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... earth and skies Great Source of life ! our souls confess H Hail , great Creator ! wise and good Hail the day that sees him rise Happy the heart where graces reign Happy the meek , whose gentle breast Hark ! it is wisdom's voice Hark ...
... earth and skies Great Source of life ! our souls confess H Hail , great Creator ! wise and good Hail the day that sees him rise Happy the heart where graces reign Happy the meek , whose gentle breast Hark ! it is wisdom's voice Hark ...
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... earth , and seas , and skies O Lord ! to earth's contracted span On God supreme our hope depends O praise ye the Lord O Source of uncreated light O that the Lord would guide my ways O the abundance of thine house O there's a better ...
... earth , and seas , and skies O Lord ! to earth's contracted span On God supreme our hope depends O praise ye the Lord O Source of uncreated light O that the Lord would guide my ways O the abundance of thine house O there's a better ...
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... earth to man forgiven , Man , the well beloved of heaven : Glory be to God on high ! God , whose glory fills the sky . 2 Favoured mortals , raise the song ; Endless thanks to God belong ; Hearts o'erflowing with his praise , Join the ...
... earth to man forgiven , Man , the well beloved of heaven : Glory be to God on high ! God , whose glory fills the sky . 2 Favoured mortals , raise the song ; Endless thanks to God belong ; Hearts o'erflowing with his praise , Join the ...
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... earth are in his hand , Her secret wealth at his command ; The strength of hills that threat the skies , Subjected to his empire lies . 3 The rolling ocean's vast abyss By the same sovereign right is his ; ' Tis moved by that Almighty ...
... earth are in his hand , Her secret wealth at his command ; The strength of hills that threat the skies , Subjected to his empire lies . 3 The rolling ocean's vast abyss By the same sovereign right is his ; ' Tis moved by that Almighty ...
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... earth and folly born ! Ye shall not dim the light that streams From this celestial morn . 4 To - morrow will be time enough To feel your harsh control ; Ye shall not violate this day , The sabbath of the soul . 5 Sleep , sleep for ever ...
... earth and folly born ! Ye shall not dim the light that streams From this celestial morn . 4 To - morrow will be time enough To feel your harsh control ; Ye shall not violate this day , The sabbath of the soul . 5 Sleep , sleep for ever ...
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adore Almighty Behold blessings blest bliss bounty breast breath bright celestial cheerful Christ clouds crown dark death delight divine dwell earth endless eternal everlasting eyes faith Father FATHER divine fear flow flowing tear frame gloom glorious glory gospel gracious grateful grief hast hath heart heaven heavenly holy honours hope hour humble HYMN immortal Jehovah Jesus joyful L. M. God let thy life's light live Lord love divine mind morning mortal night nobler o'er pain path peace perfect bliss perfect law prayer proclaim raise rapture reign repentant songs rise round sacred saints scene shade shine sing skies smile song songs of praise soul spread strong to save sweet thee thine thou art thought thy command thy grace thy hand thy love Thy mercy thy name thy power thy praise thy throne thy word tongue vale voice wings wisdom wonders worlds unknown
Popular passages
Page 78 - 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 355 - BLEST be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one. Our comforts and our cares.
Page 355 - Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne. We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares. 3 We share our mutual woes, Our mutual burdens bear ; And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear. 4 When we asunder part, It gives us inward pain; But we shall still be joined in heart, And hope to meet again.
Page 102 - How are Thy servants blest, O Lord How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, Omnipotence. 2 In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air. 3...
Page 129 - 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.
Page 11 - LORD of the worlds above, How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of thy love, Thine earthly temples, are ! To thine abode My heart aspires, With warm desires To see my God.
Page 216 - THROUGH all the changing scenes of life, In trouble and in joy, The praises of my God shall still My heart and tongue employ.
Page 162 - 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.
Page 273 - But timorous mortals start and shrink, To cross this narrow sea, And linger shivering on the brink, And fear to launch away.
Page 76 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.