The Story of the Hymns and TunesAmerican tract society, 1906 - 564 էջ |
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... feelings and desires . The music of faith , hope and charity will be somewhere in its strain . Philosophy composes poems , but not hymns . " It is no love - symphony we hear when the lion thinkers roar , " some blunt writer has said ...
... feelings and desires . The music of faith , hope and charity will be somewhere in its strain . Philosophy composes poems , but not hymns . " It is no love - symphony we hear when the lion thinkers roar , " some blunt writer has said ...
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... feeling and a poetic mind . His writings were not numer- ous , but their thoughtful beauty endeared him to a wide circle of readers . In 1839 his brother , Lord Glenelg , published twelve of his poetical pieces , and a new edition in ...
... feeling and a poetic mind . His writings were not numer- ous , but their thoughtful beauty endeared him to a wide circle of readers . In 1839 his brother , Lord Glenelg , published twelve of his poetical pieces , and a new edition in ...
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... feels the fire , This trembling hand and drooping lyre Have yet a strain for Thee . THE TUNE . Several musical pieces written to the hymn , " O , Worship the King , " have appeared in church psalm - books , and others have been borrowed ...
... feels the fire , This trembling hand and drooping lyre Have yet a strain for Thee . THE TUNE . Several musical pieces written to the hymn , " O , Worship the King , " have appeared in church psalm - books , and others have been borrowed ...
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... feeling Vainly would my life express ; Low before Thy footstool kneeling , Deign Thy suppliant's prayer to bless . Let Thy grace , my soul's chief treasure , Love's pure flame within me raise , And , since words can never measure , Let ...
... feeling Vainly would my life express ; Low before Thy footstool kneeling , Deign Thy suppliant's prayer to bless . Let Thy grace , my soul's chief treasure , Love's pure flame within me raise , And , since words can never measure , Let ...
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... feeling , and a devout attendant at King's Chapel , Unitarian , in Boston where he spent his life . He held the Harvard Professorship of Anatomy and Physiology more than fifty years , but his enduring work is in his poems , and his ...
... feeling , and a devout attendant at King's Chapel , Unitarian , in Boston where he spent his life . He held the Harvard Professorship of Anatomy and Physiology more than fifty years , but his enduring work is in his poems , and his ...
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Էջ 323 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed ; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Էջ 350 - The tumult and the shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart; Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget.
Էջ 98 - IN the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time ; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime.
Էջ 51 - Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee, Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see, Only Thou art holy, there is none beside Thee, Perfect in power, in love, and purity ! Holy, holy, holy, LORD GOD Almighty!
Էջ 245 - THOU art, O God ! the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
Էջ 226 - I HEARD the voice of Jesus say, " Come unto Me and rest ; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast !" I came to Jesus as I was, Weary, and worn, and sad ; I found in Him a resting-place, And He has made me glad. 2 I heard the voice of Jesus say, " Behold, I freely give The living water ; thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live...
Էջ 72 - GREAT God! what do I see and hear ? The end of things created! The Judge of mankind doth appear, On clouds of glory seated! The trumpet sounds, the graves restore The dead which they contained before;— Prepare, my soul, to meet Him!
Էջ 465 - To you, in David's town, this day Is born, of David's line, The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord ; And this shall be the sign : — 4 " The heavenly babe you there shall find To human view displayed, All meanly wrapped in swathing bands, And in a manger laid.
Էջ 334 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming...
Էջ 468 - O LITTLE town of Bethlehem ! How still we see thee lie ; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by ; Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light ; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee to-night.