Break of day in the eighteenth century. A history and a specimen of its first book of English sacred song. 300 hymns of dr. Watts, selected and arranged, with a sketch of their history, by C.T. Rust1880 |
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... tongue shall speak His praise ; My sins would rouse His wrath to flame , And yet His wrath delays . On a poor worm Thy power might tread , And I could ne'er withstand ; Thy justice might have crushed me dead , But mercy held Thy hand ...
... tongue shall speak His praise ; My sins would rouse His wrath to flame , And yet His wrath delays . On a poor worm Thy power might tread , And I could ne'er withstand ; Thy justice might have crushed me dead , But mercy held Thy hand ...
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... tongue To reach the lofty skies . Through all the dangers of the day Thy hand was still my guard , And still to drive my wants away Thy mercy stood prepared . 5 6 Perpetual blessings from above Encompass me around , But MORNING AND ...
... tongue To reach the lofty skies . Through all the dangers of the day Thy hand was still my guard , And still to drive my wants away Thy mercy stood prepared . 5 6 Perpetual blessings from above Encompass me around , But MORNING AND ...
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... tongues , Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise . Wide as the world is Thy command , Vast as eternity Thy love ! Firm as a rock Thy truth must stand , When rolling years shall cease to move . Ps . 100 . 22 23 24 GOD DWELLING IN HIS ...
... tongues , Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise . Wide as the world is Thy command , Vast as eternity Thy love ! Firm as a rock Thy truth must stand , When rolling years shall cease to move . Ps . 100 . 22 23 24 GOD DWELLING IN HIS ...
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... tongue . Eternal are Thy mercies , Lord ; Eternal truth attends Thy Word ; Ps . 132 . Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore , Till suns shall rise and set no more . THE HOUSE OF GOD . Ps . 117 . PRAISE ye the Lord , exalt His name ...
... tongue . Eternal are Thy mercies , Lord ; Eternal truth attends Thy Word ; Ps . 132 . Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore , Till suns shall rise and set no more . THE HOUSE OF GOD . Ps . 117 . PRAISE ye the Lord , exalt His name ...
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... tongue I'll praise my Maker in my song : Angels shall hear the notes I raise , Approve the song , and join the praise . Angels who make Thy Church their care Shall witness my devotions there , While holy zeal directs my eyes To Thy fair ...
... tongue I'll praise my Maker in my song : Angels shall hear the notes I raise , Approve the song , and join the praise . Angels who make Thy Church their care Shall witness my devotions there , While holy zeal directs my eyes To Thy fair ...
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abode adore Almighty angels Behold beneath Bishop of Liverpool bless'd blessed blood breath bright chapel Charles Wesley cheerful Christ Church Countess of Huntingdon darkness dear death delight Divine Service dwell dying earth endless eternal everlasting eyes faith Father fear feet flesh glorious Gospel hath heart heaven heavenly hell holy honours hope Hosanna humble souls hymn writers Hymns and Psalms immortal Israel Jesus John Charles Ryle John Wesley joys King Lamb lives Lord Lord's Supper mercy mighty mortal ne'er o'er pardoning peace pleasure promised Psalms reigns rejoice rhymes righteousness rise sacred saints salvation Satan Saviour sing sinners sins skies song sorrows soul sovereign Spirit stand sung Supralapsarians sweet taste Thee Thine thoughts Thy face Thy grace Thy hand Thy love Thy name Thy power Thy praise Thy throne Thy Word tongue triumph truth tunes verse voice Watts Wesley wonders wondrous worship ye saints
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Page 57 - COME, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2 ' ' Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, "To be exalted thus!
Page 150 - My God, the spring of all my joys, The life of my delights, The glory of my brightest days, And comfort of my nights.
Page 52 - 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 43 - SWEET is the work, my God, my King, To praise thy name, give thanks and sing ; To show thy love by morning light, And talk of all thy truth at night.
Page 240 - WHEN I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
Page 51 - 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 218 - MY dear Redeemer, and my Lord, I read my duty in thy word ; But in thy life the law appears Drawn out in living characters. 2 Such was thy truth — and such thy zeal, Such deference to thy Father's will, Such love — and meekness so divine, I would transcribe, and make them mine.
Page 174 - THE heavens declare thy glory, Lord ! In every star thy wisdom shines ; But, when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines. 2 The rolling sun, the changing light, And nights, and days, thy power confess; But the blest volume thou hast writ Reveals thy justice and thy grace.
Page 92 - Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.
Page 71 - GOD, our Help in ages past, Our Hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal Home...