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... Happy birds that sing and fly Round Thy altars , O Most High ! Happier souls that find a rest In a heav'nly Father's breast ! Like the wand'ring dove that found No repose on earth around , They can to their ark repair And enjoy it ever ...
... Happy birds that sing and fly Round Thy altars , O Most High ! Happier souls that find a rest In a heav'nly Father's breast ! Like the wand'ring dove that found No repose on earth around , They can to their ark repair And enjoy it ever ...
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... 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 . 2 Oh , happy souls who pray Where God appoints THE BEGINNING OF WORSHIP . 25.
... 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 . 2 Oh , happy souls who pray Where God appoints THE BEGINNING OF WORSHIP . 25.
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... happy men who pay Their constant service there ! They praise Thee still ; And happy they Who love the way To Zion's hill . 3 They go from strength to strength Through this dark vale of tears , Till each arrives at length , Till each in ...
... happy men who pay Their constant service there ! They praise Thee still ; And happy they Who love the way To Zion's hill . 3 They go from strength to strength Through this dark vale of tears , Till each arrives at length , Till each in ...
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... happy child of God . 3 Amid the strife of daily life , Amid its noontide heat , Fear not to miss thy secret bliss , The rest of sonship sweet . 4 In liberty of holy glee , Accept thy childhood's part , And thou shalt find , by faith ...
... happy child of God . 3 Amid the strife of daily life , Amid its noontide heat , Fear not to miss thy secret bliss , The rest of sonship sweet . 4 In liberty of holy glee , Accept thy childhood's part , And thou shalt find , by faith ...
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... Happy is my day of rest . 2 Fount of all our joy and peace , To Thy living waters lead me ; Thou from earth my soul release , And with grace and mercy feed me ; Bless Thy word that it may prove Rich in fruits that Thou dost love . 3 ...
... Happy is my day of rest . 2 Fount of all our joy and peace , To Thy living waters lead me ; Thou from earth my soul release , And with grace and mercy feed me ; Bless Thy word that it may prove Rich in fruits that Thou dost love . 3 ...
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Page 298 - Nothing in my hand I bring; Simply to thy cross I cling ; Naked, come to thee for dress ; Helpless, look to thee for grace ; Foul, I to the fountain fly ; Wash me, Saviour, or I die.
Page 158 - 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 630 - LEAD, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home! Lead Thou me on. Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene — one step enough for me.
Page 382 - Heaven, thy native place : Sun and moon and stars decay ; Time shall soon this earth remove ; Rise, my soul, and haste away To seats prepared above.
Page 71 - Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day ; Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away, Change and decay in all around I see; 0 Thou Who changest not, abide with me.
Page 113 - Heaven and earth must pass away : Songs of praise shall crown that day : God will make new heavens and earth ; Songs of praise shall hail their birth.
Page 453 - Thou, O Christ, art all I want; More than all in Thee I find; Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind. Just and holy is Thy name, I am all unrighteousness; Vile and full of sin I am, Thou art full of truth and grace.
Page 22 - 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 us of clay and formed us men ; And when, like wandering sheep we strayed, He brought us to His fold again. 3...
Page 399 - Beyond this vale of tears There is a life above, Unmeasured by the flight of years; And all that life is love.
Page 128 - O GOD, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home...