The Seraphina, Or, Christian Library of Church Music: Containing a Large and Choice Collection of New and Standard Hymn Tunes, Set Pieces, Anthems, Chants, Etc., : Designed for the Use of Churches, Choirs, Singing Societies, Sabbath-schools, Literary Institutions, Temperance Meetings, and Various Other Occasions : Also, a Copious Explanation of the Principles of Vocal Music |
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Common terms and phrases
angels Anthem Bass beat Blessed blest bo bo breath bright called Chant cheerful Children of Zion Chorus Christ clef Cres crotchet crown death divine dotted dotted note dwell earth ev'ry fear figured Bass give glory gone grace hail Hal-le Hallelujah happy Hark harp haste hath hear heart heav'n heavenly holy Hymn Je-sus Jesus JOHN WINEBRENNER joyful King Lamb land larynx Ledger Line LESSON loud measure Meignen mercy minim Minor Scale morning night o'er peace pow'r praise the Lord PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC quavers reigns rejoice rest rise round Sabbath saints Saviour semibreve semiquavers semitone shine shout sing sinners skies SOLO song soul sound speed the right sung sweet swell Tenor thee thine thou art thro throne tone tongue triumphs Unison unto voice weeping word Zion Ꮎ Ꮎ
Popular passages
Page 336 - Ye chosen seed of Israel's race, Ye ransomed from the fall ; Hail him, who saves you by his grace, And crown him Lord of all. 4 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget The wormwood and the gall, Go, spread your trophies at his feet, And crown him Lord of all, 5 Let every kindred, every tribe, On this terrestrial ball.
Page 286 - Man may trouble and distress me, 'Twill but drive me to Thy breast ; Life with trials hard may press me, Heaven will bring me sweeter rest. Oh ! 'tis not in grief to harm me, While Thy love is left to me ; Oh ! 'twere not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmixed with Thee.
Page 174 - People and realms, of every tongue, Dwell on His love with sweetest song ; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on His name.
Page 89 - How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear ! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast ; 'Tis manna to the hungry soul, And to the weary rest.
Page 286 - twere not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmixed with Thee. 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.
Page 232 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 473 - I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. 5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
Page 299 - Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we, to men benighted, The lamp of life deny ? Salvation, O ! salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learned Messiah's name.
Page 97 - COME, let us join our cheerful songs, With angels round the throne ; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2 "Worthy the Lamb that died"— they cry, "To be exalted thus :"— "Worthy the Lamb"— our lips reply,
Page 443 - When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply, The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.