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Page viii
... , I hope most of these hymns , being the fruit and expreffion of my own experience , will coincide with the views of real Chriftians of all denomina- tions . But I cannot expect that every fentiment I tions . viii PREFACE .
... , I hope most of these hymns , being the fruit and expreffion of my own experience , will coincide with the views of real Chriftians of all denomina- tions . But I cannot expect that every fentiment I tions . viii PREFACE .
Page xi
... These are far- ther fubdivided into diftinct heads . This arrangement is not fo accurate but that feveral of the hymns might have been differently difpofed . Some attention to method may be found convenient though a logical exactnefs ...
... These are far- ther fubdivided into diftinct heads . This arrangement is not fo accurate but that feveral of the hymns might have been differently difpofed . Some attention to method may be found convenient though a logical exactnefs ...
Page xvi
... these anxious cares my Bitter , indeed , the waters are , Bleak winter is fubdu'd at length , Blinded , in youth by Satan's arts Breathe from the gentle South , O LORD , By various maxims , forms and rules By faith in FCHRIST I walk ...
... these anxious cares my Bitter , indeed , the waters are , Bleak winter is fubdu'd at length , Blinded , in youth by Satan's arts Breathe from the gentle South , O LORD , By various maxims , forms and rules By faith in FCHRIST I walk ...
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... these you defpife , And fin to the Saviour prefer ; In vain your entreaties and cries , When fummon'd to stand at his bar : How will you his prefence abide ? What anguifh will torture your heart ? The faints all enthron'd by his fide ...
... these you defpife , And fin to the Saviour prefer ; In vain your entreaties and cries , When fummon'd to stand at his bar : How will you his prefence abide ? What anguifh will torture your heart ? The faints all enthron'd by his fide ...
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... these bitter waters good , And take the curse away . 4 The virtues of this healing tree Are known and priz'd by few : Reveal this fecret , LORD , to me , That I may prize it too . 5 The crofs on which the Saviour dy'd , And conquer'd ...
... these bitter waters good , And take the curse away . 4 The virtues of this healing tree Are known and priz'd by few : Reveal this fecret , LORD , to me , That I may prize it too . 5 The crofs on which the Saviour dy'd , And conquer'd ...
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Page 131 - Mine is an unchanging love, Higher than the heights above, Deeper than the depths beneath, Free and faithful, strong as death. 5 " Thou shalt see My glory soon, When the work of grace is done ; Partner of My throne shalt be ; Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou Me?
Page 4 - Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Page 132 - Yet I mourn my stubborn will, Find my sin a grief and thrall ; Should I grieve for what I feel, If I did not love at all?
Page 304 - There, if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace and joy and love She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.
Page 131 - Lord, it is my chief complaint, That my love is weak and faint ; Yet I love thee, and adore ; Oh ! for grace to love thee more.
Page 304 - What thanks I owe thee, and what love, A boundless, endless store, Shall echo through the realms above When time shall be no more.
Page 221 - Have you no words ? Ah ! think again, Words flow apace when you complain, And fill your fellow-creature's ear, With the sad tale of all your care. 6 Were half the breath thus vainly spent To heaven in supplication sent, Your cheerful song would oft'ner be, " Hear what the Lord has done for me.
Page 161 - As the winged arrow flies, Speedily the mark to find ; As the lightning from the skies Darts, and leaves no trace behind ; Swiftly thus our fleeting days Bear us down life's rapid stream ; Upward, Lord, our spirits raise; All below is but a dream.
Page 351 - May the Grace of Christ our Saviour, And the Father's boundless Love, With the Holy Spirit's Favour, Rest upon us from above. Thus may we abide in union, With each other and the LORD ; And possess, in sweet communion, Joys which earth cannot afford.
Page 276 - GOD of my life, to thee I call, Afflicted at thy feet I fall ; When the great water-floods prevail, Leave not my trembling heart to fail *. 2 Friend of the friendless and the faint, Where should I lodge my deep complaint ? Where "but with thee...