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abide adore angels bear beauty bless blessèd blest breath calm Charles Wesley Charlotte Elliott cheer clouds dark dawn dear dear world death divine doth dwell E'en earth earthly Emily Taylor eternal everlasting evermore evil Fade eyes F. L. Hosmer F. T. Palgrave faith Father fear flow flowers give glad glorious glory God's grace H. F. Lyte hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy hope hour hymn Isaac Watts J. G. Whittier James Martineau John Keble King life's light live Longfellow Lord lowly mighty morning night o'er onward pain path perfect Philip Doddridge praise pray prayer pure Reginald Heber rejoice rest sacred shadows shine silent sing skies song sorrow soul stars strength strife sweet thanks thee thine things Thomas Ken thou art thought throne thy love thy mercy thy name toil trust truth unto voice weary Whate'er word
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Page 100 - 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 410 - RING out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow : The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Page 117 - I'd be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee ! 3 There let the way appear Steps unto heaven; All that thou sendest me, In mercy given; Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!
Page 212 - The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee.
Page 347 - SWEET Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My Music shows ye have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like...
Page 231 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 216 - 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 99 - THE spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Doth his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand.
Page 332 - FRIEND after friend departs ; Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts, That finds not here an end : Were this frail world our only rest, Living or dying none were blest.
Page 116 - NEARER, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me ; Still all my song shall be— Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee.