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... o'er my head , How call me to duty from sleep's drowsy spell ; While rich was the breath of the wild eglantine ; But sad thought of pining in oft have I knelt on the soft gliding waters , and sweet - er , O sweeter , and absence away ...
... o'er my head , How call me to duty from sleep's drowsy spell ; While rich was the breath of the wild eglantine ; But sad thought of pining in oft have I knelt on the soft gliding waters , and sweet - er , O sweeter , and absence away ...
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... long , an everlasting day , 4 Well , we shall quickly pass the night , To the fair coasts of perfect light ; Then shall our joyful senses rove O'er the dear object of our love . 1. A charge to 2. Let all my This Lord SOCIAL WORSHIP . 15.
... long , an everlasting day , 4 Well , we shall quickly pass the night , To the fair coasts of perfect light ; Then shall our joyful senses rove O'er the dear object of our love . 1. A charge to 2. Let all my This Lord SOCIAL WORSHIP . 15.
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... o'er sinners weep , And shall our cheeks be dry ? Let floods of penitential grief Burst forth from every eye . 2 The Son of God in tears , Angels with wonder see ! Be thou astonished , O my soul , He shed those tears for thee . 3 He ...
... o'er sinners weep , And shall our cheeks be dry ? Let floods of penitential grief Burst forth from every eye . 2 The Son of God in tears , Angels with wonder see ! Be thou astonished , O my soul , He shed those tears for thee . 3 He ...
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... o'er creation shines ; But in thy sacred word I read , in fairer , brighter lines , My bleeding , dying Lord . 3 ' Tis here , whene'er my comforts droop , And sins and sorrows rise , Thy love , with cheerful beams of hope , My fainting ...
... o'er creation shines ; But in thy sacred word I read , in fairer , brighter lines , My bleeding , dying Lord . 3 ' Tis here , whene'er my comforts droop , And sins and sorrows rise , Thy love , with cheerful beams of hope , My fainting ...
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... O'er the green hills of science , O Spirit , preside , And send down thy heavenly showers ; Let holiest dew on each tendril abide , And nourish the germs and the flowers . 3 From the youth of our country shall armies arise , The Gospel ...
... O'er the green hills of science , O Spirit , preside , And send down thy heavenly showers ; Let holiest dew on each tendril abide , And nourish the germs and the flowers . 3 From the youth of our country shall armies arise , The Gospel ...
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Page 219 - In the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time ; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime.
Page 165 - DISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings, -" Thy better portion trace ; Rise from transitory things, Towards heaven, thy native place : Sun and moon and stars decay ; Time shall soon this earth remove ; Rise, my soul, and haste away To seats prepared above. 2 Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course ; Fire ascending seeks the sun — Both speed them to their source ; So a soul that's born of God Pants to view his glorious face ; Upward tends to his abode, To rest in his embrace.
Page 24 - I love to think on mercies past, And future good implore, And all my cares and sorrows cast On him whom I adore. 4 I love by faith to take a view Of brighter scenes in heaven; The prospect doth my strength renew, While here by tempests driven. 5 Thus, when life's toilsome day is o'er, May its departing ray Be calm as this impressive hour, And lead to endless day.
Page 62 - GO to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel the tempter's power, Your Redeemer's conflict see, Watch with him one bitter hour ; Turn not from his griefs away, Learn of Jesus Christ to pray. 2 Follow to the judgment-hall; View the Lord of life arraigned...
Page 84 - Twere vain the ocean depths to sound, Or pierce to either pole. 2 The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh: 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die.
Page 23 - I'm come; And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed His precious blood.
Page 47 - How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear ! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.
Page 62 - Nothing in my hand I bring; Simply to thy cross I cling ; Naked, come to thee for dress ; Helpless, look to thee for grace ; Foul, I to the fountain fly ; Wash me, Saviour, or I die.
Page 13 - BLEST be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares.
Page 37 - Dear Lord, and shall we ever live At this poor dying rate ? Our love so faint, so cold to thee, And thine to us so great ? 5 Come, holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, With all thy quickening powers ; Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love, And that shall kindle ours.