Jerome Hopkins's Second Collection of Church Music: Specially Adapted to Sunday-school and Boy Choirs

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Page 89 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks He shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 33 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers ; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours.
Page 99 - 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 79 - For her my tears shall fall; For her my prayers ascend; To her my cares and toils be given Till toils and cares shall end. 6. Beyond my highest joy I prize her heavenly ways, Her sweet communion, solemn vows, Her hymns of love and praise.
Page 116 - When I tread the verge of Jordan, Bid my anxious fears subside: Death of death, and hell's destruction, Land me safe on Canaan's side ; Songs of praises I will ever give to thee.
Page 95 - 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 54 - 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 36 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh ; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 42 - How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear ! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.
Page 16 - the Way, the Truth, and the Life." — JOHN xiv. 6. (CM) 1 THOU art the WAY — to Thee alone From sin and death we flee ; And he who would the' FATHER seek, Must seek Him, LORD, by Thee.

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