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adore angels ANONYMOUS appear beams bear beneath bless blest breast breath bright bring cease cheer Christ Christian cloud COLL command crown dark death delight divine dwell earth eternal face faith Father fear feel flow give given glorious glory Gospel grace hand happy hast hath head hear heart heaven heavenly holy hope hour humble Hymn Jesus join King land light live Lord meet mind morning mortal never night o'er pain path peace praise pray prayer raise reign rejoice rest rise round sacred saints Saviour seek shine sing skies song sorrow soul sound spirit spread spring stand star strength sweet tears thee thine thou thou art thought throne thy love tongue trust truth voice wait wandering WATTS wings wisdom worship
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Page 255 - HOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear ! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast ; 'Tis manna to the hungry soul, And to the weary, rest. 3...
Page 135 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 367 - Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God ; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood.
Page 39 - His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men ; And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed. He brought us to his fold again.
Page 257 - Pilgrim through this barren land ; I am weak, but Thou art mighty ; Hold me with Thy powerful hand : Bread of Heaven ! Bread of Heaven ! Feed me till I want no more.
Page 497 - Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, And with the angels bear thy part, Who all night long, unwearied, sing High praise to the eternal King.
Page 211 - While life's dark maze I tread, And griefs around me spread, Be Thou my guide ; Bid darkness turn to day, Wipe sorrow's tears away, Nor let me ever stray From Thee aside.
Page 345 - IN the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time ; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime.
Page 39 - Wide as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity thy love : Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.
Page 271 - Give me a calm, a thankful heart, From every murmur free; The blessings of thy grace impart, And make me live to thee. 3 " Let the sweet hope that thou art mine My life and death attend ; Thy presence through my journey shine, And crown my journey's end.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Hymns for Christian Devotion: Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination |
| Authors | John Greenleaf Adams, Edwin Hubbell Chapin |
| Publisher | Tompkins, 1851 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 642 pages |
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