Christian Melodies ...Simpkin and Marshall, 1833 - Religious poetry, English |
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... grief , nor care molest , Or cloud that Sabbath of the soul . There was a Sabbath once , below , Brighter than Fancy's loveliest dream ; Free from the canker - worm of wo ; Unsullied as the solar beam . And such a Sabbath , bright and ...
... grief , nor care molest , Or cloud that Sabbath of the soul . There was a Sabbath once , below , Brighter than Fancy's loveliest dream ; Free from the canker - worm of wo ; Unsullied as the solar beam . And such a Sabbath , bright and ...
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... grief shall attack him no more . EDMESTON . As one , in days of old , would fly To some protecting shrine From dread pursuers threat'ning nigh , And , panting , there recline- Lord , to thy dwelling I repair , And cling around thine ...
... grief shall attack him no more . EDMESTON . As one , in days of old , would fly To some protecting shrine From dread pursuers threat'ning nigh , And , panting , there recline- Lord , to thy dwelling I repair , And cling around thine ...
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... grief and fear ; The port is won , the sails are furl'd , Ye cannot touch me here ! But welcome , peace and rapture , now , And , O my Saviour , welcome Thou ! TOWNSEND . SWEET is the day for worship set apart , To those who thus ...
... grief and fear ; The port is won , the sails are furl'd , Ye cannot touch me here ! But welcome , peace and rapture , now , And , O my Saviour , welcome Thou ! TOWNSEND . SWEET is the day for worship set apart , To those who thus ...
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... Grief no more shall rend our breast , Tears no more shall dew our eye . Heaven - directed spirits rise To the Temple of the skies , Join the ranks of angels bright , Near the Eternal's dazzling light . Hallelujah . Sabbath Evening ...
... Grief no more shall rend our breast , Tears no more shall dew our eye . Heaven - directed spirits rise To the Temple of the skies , Join the ranks of angels bright , Near the Eternal's dazzling light . Hallelujah . Sabbath Evening ...
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... grief , no fear , A heav'nly hope , a peaceful breast , A smile unsullied by a tear ! If heav'n be ever felt below , A scene so heav'nly , sure , as this , May cause a heart on earth to know Some foretaste of celestial bliss ...
... grief , no fear , A heav'nly hope , a peaceful breast , A smile unsullied by a tear ! If heav'n be ever felt below , A scene so heav'nly , sure , as this , May cause a heart on earth to know Some foretaste of celestial bliss ...
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angels ANON beam beauty behold beneath blessing blest bliss bloom bower breast breath bright CAROLINE FRY charms cheer Christian dark dear death delight divine dwell e'en earth earthly EDMESTON eternal ev'ry fade fair faith Father fear feel flower fragrance gloom glorious glory glow grace grave grief hail hallow'd hallowed ground hand hast hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy hope hosannas hour immortal Jesus life's light live Lord mercy morn mortal nature's ne'er NOSEGAY o'er Paternoster Row peace perfume pleasures praise prayer raptures reign repose rest rill rise Rose of Sharon round Sabbath sacred sacred fount saints Saviour scene seraphic serene shade shew shine sigh sing skies smile sorrow soul spirit spring storms stream sweet tear tempests thee thine thou art thought throne thy love tomb Twas voice weary weep wild wings Winter Rose
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Page 68 - Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme. How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed; How he who bore in Heaven the second name Had not on earth whereon to lay His head ; How His first followers and servants sped. The precepts sage they wrote to many a land How he who lone, in Patmos banished. Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand. And heard great Babylon's doom pronounced by Heaven's command. Then kneeling down, to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope "springs...
Page 67 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And, " Let us worship God,
Page 41 - A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun ; It gives a light to every age, — It gives, but borrows none.
Page 70 - BY cool Siloam's shady rill, How sweet the lily grows ! How sweet the breath beneath the hill Of Sharon's dewy rose ! 2 Lo ! such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God...
Page 68 - No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere. Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except the heart...
Page 25 - SWEET the moments, rich in blessing, Which before the cross I spend; Life, and health, and peace possessing, From the sinner's dying friend. Here I'll sit for ever viewing Mercy's streams in streams of blood, Precious drops my soul bedewing, Plead and claim my peace with God.
Page 44 - Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try, Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air, His watchword at the gates of death ; He enters heaven with prayer. Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways ; While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry,
Page 14 - O what a night was that which wrapt The heathen world in gloom ! O what a sun, which broke this day, Triumphant from the tomb ! 3...
Page 10 - SAFELY through another week, God has brought us on our way ; — Let us now a blessing seek, Waiting in his courts to-day : Day of all the week the best, Emblem of eternal rest.