The Olive-branch: A Collection of Sacred Music : to which is Added Music for the Singing-school and Instruction for the Voice ...

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Thomas J. Cook, T. Edward Perkins
F.J. Huntington, 1860 - Choruses (Mixed voices) - 304 pages

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Page 125 - is the work, my God, my King, To praise thy name, give thanks, and sing ; To show thy love by morning light, And talk of all thy truths at night. Sweet is the day of sacred rest ; No mortal care shall seize my breast ; O, may my heart in tune be found, Like David's harp of solemn sound.
Page 158 - sigh, And with him bear a part ! When sorrow flows from eye to eye, And joy from heart to heart. 1. How sweet, how heavenly is the sight, When those who love the Lord In one an-
Page 128 - 2. The dy - ing thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day ; And there may I, though vile as he, Wash all my sins a - way,
Page 169 - S. Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green'; So to the Jews old Ca-naan stood, While Jordan rolled
Page 105 - l. O come, loud anthems let us sing, Loud thanks to our almighty King ! For we our voices high should raise, When our salvation's Rock we praise. i
Page 124 - ( They softly lie, and sweetly sleep, Low in the ground, Low in the ground. ) 2. The storm that sweeps the wintry sky No more disturbs their deep
Page 97 - my God, this night, For all the blessings of the light ; Keep me, 0 keep me, King of kings, Be-neath the
Page 104 - Tis by the faith of joys to come, We walk thro' deserts dark as night ; Till we arrive at heaven, our home, Faith is our guide, and faith our]
Page 190 - г 3. He wept that we might weep. Each sin demands a tear; In heaven alone no sin is found, And there's no weeping there, And there's no weeping

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