A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship |
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abode adore Almighty Behold blessings blest bliss boundless bounty breast breath bright celestial cheerful Christ clouds dark death delight divine dwell earth earthly endless eternal ev'ry everlasting eyes faith Father Father divine fear final doom flow flow'rs flowing tear glad song gloomy glorious glory gracious grateful grief hath heart heav'n heav'nly holy hope hour humble hymn Jesus L. M. DODDRIDGE L. M. WATTS let thy life's light live Lord love divine mind morning mortal nature's night nobler o'er pain path peace pleasure prayer proclaim race reign repentant song rise round sacred Saviour scene shade shine show'rs skies smile song songs of praise sorrows soul sov'reign spread stamp'd sweet thee thine thou thoughts thro thy command thy grace thy hand thy love Thy mercy thy name thy pow'r thy praise thy presence thy throne tongue voice wings wisdom worlds unknown
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Page 102 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye : My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 18 - Wide as the world is Thy command, Vast as eternity Thy love ; Firm as a rock Thy truth shall stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.
Page 129 - Ye, no more your suns descending, Waning moons no more shall see ; But, your griefs for ever ending, Find eternal noon in me: God shall rise, and, shining o'er you, Change to day the gloom of night ; He, the Lord, shall be your glory, God your everlasting light.
Page 83 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 196 - GOD moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform ; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. 2. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will. 3. Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take : The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 221 - And an immortal crown. 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey ; Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 3...
Page 80 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, T
Page 238 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign, Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers : Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours.
Page 270 - Give me Thy counsel for my guide, And then receive me to Thy bliss ; All my desires and hopes beside Are faint and cold compared with this.
Page 104 - 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.