The Christian Psalmist: Or, Hymns Selected and Original. With an Introductory Essay |
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1 BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning , Dawn on our darkness , and lend us thine aid ; Star of the east , the horizon adorning , Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid . 2 Cold on his cradle the dew - drops are shining ...
1 BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning , Dawn on our darkness , and lend us thine aid ; Star of the east , the horizon adorning , Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid . 2 Cold on his cradle the dew - drops are shining ...
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| Title | The Christian Psalmist: Or, Hymns Selected and Original. With an Introductory Essay Select Christian authors |
| Author | James Montgomery |
| Edition | 7 |
| Publisher | Collins, 1832 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 8 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 456 pages |
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