Sacred Poetry: Consisting of Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Christian Devotion in Public and Private. Selected from the Best Authors, with Variations and Additions |
Common terms and phrases
adore almighty angels Behold bleffings bleft breath cheerful Chrift Common Metre death defcend defires difplay divine DODDRIDGE duft dwell earth endleſs eternal everlaſting eyes facred fafe faints faith falvation Father fave fear feek fhade fhall fhine fing finners fkies flain flowing tears foes fong fons forever forrow foul fovereign fpirit fpring ftand ftill ftrength fure glorious glory gofpel goodneſs hear heart heaven heavenly holy honours hope humble HYMN immortal Jefus juft King live Long Metre Lord mercy mortal o'er peace pleaſure praife prefence proclaim promiſe PSALM raife raiſe reft reigns rejoice rife Saviour ſhall ſhine Short Metre ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand TATE thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand thy command thy face thy grace thy hand thy name thy power thy praiſe thy throne thy word tongue truft truth voice WATTS Whilft whofe whoſe wifdom
Popular passages
Page 257 - See from His head, His hands, His feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down ! Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown...
Page 65 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 249 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.
Page 248 - To all my weak complaints and cries Thy mercy lent an ear, Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learnt To form themselves in prayer.
Page 118 - From all th' assaults of hell and sin, From foes without and foes within. 4 All needful grace will God bestow, And crown that grace with glory too: He gives us all things, and withholds No real good from upright souls.
Page 218 - Thine all-surrounding sight surveys My rising and my rest, My public walks, my private ways, And secrets of my breast. 3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord, Before they 're formed within ; And ere my lips pronounce the word, He knows the sense I mean.
Page 59 - And form our wretched hearts anew. 4 The troubled conscience knows thy voice ; Thy cheering words awake our joys ; Thy words allay the stormy wind, And calm the surges of the mind.
Page 137 - A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun.
Page 10 - O Thou, to whom all creatures bow Within this earthly frame, Through all the world how great art Thou ! How glorious is Thy Name ! PSALM IX.
Page 121 - With warm desires To see my God. 2 O happy souls that pray, Where God appoints to hear ! O happy men, that pay Their constant service there ! They praise thee still ; And happy they That love the way To Zion's hill.