Sacred Poetry: Consisting of Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Christian Devotion in Public and Private. Selected from the Best Authors, with Variations and Additions |
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Page 103
... JESUS is gone above the sky , Where our weak fenfes reach him not , And carnal objects court our eye . To thruft our Saviour from our thought . 2 He knows what wandering hearts we have , How weak our faith and hope might prove ; And ...
... JESUS is gone above the sky , Where our weak fenfes reach him not , And carnal objects court our eye . To thruft our Saviour from our thought . 2 He knows what wandering hearts we have , How weak our faith and hope might prove ; And ...
Page 105
... and his Church . ESUS , thou everlafting King , JESUS , Accept the tribute which we bring ; Accept the well deferv'd renown , And wear our praises as thy crown . 2 Let every act of homage be Like our efpoufals HYMNS . 105.
... and his Church . ESUS , thou everlafting King , JESUS , Accept the tribute which we bring ; Accept the well deferv'd renown , And wear our praises as thy crown . 2 Let every act of homage be Like our efpoufals HYMNS . 105.
Page 187
... fpoke From Sinai's top in fire and fmoke In gentler ftrains of gofpel grace Invites us now to feek his face . 2 He wears no terrors on his brow , He fpeaks in love from Sion now ; It is the voice of Jesus ' blood That calls HYMN S. 187.
... fpoke From Sinai's top in fire and fmoke In gentler ftrains of gofpel grace Invites us now to feek his face . 2 He wears no terrors on his brow , He fpeaks in love from Sion now ; It is the voice of Jesus ' blood That calls HYMN S. 187.
Page 188
... Jesus ' blood That calls us wand'rers back to God . 3 God's fervant , Mofes , quak'd and fear'd , When Sinai's thundering law he heard ; But golpel grace with accents mild Speaks to the finner as a child . 4 Hark ! how from Calvary it ...
... Jesus ' blood That calls us wand'rers back to God . 3 God's fervant , Mofes , quak'd and fear'd , When Sinai's thundering law he heard ; But golpel grace with accents mild Speaks to the finner as a child . 4 Hark ! how from Calvary it ...
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... Jesus ' high behest , This cup of thanks his last request ; Ye who can feel his worth attend , Eat , drink , in memory of your friend . 2 Around the patriot's bust ye throng , Him ye exalt in swelling song ; For him the wreath of glory ...
... Jesus ' high behest , This cup of thanks his last request ; Ye who can feel his worth attend , Eat , drink , in memory of your friend . 2 Around the patriot's bust ye throng , Him ye exalt in swelling song ; For him the wreath of glory ...
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Page 42 - This is my body, broke for sin ; Receive and eat the living food ;' Then took the cup, and blessed the wine : ' 'Tis the new covenant in my blood.' 4 ' Do this,' he cried, ' till time shall end, In memory of your dying Friend ; Meet at my table, and record The love of your departed Lord.
Page 111 - With warm desires To see my God. 2 O happy souls that pray, Where God appoints to hear ! O happy men, that pay Their constant service there ! They praise thee still ; And happy they That love the way To Zion's hill.
Page 49 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 217 - See from His head, His hands, His feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down ! Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown...
Page 235 - For he is good, supremely good, And kind are all his ways. . 2 All nature owns his guardian care, « In him we live and move ; But nobler benefits declare The wonders of his love. 3 He gave his Son, his only Son, To ransom rebel worms ; 'Tis here he makes his goodness known In its diviner forms.
Page 30 - 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 ;" "Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply,
Page 108 - To fill an empty mind. 3 Eternal Wisdom has prepared A soul-reviving feast, And bids your longing appetites The rich provision taste. 4 Ho ! ye that pant for living streams, And pine away and die ; Here you may quench your raging thirst With springs that never dry. 5 Rivers of love and mercy here In a rich ocean join ; Salvation in abundance flows, Like floods of milk and wine.
Page 39 - so the Saviour cried, And meekly bowed his head and died: 'Tis finished ! yes, the race is run ; The battle fought ; the victory won. 2 'Tis finished...
Page 131 - JOY to the world ! the Lord is come ; Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing.
Page 128 - And let my God, my Saviour, go ? 3. Call me away from flesh and sense ; One sovereign word can draw me thence ; I would obey the voice divine, And all inferior joys resign.