A Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the ChoirCentury, 1881 - 441 pages |
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adore almighty angels behold bless blesséd blest bliss blood breath bright cheer Christ cross crown dark dear death divine dwell earth earthly EDMESTON eternal everlasting evermore eyes faith Father fear foes glad glorious glory gracious grief H. F. LYTE Hail Hallelujah happy Hark hast hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy Holy Spirit hope hour HYMN Jehovah Jesus joyful King Lamb Lamb of God let thy light live Lord LOWELL MASON mercy mighty morning mortal mourn night o'er pain peace pray prayer Psalm Psalm 23 RAY PALMER Redeemer reign rejoice rest righteousness rise sacred saints salvation Saviour Saviour bleed shine sing sinners sins skies song songs of praise sorrow soul Spirit stand sweet tears thee thine thou art thou hast thy grace thy love thy name thy throne thy word tongue trust voice WATTS weary ye saints Zion
Popular passages
Page 366 - A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun.
Page 100 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid ! Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid...
Page 403 - My native country, thee, Land of the noble, free. Thy name I love ; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills: My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
Page 331 - 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 31 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 9 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare. And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 190 - I'd be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee ! 3 There let the way appear Steps unto heaven; All that thou sendest me, In mercy given; Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!
Page 48 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without thee I dare not die.
Page 36 - His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men ; And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed, He brought us to his fold again. 3...
Page 257 - FATHER ! whate'er of earthly bliss Thy sovereign will denies, Accepted at thy throne of grace. Let this petition rise : — 2 " Give me a calm, a thankful heart From every murmur free ; The blessings of thy grace impart, And make me live to thee. 3 " Let the sweet hope that thou art mine My life and death attend ; Thy presence through my journey shine, And crown my journey's end.