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... fainting heart draw near , And be my daily Quickener . Spirit of Joy , who makest glad Each broken heart by sin made sad , Pour on this mourning soul thy cheer ; Give me to bless my Comforter . O tender Spirit , who dost mourn Whene'er ...
... fainting heart draw near , And be my daily Quickener . Spirit of Joy , who makest glad Each broken heart by sin made sad , Pour on this mourning soul thy cheer ; Give me to bless my Comforter . O tender Spirit , who dost mourn Whene'er ...
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... fainting soul inspire ; Enter every drooping heart : Every mournful spirit cheer ; Scatter all our doubt and gloom ; Father , in thy grace appear , To thy human temples come ! Come , in this accepted hour , Bring thy heavenly kingdom in ...
... fainting soul inspire ; Enter every drooping heart : Every mournful spirit cheer ; Scatter all our doubt and gloom ; Father , in thy grace appear , To thy human temples come ! Come , in this accepted hour , Bring thy heavenly kingdom in ...
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... Fainting oft beneath our load , But for thee , thou blessed day , Resting - place on life's rough road : Here flow forth the streams of grace , Strengthened hence we run our race . Soon , too soon , the sweet repose Of this day of God ...
... Fainting oft beneath our load , But for thee , thou blessed day , Resting - place on life's rough road : Here flow forth the streams of grace , Strengthened hence we run our race . Soon , too soon , the sweet repose Of this day of God ...
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... fainting spirit bear Anon . On your bright wings , by morning given , Up to celestial air . Away , far , far away , From thoughts by passion given , Fold me in blue , still , cloudless day , O blessed thoughts of heaven ! Come in my ...
... fainting spirit bear Anon . On your bright wings , by morning given , Up to celestial air . Away , far , far away , From thoughts by passion given , Fold me in blue , still , cloudless day , O blessed thoughts of heaven ! Come in my ...
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... faint desires to rise , And bring all heaven before our eyes . William Cowper . 1769 . Invocation . 79 . THOU Power and Peace , in whom we find All holiest strength , all purest love , The rushing of the mighty wind , The brooding of ...
... faint desires to rise , And bring all heaven before our eyes . William Cowper . 1769 . Invocation . 79 . THOU Power and Peace , in whom we find All holiest strength , all purest love , The rushing of the mighty wind , The brooding of ...
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adore angels Anon beneath bless blest breast breath bright calm Charles Wesley cheer Christ cloud crown darkness death doth dwell earth earthly eternal everlasting evermore eyes faint faith Father fear give glorious glory God's gracious grief hath hear heart heaven heavenly Henry Francis Lyte holy hope Horatius Bonar hour Hymns Ignace Pleyel Isaac Watts James Montgomery Jesus John John Bacchus Dykes Joseph Haydn King let thy life's live Lord Lowell Mason mighty morning night o'er path peace Philip Doddridge praise pray prayer rest rise sacred Samuel Longfellow shade shine sing Sir John Bowring skies song sorrow soul strength sweet tears thee thine thou art thou hast thought thy grace thy hand thy love thy mercy thy name thy presence thy spirit thy word toil trust truth unto voice wait weary William William Cowper William Gaskell wings worship
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Page 305 - So fades a summer cloud a-way, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 149 - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 159 - twere not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmixed with Thee. Soul, then know thy full salvation, Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care; Joy to find in every station Something still to do or bear.
Page 201 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 256 - Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! — For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
Page 130 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try, Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air, His watchword at the gates of death ; He enters heaven with prayer. Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways ; While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry,
Page 252 - His gate. 2 Let all your lamps be bright, And trim the golden flame ; Gird up your loins, as in His sight, For awful is His Name. 3 Watch: 'tis your Lord's command, And while we speak, He's near; Mark the first signal of His hand, And ready all appear.
Page 3 - BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations, bow with sacred joy! Know that the Lord is God alone : He can create, and he destroy.
Page 201 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown : The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone.
Page 82 - THERE is a book, who runs may read, Which heavenly truth imparts, And all the lore its scholars need, Pure eyes and Christian hearts. The works of God above, below, Within us and around, Are pages in that book, to show How God Himself is found.