The Crown of Sunday School Songs: Consisting Principally of the Works of Geo. F. Root and P.P. Bliss

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J. Church, 1871 - 160 pages
 

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Page 75 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Page 147 - The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Page 76 - I heard the voice of Jesus say, " I am this dark world's light ; Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright." I looked to Jesus, and I found In Him my star, my sun ; And in that light of life I'll walk, Till travelling days are done.
Page 133 - I'm glad my blessed Saviour Was once a child like me, To show how pure and holy His little ones might be ; And if I try to follow His footsteps here below, He never will forget me, Because he loves me so.
Page 66 - Whosoever will ! whosoever will ! " Send the proclamation over vale and hill ; "Tis a loving Father calls the wanderer home ;
Page 129 - Doth not each rain-drop help to form The cool, refreshing shower, And every ray of light to warm And beautify the flower...
Page 71 - Knocking ! knocking ! still He's there ; Waiting, waiting, wondrous fair ! But the door is hard to open, For the weeds and ivy-vine, With their dark and clinging tendrils, Ever round the hinges twine.
Page 17 - What though the darkness gather round ? Songs in the night He giveth. No storm can shake my inmost calm While to that refuge clinging ; Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth, How can I keep from singing...
Page 75 - He will gather, He will gather The gems for His kingdom, All the pure ones, all the bright ones, His loved and His own.
Page 5 - Prayer. 1 OUR Father in Heaven, We hallow thy name ! May thy kingdom holy On earth be the same ! O, give to us daily Our portion of bread ; It is from thy bounty That all must be fed.

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