Hymns for Schools: With Appropriate Selections from Scripture and Tunes Suited to the Metres of the Hymns |
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... sacred lyrics , do you add another to the number ? " I should answer that , admirable as I acknowledge many of the existing selections to be , I have never seen one designed exclusively for schools , nor adapted throughout to their use ...
... sacred lyrics , do you add another to the number ? " I should answer that , admirable as I acknowledge many of the existing selections to be , I have never seen one designed exclusively for schools , nor adapted throughout to their use ...
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... sacred lyrics extant . How far I have succeeded , others will , of course , decide . I can , however , assure the critics , that the num- ber of perfect hymns is small - very small . By perfect I mean such as are complete in themselves ...
... sacred lyrics extant . How far I have succeeded , others will , of course , decide . I can , however , assure the critics , that the num- ber of perfect hymns is small - very small . By perfect I mean such as are complete in themselves ...
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... sacred song , replete with sentiments of piety , benevolence , and practical righteousness ; impressing upon the heart , in the higher language of poetry , our duties to God , to each other , and to ourselves . Should this book ...
... sacred song , replete with sentiments of piety , benevolence , and practical righteousness ; impressing upon the heart , in the higher language of poetry , our duties to God , to each other , and to ourselves . Should this book ...
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... Sacred Poetry..377 ..Pratt's Coll ... 200 And dost thou say , " Ask what thou wilt " ... And is the gospel peace and love .. And now , my soul , another year ... . Another day its course hath run .. Another week has passed away . Arise ...
... Sacred Poetry..377 ..Pratt's Coll ... 200 And dost thou say , " Ask what thou wilt " ... And is the gospel peace and love .. And now , my soul , another year ... . Another day its course hath run .. Another week has passed away . Arise ...
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... sacred lays .. Come , said Jesus ' sacred voice ... Come , sound his praise abroad ... Come , weary souls , with sin distressed . Come , we that love the Lord ...... Watts..119 Hastings..265 • Sigourney..210 ... A . C. Coxe . .356 ..Ch ...
... sacred lays .. Come , said Jesus ' sacred voice ... Come , sound his praise abroad ... Come , weary souls , with sin distressed . Come , we that love the Lord ...... Watts..119 Hastings..265 • Sigourney..210 ... A . C. Coxe . .356 ..Ch ...
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adore angels beams behold Benevento bless blest bliss breast bright C. M. St cheerful Christ CHRISTIAN crown darkness dear death divine dwell earth Effingham endless eternal everlasting song evermore eyes faith Father fear feet give glorious GOD'S gospel gracious grateful Greenville hath hear heart heaven heavenly Hebron holy hope Hosanna hour humble impart Jesus King let thy life's light Lisbon live Lord LORD'S PRAYER Medfield mind mortal never night Nuremburg o'er Old Hundred path peace Portugal pray prayer proclaim Quito raptured reign rejoice rest righteousness rise Rochester sacred salvation Saviour seek shine Shirland Silver Street sing sins skies smile Songs of praise sorrow soul strength sweet teach tears thee thine thou art thou hast thoughts thy grace thy hand thy love thy mercy thy name thy power thy praise thy throne thy word tongue Truro truth unto voice wings wisdom youth
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Page 66 - 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 noonday walks He shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 160 - FROM every stormy wind that blows, From every swelling tide of woes, There is a calm, a sure retreat : "Tis found beneath the mercy-seat. 2 There is a place where Jesus sheds The oil of gladness on our heads ; A place than all besides more sweet : It is the blood-bought mercy-seat.
Page 54 - MY dear Redeemer, and my Lord, I read my duty in thy word ; But in thy life the law appears Drawn out in living characters. 2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, Such deference to thy Father's will, Such love, and meekness so divine, I would transcribe, and make them mine.
Page 53 - Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest; I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast.
Page 18 - BEHOLD, the morning sun Begins his glorious way ; His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey. 2 But where the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light ; It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight.
Page 29 - THE heavens declare thy glory Lord ; In every star thy wisdom shines ; But when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines. 2 The rolling sun, the changing light, And nights and days thy power confess ; But the blest volume thou hast writ, Reveals thy justice and thy grace.
Page 46 - With better hopes be filled. 2 Thy love the power of thought bestowed ; To thee my thoughts would soar ; Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed — That mercy I adore ! 3 In each event of life, how clear Thy ruling hand I see ! Each blessing to my soul more dear, Because conferred by thee.
Page 90 - Heaven, thy native place : Sun and moon and stars decay ; Time shall soon this earth remove ; Rise, my soul, and haste away To seats prepared above. 2 Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course ; Fire, ascending, seeks the sun ; Both speed them to their source : So a soul, that's born of God, Pants to view His glorious face, Upward tends to His abode, To rest in His embrace.
Page 245 - THUS far the Lord has led me on, Thus far His power prolongs my days; And every evening shall make known Some fresh memorial of His grace.
Page 53 - FOR a closer walk with God ! A. calm and heavenly frame ! A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...