Sacred PoetryAmerican Sunday-School Union, 1828 - 180 Seiten |
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... seek a city yet to come . " S " We've no abiding city here : " Then let us live as pilgrims do ; Let not the world our rest appear , But let us haste from all below . 4 " We've no abiding city here , " We seek a city out of sight ; Zion ...
... seek a city yet to come . " S " We've no abiding city here : " Then let us live as pilgrims do ; Let not the world our rest appear , But let us haste from all below . 4 " We've no abiding city here , " We seek a city out of sight ; Zion ...
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... Seek out some solitude to mourn , And thy forsaken God implore . 20 thou great God , whose piercing eye Distinctly marks each deep retreat , In these sequester'd hours draw nigh , And let me here thy presence meet . 3 Through all the ...
... Seek out some solitude to mourn , And thy forsaken God implore . 20 thou great God , whose piercing eye Distinctly marks each deep retreat , In these sequester'd hours draw nigh , And let me here thy presence meet . 3 Through all the ...
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... seek our joys in heav'n . 5 And what is sorrow , what is pain , To that internal care , That breaks the conscious heart for sin , When sin is hated there ? 6 Kind , loving is the hand that strikes , However keen the smart , If sorrow's ...
... seek our joys in heav'n . 5 And what is sorrow , what is pain , To that internal care , That breaks the conscious heart for sin , When sin is hated there ? 6 Kind , loving is the hand that strikes , However keen the smart , If sorrow's ...
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... Not the grandeur of the great Can the bliss I seek create . 2 Object of my first desire , Jesus , crucified for me ! All to happiness aspire , Only to be found in thee : Thee to praise , and thee to know , Constitute 80 SACRED POETRY .
... Not the grandeur of the great Can the bliss I seek create . 2 Object of my first desire , Jesus , crucified for me ! All to happiness aspire , Only to be found in thee : Thee to praise , and thee to know , Constitute 80 SACRED POETRY .
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... seek my face " Shall never seek in vain . " 4 What object , Lord , my soul should move If once compared with thee ? What beauty should command my love Like what in Christ I see ? 5 Away ye false delusive toys , Vain tempters of the mind ...
... seek my face " Shall never seek in vain . " 4 What object , Lord , my soul should move If once compared with thee ? What beauty should command my love Like what in Christ I see ? 5 Away ye false delusive toys , Vain tempters of the mind ...
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adore angels ANON beam Bethphage bless blest bliss blood bosom breast breath bright calm CAROLINE FRY celestial cheer CHRISTIAN clouds COWPER dark death dust to glory earth earthly EDMESTON eternal eternal grace ev'ry faith Father fear fled flow'r foes friends gloom glorious glory grace grave grief harp hast hath heart heaven heavenly hiding-place holy hope hour HYMN Israel Jesus Judah KELLY Lamb life's light lisping mar delights mercy mortal mourn ne'er nigh night o'er Oh mercy pain pass'd peace pleasure pow'r praise prayer ransom'd reigns rest rise RUSSIAN POETRY sacred saints Saviour seraph shine sigh sing sinners skies smile song sorrow soul spirit star star by star Star of Bethlehem storm sweet TAPPAN tears tempest thee thine thou art thro throne tomb trembling visions of ecstasy voice wave weep winds wings Zion Zion's
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Seite 160 - The world recedes: it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy Victory? O Death! where is thy Sting.
Seite 12 - 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.
Seite 36 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road, That leads me to the Lamb.
Seite 171 - They sin who tell us Love can die, With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. In Heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of Hell ; Earthly these passions of the Earth, They perish where they have their birth ; But Love is indestructible. Its holy flame for ever burneth, From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth...
Seite 46 - But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust on his mail: And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
Seite 80 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take ; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Seite 46 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...
Seite 68 - twere not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmix'd with Thee. 5 Soul, then know thy full salvation; Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care; Joy to find in every station, Something still to do or bear.
Seite 21 - 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. 4. Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air ; His watchword at the gates of death, — He enters heaven with prayer. 5. Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways ; While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry,...
Seite 114 - O ! th" exceeding grace Of highest God that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed Angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe...