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... spirit sank before the Throne , With a mute hallelujah . But , even then , While the ecstatic song was at its height , Stole in an alien voice - a voice that seemed To float , float upwards from some world afar- A meek and child - like ...
... spirit sank before the Throne , With a mute hallelujah . But , even then , While the ecstatic song was at its height , Stole in an alien voice - a voice that seemed To float , float upwards from some world afar- A meek and child - like ...
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... spirit's voiceless prayer ; Soft rebukes , in blessings ended , Breathing from her lips of air . Oh , though oft depressed and lonely , All my fears are laid aside , If I but remember only Such as these have lived and died ! THE DAY OF ...
... spirit's voiceless prayer ; Soft rebukes , in blessings ended , Breathing from her lips of air . Oh , though oft depressed and lonely , All my fears are laid aside , If I but remember only Such as these have lived and died ! THE DAY OF ...
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... Spirit moveth ; This their only , constant care , To rest in faith on Him who loveth . THE ETERNITY OF GOD . THOU that dwell'st enthroned on high , Beyond the seraph's golden sky , Eternal God of power and might ! Eternal Thou ere time ...
... Spirit moveth ; This their only , constant care , To rest in faith on Him who loveth . THE ETERNITY OF GOD . THOU that dwell'st enthroned on high , Beyond the seraph's golden sky , Eternal God of power and might ! Eternal Thou ere time ...
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... pleasure's bowers , Drinking the poisonous chalice which she pours , To quench our heavenlier spirits ' murmurings . What is Life ? 11 Seek thou the storms of 10 Lays of the Pious Minstrels . PAST PRESENT-FUTURE 137 "PRAY UNTO THY FATHER ""
... pleasure's bowers , Drinking the poisonous chalice which she pours , To quench our heavenlier spirits ' murmurings . What is Life ? 11 Seek thou the storms of 10 Lays of the Pious Minstrels . PAST PRESENT-FUTURE 137 "PRAY UNTO THY FATHER ""
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... Spirit is around , Quickening the restless mass that sweeps along ; And this eternal sound— Voices and footfalls of the numberless throng- Like the resounding sea , Or like the rainy tempest , speaks of Thee . And when the hours of rest ...
... Spirit is around , Quickening the restless mass that sweeps along ; And this eternal sound— Voices and footfalls of the numberless throng- Like the resounding sea , Or like the rainy tempest , speaks of Thee . And when the hours of rest ...
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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!