Book of Common Praise: Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book, Suited to the Special Seasons of the Christian Year, and Other Occasions of Public Worship, as Well as for Use in the Sunday-school and Family, with Accompanying Tunes |
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Page 34 - God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home ! 2 Under the shadow of Thy throne, Thy saints have dwelt secure ; Sufficient is Thine arm alone, And our defence is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 Thy word commands our flesh to dust : "Return, ye sons of men ;" All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again.
Page 318 - O Christ, art all I want ; More than all in Thee I find : Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind ; Just and holy is Thy name, I am all unrighteousness, False and full of sin I am ; Thou art full of truth and grace.
Page 333 - BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne Ye nations bow with sacred joy ; Know that the Lord is God alone, He can create, and He destroy. 2 His sovereign power, without our aid, Made...
Page 46 - See a long race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons and daughters, yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies!
Page 221 - I fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless; Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness ; Where is death's sting ? Where, grave, thy victory ? I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.
Page 398 - AM I a soldier of the cross, A follower of the Lamb, And shall I fear to own his cause, Or blush to speak his name ? 2 Must I be carried to the skies On flowery beds of ease, While others fought to win the prize, And sailed through bloody seas...
Page 322 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 180 - My faith looks up to Thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour divine! Now hear me while I pray: Take all my guilt away; O let me from this day Be wholly Thine.
Page 270 - In every joy that crowns my days, In every pain I bear, My heart shall find delight in praise, Or seek relief in prayer.
Page 384 - JUST as I am, without one plea, But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come...
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| Title | Book of Common Praise: Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book, Suited to the Special Seasons of the Christian Year, and Other Occasions of Public Worship, as Well as for Use in the Sunday-school and Family, with Accompanying Tunes |
| Author | Reformed Episcopal Church |
| Compiled by | James A. Moore |
| Publisher | Reformed Episcopal Pub. Soc., 1885 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 506 pages |
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