Hymns for Divine Worship: Compiled for the Use of the Methodist New Connexion

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John Hudston, Methodist New Connexion Book-room, 1879 - Hymns, English - 273 pages

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Page 143 - Direct, control, suggest this day All I design, or do, or say, That all my powers, with all their might, In Thy sole glory may unite ! Praise God, from whom all blessings flow!
Page 123 - O thou Traveller unknown, Whom still I hold but cannot see; My company before is gone, And I am left alone with thee: With thee all night I mean to stay, And wrestle till the break of day.
Page 66 - In vain we tune our formal songs,. In vain we strive to rise ; Hosannas languish on our tongues, And our devotion dies.
Page 32 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 123 - What though my shrinking flesh complain, And murmur to contend so long? I rise superior to my pain ; When I am weak, then I am strong : And when my all of strength shall fail, I shall with the GOD-MAN prevail.
Page 56 - Thus might I hide my blushing face, While his dear cross appears ; Dissolve" my heart in thankfulness, And melt mine eyes to tears. 5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay The debt of love I owe ; Here, Lord, I give myself away, 'Tis all that I can do.
Page 34 - Fear him, ye saints, and you will then Have nothing else to fear; Make you his service your delight, Your wants shall be his care.
Page 57 - But Christ, the heavenly Lamb, Takes all our sins away ; A sacrifice of nobler name, And richer blood, than they. 3 My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine, While like a penitent I stand, And there confess my sin. 4...
Page 19 - A land of sacred liberty, And endless rest : There milk and honey flow ; And oil and wine abound ; And trees of life for ever grow, With mercy crowned. 3 There dwells the Lord our king, The Lord our Righteousness ! Triumphant o'er the world and sin, The Prince of Peace ; On Zion's sacred height His kingdom still maintains...
Page 42 - Come, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2 "Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, "To be exalted thus.

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