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... GATES " 120 " LORD , ARE THERE FEW THAT BE SAVED " 159 " LOVE NOT THE WORLD " 77 LOVE TO GOD 60 MAN'S FOUR SEASONS . 129 MY FATHER 164 " MY JESUS , AS THOU WILT ” 161 NATURE'S VOICES 99 Page NIGHT SPREADS HER SABLE VEIL 118 NOT LOST ,
... GATES " 120 " LORD , ARE THERE FEW THAT BE SAVED " 159 " LOVE NOT THE WORLD " 77 LOVE TO GOD 60 MAN'S FOUR SEASONS . 129 MY FATHER 164 " MY JESUS , AS THOU WILT ” 161 NATURE'S VOICES 99 Page NIGHT SPREADS HER SABLE VEIL 118 NOT LOST ,
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... Jesus offers ; man presumeth To scorn the boon , not understood Whence its saving virtue cometh . Worldly wisdom seeketh how Grace in means thus humble lurketh ; Unconvinced , unless it know Whence power springeth , why it worketh . ་ 7 ...
... Jesus offers ; man presumeth To scorn the boon , not understood Whence its saving virtue cometh . Worldly wisdom seeketh how Grace in means thus humble lurketh ; Unconvinced , unless it know Whence power springeth , why it worketh . ་ 7 ...
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... JESUS gives the portion Those blessed souls to fill , The insatiate , yet satisfied , The full , yet craving still . QUESTION AND ANSWER . ATURE , whence sprang thy glorious flame ? -My Maker called me , and I came . O Sun , what makes ...
... JESUS gives the portion Those blessed souls to fill , The insatiate , yet satisfied , The full , yet craving still . QUESTION AND ANSWER . ATURE , whence sprang thy glorious flame ? -My Maker called me , and I came . O Sun , what makes ...
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... Jesus , this feast receiving , We Thee unseen adore ; Thy faithful word believing , We take , and doubt no more ! Give us , Thou true and loving , On earth to live in Thee , Then , death the veil removing , Thy glorious face to see ...
... Jesus , this feast receiving , We Thee unseen adore ; Thy faithful word believing , We take , and doubt no more ! Give us , Thou true and loving , On earth to live in Thee , Then , death the veil removing , Thy glorious face to see ...
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... Jesus Christ , The Lord of Sabaoth , And none else is God ; The field He must maintain . And though the world full of devils were , And they would swallow us quite up , Still would we not greatly fear- Success shall yet be ours . The ...
... Jesus Christ , The Lord of Sabaoth , And none else is God ; The field He must maintain . And though the world full of devils were , And they would swallow us quite up , Still would we not greatly fear- Success shall yet be ours . The ...
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Page 94 - I HEARD the voice of Jesus say, ' Come unto Me and rest ; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast.' I came to Jesus as I was, Weary, and worn, and sad ; I found in Him a resting-place, And He has made me glad. 2 I heard the voice of Jesus say, ' Behold, I freely give The living water ; thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live.
Page 109 - TN 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 90 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Page 90 - Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers, May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death ! What seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death.
Page 83 - O, THOU ETERNAL ONE ! whose presence bright All space doth occupy, all motion guide ; Unchanged through time's all-devastating flight ; Thou only God ! There is no God beside ! Being above all beings ! Mighty One Whom none can comprehend and none explore...
Page 173 - Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take ; Till in the ocean of Thy love We lose ourselves in heaven above.
Page 122 - Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies: Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me!
Page 75 - Give to the winds thy fears ; Hope, and be undismayed; God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears, God shall lift up thy head. Through waves and clouds and storms He gently clears thy way; Wait thou His time, so shall this night Soon end in joyous day.
Page 95 - I heard the voice of Jesus say, ' I am this dark world's Light ; Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright.
Page 84 - Thou art! directing, guiding all, Thou art! Direct my understanding then to Thee: Control my spirit, guide my wandering heart: Though but an atom midst immensity, Still I am something fashioned by Thy hand! I hold a middle rank 'twixt heaven and earth, On the last verge of mortal being stand, Close to the realms where angels have their birth, Just on the boundaries of the spirit-land!