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... cross— Nearer gaining the crown . But lying darkly between , Winding down through the night , Is the dim and unknown stream That leads me at last to the light . Closer , closer my steps Come to the dark abysm ; Closer death to my lips ...
... cross— Nearer gaining the crown . But lying darkly between , Winding down through the night , Is the dim and unknown stream That leads me at last to the light . Closer , closer my steps Come to the dark abysm ; Closer death to my lips ...
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... cross That raiseth me ; Still all my song shall be , Nearer , my God , to thee , Nearer to thee ! Though like the wanderer , The sun gone down , Darkness be over me , My rest a stone ; Yet in my dreams I'll be Nearer , my God , to thee ...
... cross That raiseth me ; Still all my song shall be , Nearer , my God , to thee , Nearer to thee ! Though like the wanderer , The sun gone down , Darkness be over me , My rest a stone ; Yet in my dreams I'll be Nearer , my God , to thee ...
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... persevere till death Shall bring thee to thy God ; He'll take thee , at thy parting breath , To his divine abode . Prayer Answered by Crosses . I ASKED the Lord that THE CHURCH MILITANT . 13 There the whole choir, ...
... persevere till death Shall bring thee to thy God ; He'll take thee , at thy parting breath , To his divine abode . Prayer Answered by Crosses . I ASKED the Lord that THE CHURCH MILITANT . 13 There the whole choir, ...
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Anna Bartlett Warner. Prayer Answered by Crosses . I ASKED the Lord that I might grow In faith , and love , and every grace ; Might more of his salvation know , And seek more earnestly his face . ' Twas he who taught me thus to pray ...
Anna Bartlett Warner. Prayer Answered by Crosses . I ASKED the Lord that I might grow In faith , and love , and every grace ; Might more of his salvation know , And seek more earnestly his face . ' Twas he who taught me thus to pray ...
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... cross , Here at thy feet I lie . Can mercy reach my case , And all my sins remove ? Break , O my God ! this heart of stone , And melt it by thy love . Too long my soul has gone Far from my God THE CHURCH MILITANT . 25.
... cross , Here at thy feet I lie . Can mercy reach my case , And all my sins remove ? Break , O my God ! this heart of stone , And melt it by thy love . Too long my soul has gone Far from my God THE CHURCH MILITANT . 25.
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Abba Father angels Art thou behold bless blest bliss blood breast breath bright Canaan canst Christ crown dark dear death divine doth dwell earth earthly Eben-ezer eternal everlasting everlasting love evermore eyes faint faith Father fear feet foes give glorious glory God's gracious grief Hallelujah happy hath hear heart heaven heaven's gate heavenly hell holy hope hour Jesus joyful King Lamb Lamb of God land light live look Lord love possess never night o'er pain peace poor praise pray prayer promise rapturous songs Redeemer reign rejoice rest rise saints salvation Satan Saviour shalt shine sing sinners sins skies song sorrow soul spirit stand strength sweet tears tempests thee thine thou art thou hast thou wilt thought throne thy face thy grace thy hand thy love thy mercy trust unto voice wait weary wings ye saints
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Page 137 - My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of Thine, While like a penitent I stand, And there confess my sin.
Page 34 - See ! the streams of living waters, Springing from eternal love, Well supply thy sons and daughters, And all fear of want remove : Who can faint, while such a river Ever flows their thirst to assuage ? — Grace, which, like the Lord, the Giver, Never fails from age to age.
Page 170 - ROCK of ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee ; Let the Water and the Blood, From Thy riven side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, . Cleanse me from its guilt and power...
Page 6 - Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be. Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
Page 381 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers ; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green ; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Page 568 - JESU, lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high. Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past: Safe into the haven guide; O receive my soul at last.
Page 233 - The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem, by Thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow Thee.
Page 207 - How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in his excellent word ! What more can he say than to you he hath said ? You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled.
Page 204 - Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God ; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.
Page 252 - Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, Yet will I fear none ill : For thou art with me ; and thy rod And staff me comfort still.