As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day . 5 My soul rejoices to pursue The steps of him I love ; Till glory break upon my view In brighter ...
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adore Alleluia AMEN angels Barnby bb4 A-MEN bless blest breath bright calm Charles Wesley Christ crown darkness dear death divine dwell earth eternal everlasting evermore eyes faith Father fear forever Frederick W give glad glorious glory God's Godfrey Thring gracious hast hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy hope Horatius Bonar hour Hymn Isaac Watts J. B. Dykes James Montgomery Jerusalem the golden Jesus John King Let thy life's light live Lord mercy morning Nearer night o'er pain path peace Philip Doddridge praise pray prayer Reginald Heber reign Rejoice rest rise saints Samuel Longfellow Saviour shadow shine sing Sir John Bowring skies song sorrow soul stars strength sweet tears thee thine thou art thought thro thy hand thy love thy presence thy throne thy word toil trust truth voice wait weary William Cowper wings wonders
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Page 278 - SUNSET and evening star, And one clear call for me. And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark: And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho...
Page 342 - My native country! thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills, .Like that above.
Page 106 - 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...
Page 382 - So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 301 - Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green : So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Page 100 - While life's dark maze I tread, And griefs around me spread, 'Be Thou my Guide; Bid darkness turn to day, Wipe sorrow's tears away, Nor let me ever stray From Thee aside.
Page 289 - 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 93 - COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, With all thy quickening powers ; Kindle a flame of sacred love » In these cold hearts of ours.
Page 162 - Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, And with the angels bear thy part, Who all night long, unwearied, sing High praise to the eternal King.
Page 20 - O God, our Help in ages past, Our Hope for years to come, Our Shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal Home...