The New Carmina Sacra: Or Boston Collection of Church Music. Comprising the Most Popular Psalm and Hymn Tunes in General Use, Together with a Great Variety of New Tunes, Chants, Sentences, Motetts, and Anthems; Principally by Distinguished European Composers: the Whole Being One of the Most Complete Collections of Music for Choirs, Congregations, Singing Schools and Societies, Extant |
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a-bove Adagio Allegretto Allegro Andante answering song bless blest bode bright called cheerful Chorus Coda dwell earth ev-er ev'ry eve-ry eyes fear glad glorious glottis grace hail Hal-le Hal-le-lu-jah Hallelujah hand harps haste hath hear heart heaven Heavenly day Ho-ly Ho-sannah holy hope HYMN joy-ful joyful King of glo-ry land light LOWELL MASON lu-jah Maestoso MASON mercy mighty minor scale Moderato mp Cres ne'er night o'er passing tone peace pitch place of thine portamento pow'r Praise the Lord Praise ye PSALM rays Bright reigns rejoice righteousness rise saints Saviour Sforzando shine sing SINGLE CHANT Solo song songs of praise soul sound sov'reign sung sweet Syllables tem-ple thee thou art Thro thy courts thy glo thy glory thy love thy name thy throne tion tone tone named tongue transposition truth tune Unison unto voice Zalmonah ZEUNER Zi-on
Popular passages
Page 315 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; Thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Page 117 - FOR a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame, A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb ! 2 Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord?
Page 227 - THE earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Page 122 - High as the heavens are raised Above the ground we tread, So far the riches of his grace Our highest thoughts exceed.
Page 315 - Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Page 313 - I WILL extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
Page 308 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 194 - My native country! thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills, .Like that above.
Page 314 - Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Page 301 - Be ye sure that the Lord he is God : it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.