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In the cross of Christ I glory In the soft season of thy youth In trouble and in grief ,
O God . In vain our fancy strives to paint In vain we trace creation o ' er . I praised
the earth in beauty seen . I sing th ' almighty power of God Israel ' s Shepherd ...
In the cross of Christ I glory In the soft season of thy youth In trouble and in grief ,
O God . In vain our fancy strives to paint In vain we trace creation o ' er . I praised
the earth in beauty seen . I sing th ' almighty power of God Israel ' s Shepherd ...
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When forced to part from those we love When gloomy thoughts and fears . When
God revealed his gracious name When grief and anguish press me down When
human hopes and joys depart When I can read my title clear . When I can trust ...
When forced to part from those we love When gloomy thoughts and fears . When
God revealed his gracious name When grief and anguish press me down When
human hopes and joys depart When I can read my title clear . When I can trust ...
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3 When anxious grief and gloomy care Afflict my throbbing breast , My tongue
shall learn to speak thy praise , And lull each pain to rest . 4 Nor shall my tongue
alone proclaim The honors of my God ; My life , with all its active powers , Shall ...
3 When anxious grief and gloomy care Afflict my throbbing breast , My tongue
shall learn to speak thy praise , And lull each pain to rest . 4 Nor shall my tongue
alone proclaim The honors of my God ; My life , with all its active powers , Shall ...
Page 79
2 When anxious care would break my rest , And grief would tear my throbbing
breast , The notes of praise , ascending high , Shall check the murmur and the
sigh . 3 When death o ' er nature shall prevail , And all the powers of language
fail ...
2 When anxious care would break my rest , And grief would tear my throbbing
breast , The notes of praise , ascending high , Shall check the murmur and the
sigh . 3 When death o ' er nature shall prevail , And all the powers of language
fail ...
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1 IS there a lone and dreary hour , When worldly pleasures lose their power ? My
Father ! let me turn to thee , And set each thought of darkness free . 2 Is there a
time of rushing grief , Which scorns the prospect of relief ? My Father ! break the ...
1 IS there a lone and dreary hour , When worldly pleasures lose their power ? My
Father ! let me turn to thee , And set each thought of darkness free . 2 Is there a
time of rushing grief , Which scorns the prospect of relief ? My Father ! break the ...
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Page 328 - The world recedes: it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy Victory? O Death! where is thy Sting.
Page 96 - 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 32 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 15 - BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations bow with sacred joy ; Know that the Lord is God alone ; He can create and he destroy. • 2 His sovereign power, without our aid, Made...
Page 137 - When the woes of life o'ertake me, Hopes deceive and fears annoy, Never shall the cross forsake me ; Lo ! it glows with peace and joy.
Page 338 - Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood Should fright us from the shore, 1 78.
Page 307 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 517 - Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame. Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear: — They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Page 161 - He shall come down, like showers Upon the fruitful earth, And love, joy, hope, like flowers. Spring in His path to birth ; Before Him, on the mountains, Shall Peace, the herald, go; And Righteousness, in fountains, From hill to valley flow.
Page 527 - 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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship |
| Author | Cheshire Pastoral Association (Cheshire, Conn.) |
| Edition | 36 |
| Publisher | Crosby, Nichols,, 1853 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 19 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 530 pages |
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