New Hymn and Tune Book: An Offering of Praise for the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Philip Phillips
Nelson & Phillips, 1871 - 505 pages
 

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Page 397 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole; Till...
Page 399 - Hail to the Lord's Anointed! Great David's greater Son; Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun! He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free; To take away transgression, And rule in equity.
Page 71 - How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear ! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast ; 'Tis manna to the hungry soul, And to the weary rest.
Page 33 - I've committed to His hands, Till the decisive hour. 4 Then will He own my worthless name Before His Father's face, And in the New Jerusalem Appoint my soul a place.
Page 319 - Me, the chief of sinners, spare? 2 I have long withstood his grace ; Long provoked him to his face ; Would not hearken to his calls; Grieved him by a thousand falls. 3...
Page 193 - O'er this benighted soul of mine. 3 Ashamed of Jesus ! that dear Friend On whom my hopes of heaven depend ! No; when I blush — be this my shame, That I no more revere his name.
Page 59 - There is a home for weary souls, By sin and sorrow driven, — When tossed on life's tempestuous shoals, Where storms arise and ocean rolls, And all is drear — but heaven. 3 There faith lifts up her cheerful eye, To brighter prospects given ; And views the tempest passing by, The evening shadows quickly fly, And all serene — in heaven. 4 There fragrant flowers immortal bloom, And joys supreme are given ; There rays divine disperse the gloom ; Beyond the confines of the tomb Appears the dawn of...
Page 353 - 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 27 - E'er since by faith I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme And shall be till I die.
Page 135 - BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations bow with sacred joy ; Know that the Lord is God alone, He can create, and he destroy.

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