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... o'er the past my memory strays , A soldier's course , from battles won , 893 340 As showers on meadows newly mown , As the evening sha lows gather ,. As the hart with eager looks , 292 716 • 428 As the sweet flower that scents the morn ...
... o'er the past my memory strays , A soldier's course , from battles won , 893 340 As showers on meadows newly mown , As the evening sha lows gather ,. As the hart with eager looks , 292 716 • 428 As the sweet flower that scents the morn ...
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... o'er our head , Bereft of all , when hopeless care , Beset with snares on every hand , Be thou , O God , exalted ... o'er the ocean's stormy wave , ... Bound upon th ' accursed tree ,. Bread of heaven , on thee we feed , Breathe thoughts ...
... o'er our head , Bereft of all , when hopeless care , Beset with snares on every hand , Be thou , O God , exalted ... o'er the ocean's stormy wave , ... Bound upon th ' accursed tree ,. Bread of heaven , on thee we feed , Breathe thoughts ...
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... o'er the plain , Lo , God is here , let us adore , . Long as the darkening cloud abode , Long be our Father's temple ours ,. Lord , before thy presence come , Lord , bring me to resign ,. Lord , deliver , thou canst save , Lord ...
... o'er the plain , Lo , God is here , let us adore , . Long as the darkening cloud abode , Long be our Father's temple ours ,. Lord , before thy presence come , Lord , bring me to resign ,. Lord , deliver , thou canst save , Lord ...
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... O'er mountain tops the mount of God , O'er the dark wave of Galilee , O Father , draw us after thee , O Father , though the anxious fear , O for a closer walk with God , O for a faith that will not shrink , O for a heart to praise my ...
... O'er mountain tops the mount of God , O'er the dark wave of Galilee , O Father , draw us after thee , O Father , though the anxious fear , O for a closer walk with God , O for a faith that will not shrink , O for a heart to praise my ...
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... o'er moving worlds presides , O Thou , whose presence went before , O timely happy , timely wise , O'tis a lovely thing to see ,. O't is a scene the heart to move , Our country is Immanuel's ground , Our Father , ever living , Our ...
... o'er moving worlds presides , O Thou , whose presence went before , O timely happy , timely wise , O'tis a lovely thing to see ,. O't is a scene the heart to move , Our country is Immanuel's ground , Our Father , ever living , Our ...
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Page 39 - 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.
Page 134 - THOU art, O God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
Page 257 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. 3. Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; — Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high.
Page 568 - WHILE with ceaseless course the sun Hasted through the former year, Many souls their race have run, Never more to meet us here. Fixed in an eternal state, They have done with all below. We a little longer wait ; But how little, none can know.
Page 601 - MY God, how endless is thy love ! Thy gifts are every evening new ; And morning mercies from above Gently distil like early dew. 2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, Great Guardian of my sleeping hours ; Thy sovereign word restores the light, And quickens all my drowsy powers. 3 I yield my powers to thy command ; To thee I consecrate my days : Perpetual blessings from thy hand Demand perpetual songs of praise.
Page 313 - GUIDE me, O Thou Great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land ; I am weak, but Thou art mighty ; Hold me with Thy powerful hand ; Bread of Heaven ! Feed me till I want no more.
Page 281 - We need not bid, for cloistered cell, Our neighbour and our work farewell, Nor strive to wind ourselves too high For sinful man beneath the sky: The trivial round, the common task, Would furnish all we ought to ask; Room to deny ourselves; a road To bring us daily nearer God.
Page 205 - He shall come down like showers, Upon the fruitful earth, And love and joy, 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 157 - Cold on His cradle the dew-drops are shining, Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall ; Angels adore Him, in slumber reclining, Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all...
Page 249 - YE servants of the Lord, Each in his office wait, Observant of His heavenly word, And watchful at 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...