A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship |
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abode adore Almighty Behold blessings blest bliss bounty breast breath bright celestial cheerful Christ creatures crown dark death delight divine dwell earth endless eternal everlasting eyes faith Father FATHER divine fear flow flowing tear frame gloom glorious glory gospel gracious grateful grief hast hath heart heaven heavenly holy hope hour humble Hymn immortal Jehovah Jesus joyful let thy life's light live Lord love divine mind morning mortal night nobler o'er pain path peace perfect bliss perfect law prayer proclaim raise rapture reign repentant songs rise round sacred saints scene shade shine sing skies smile song songs of praise soul sovereign spread strong to save sweet tears tempests thee thine thou art thought thy command thy grace thy hand thy love Thy mercy thy name thy power thy praise thy throne thy word tongue truth voice wisdom wonders worlds unknown
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Page 29 - 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 35 - THROUGH all the changing scenes of life, In trouble and in joy, The praises of my God shall still My heart and tongue employ.
Page 46 - Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne. We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares. 3 We share our mutual woes, Our mutual burdens bear ; And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear. 4 When we asunder part, It gives us inward pain; But we shall still be joined in heart, And hope to meet again.
Page 48 - 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 27 - 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, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand.
Page 47 - This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 35 - FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee.
Page 29 - When by the dreadful tempest borne High on the broken wave, They know thou art not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. 4 The storm is laid — the winds retire, Obedient to thy .will : The sea that roars at thy command, At thy command is still.