Hymn TreasuresJennings and Graham, 1905 - 183 pagine |
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Pagina 8
... England , the king thanked the composer for the entertainment . Handel replied , " Sire , I have not endeavored to entertain you , but to make you better . " The chief object of a hymn is to lift the soul nearer to God , and to aid it ...
... England , the king thanked the composer for the entertainment . Handel replied , " Sire , I have not endeavored to entertain you , but to make you better . " The chief object of a hymn is to lift the soul nearer to God , and to aid it ...
Pagina 43
... England . The former has been called " the sweet singer of Germany . " Although he did not have the struggles of Luther , yet his life was filled with trials and disappointments . He did not receive Holy Orders until late in life . In ...
... England . The former has been called " the sweet singer of Germany . " Although he did not have the struggles of Luther , yet his life was filled with trials and disappointments . He did not receive Holy Orders until late in life . In ...
Pagina 50
... England to supersede the Psalter . Consequently it met with bitter op- position . Devout persons regarded it as sacrile- gious to sing uninspired hymns . For nearly thirty years his best hymns were excluded from the Church services ...
... England to supersede the Psalter . Consequently it met with bitter op- position . Devout persons regarded it as sacrile- gious to sing uninspired hymns . For nearly thirty years his best hymns were excluded from the Church services ...
Pagina 58
... - sorted to him from all parts of the kingdom , and amongst these not a few rose to distinction , not among Dissenters only , but among the Estab- lished Churches of England and Scotland , in America , 58 Hymn Treasures .
... - sorted to him from all parts of the kingdom , and amongst these not a few rose to distinction , not among Dissenters only , but among the Estab- lished Churches of England and Scotland , in America , 58 Hymn Treasures .
Pagina 59
Grace Morrison Everett. lished Churches of England and Scotland , in America , and even in Holland . " Concerning the sacred calling Doddridge wrote : " Let Zion's watchmen all awake , And take the alarm they give ; Now let them from the ...
Grace Morrison Everett. lished Churches of England and Scotland , in America , and even in Holland . " Concerning the sacred calling Doddridge wrote : " Let Zion's watchmen all awake , And take the alarm they give ; Now let them from the ...
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Pagina 64 - HOW sweet the Name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear ! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.
Pagina 99 - When in the slippery paths of youth, With heedless steps I ran, Thine arm unseen conveyed me safe, And led me up to man.
Pagina 101 - There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.
Pagina 22 - What are they but His jewels Of right celestial worth ? What are they but the ladder Set up to heaven on earth...
Pagina 100 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Pagina 149 - Take thou my cup, and it With joy or sorrow fill, As best to thee may seem ; Choose thou my good and ill. 3 Choose thou for me my friends, My sickness or my health; Choose thou my cares for me, My poverty or wealth. Not mine, not mine the choice, In things or great or small; Be thou my guide, my strength, My wisdom and my all.
Pagina 164 - THOU hidden love of God, whose height, Whose depth unfathomed, no man knows, I see from far Thy beauteous light, Inly I sigh for Thy repose; My heart is pained, nor can it be At rest, till it finds rest in Thee.
Pagina 98 - Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away! What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
Pagina 111 - Him shall prayer unceasing And daily vows ascend, His kingdom still increasing, A kingdom without end.
Pagina 107 - E'en while with us thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust to its narrow house beneath ! Soul to its place on high ! They that have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die.