Hymns for Christian Devotion: Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination |
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adore Almighty angels ANONYMOUS art thou beams behold bless blest bliss breast breath bright cheerful Christ Christian clouds COLL crown dark death divine dwell earth earthly eternal everlasting evermore faith Father fear forever Friend gloom glorious Gospel gracious hast hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy hope Hosanna hour humble Hymn Jehovah Jesus joy in heaven King L. M. MONTGOMERY land let thy life's light live Lord love divine mercy mighty morning mortal mourn night o'er path peace perfect law pray prayer proclaim rapture reign rejoice rest rise Sabbath sacred saints Saviour seek shine sing skies song songs of praise sorrow soul spirit spread star sweet tears tempests temple thee thine thou art thought thy grace thy hand thy love thy name thy praise thy presence thy throne thy word tongue truth voice WATTS weary wings wisdom worship
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Page 255 - WAKE, my soul, stretch every nerve, •'*• And press with vigor on : A heavenly race demands thy zeal, 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 Tis God's all-animating voice That calls thee from on high ; 'Tis His own hand presents the prize To thine aspiring eye. 4 That prize with peerless glories bright, Which shall new lustre boast, When victors' wreaths and monarchs' gems Shall blend in common dust.
Page 257 - 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.
Page 63 - ' That saw the Lord arise ! Welcome to this reviving breast, And these rejoicing eyes ! 2 The King himself comes near, And feasts his saints to-day ; Here we may sit, and see him here, And love, and praise, and pray.
Page 313 - Feed me till I want no more, Feed me till I want no more. Sel. 372. [H. 220. GUIDE me, O thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but thou art mighty, Hold me with thy powerful hand: Bread of heaven, Feed me, till I want no more.
Page 309 - A calm and heavenly frame; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb!
Page 39 - His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men ; And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed. He brought us to his fold again.
Page 235 - While life's dark maze I tread, And griefs around me spread, Be Thou my guide ; Bid darkness turn to day, Wipe sorrow's tears away, Nor let me ever stray From Thee aside.
Page 421 - IN the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time : All the li'ght of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime.
Page 473 - 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 39 - Wide as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity thy love ; Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.