English Hymnology. Reprinted, with Additions and Corrections, from the Monthly Packet

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Mozleys, 1873 - 135 páginas
 

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Página 81 - WHEN I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
Página 34 - There are in this loud stunning tide Of human care and crime, With whom the melodies abide Of the everlasting chime ; Who carry music in their heart Through dusky lane and wrangling mart, Plying their daily task with busier feet, Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat.
Página 18 - Take up thy cross, and follow Christ, Nor think till death to lay it down; For only he who bears the cross May hope to wear the glorious crown.
Página 80 - After the sun's remove. I see them walking in an air of glory, Whose light doth trample on my days : My days, which are at best but dull and hoary, Mere glimmering and decays. O holy Hope ! and high Humility, High as the heavens above ! These are your walks, and you have shew'd them me, To kindle my cold love.
Página 77 - The indorsement of supreme delight, Writ by a friend, and with his blood ; The couch of time ; care's balm and bay ; The week were dark, but for thy light. Thy torch doth show the way.
Página 28 - There we shall with Thee remain, Partners of Thine endless reign ; There Thy face unclouded see, Find our heaven of heavens in Thee.
Página 80 - He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest, may know At first sight, if the bird be flown; But what fair well, or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as Angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul, when man doth sleep; So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep.
Página 81 - ARISE, my soul, my joyful powers, And triumph in my God ; Awake, my voice, and loud proclaim His glorious grace abroad.
Página 21 - A Living and Dying Prayer for the Holiest Believer in the World...

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