Christian Melodies ...Simpkin and Marshall, 1833 - Religious poetry, English |
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... beauty adorns the sweet rose What do I hear ? the awful bell What Nature , alas ! has denied What says the prophet , let that day What when the scenes of earth are When first at its Creator's will When Nature hides her lovely face When ...
... beauty adorns the sweet rose What do I hear ? the awful bell What Nature , alas ! has denied What says the prophet , let that day What when the scenes of earth are When first at its Creator's will When Nature hides her lovely face When ...
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... rise to thee - to thee , whose hand Unroll'd the golden mass of heaven ; Mantled with beauty all the land ; Gave light to morn , and shade to even . BOWRING . The Sabbath Morning . WITH silent awe I hail the ANTICIPATION OF THE SABBATH .
... rise to thee - to thee , whose hand Unroll'd the golden mass of heaven ; Mantled with beauty all the land ; Gave light to morn , and shade to even . BOWRING . The Sabbath Morning . WITH silent awe I hail the ANTICIPATION OF THE SABBATH .
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... beauty shall return , - In all its glory to endure ; - Who would not greet that Sabbath morn ! MISS TUCK . AH ! why should the thought of a world that is dying , Encumber the pleasure of seasons like these ? Or , why should the Sabbath ...
... beauty shall return , - In all its glory to endure ; - Who would not greet that Sabbath morn ! MISS TUCK . AH ! why should the thought of a world that is dying , Encumber the pleasure of seasons like these ? Or , why should the Sabbath ...
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... beauty and false honour are ador'd , While thee they scorn , and trifle with thy word ; Pass , unconcern'd a Saviour's sorrows by ; And hunt their ruin with a zeal to die . MADAME GUION . PRAYER . PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire ...
... beauty and false honour are ador'd , While thee they scorn , and trifle with thy word ; Pass , unconcern'd a Saviour's sorrows by ; And hunt their ruin with a zeal to die . MADAME GUION . PRAYER . PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire ...
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... beauty fades and flies ; But they , unchanging , form a bow'r To bloom in Paradise . Sprung from the true immortal vine , In Him they live , and round him twine . Their bond is not an earthly love , By nature's DUTIES OF THE SABBATH . 51.
... beauty fades and flies ; But they , unchanging , form a bow'r To bloom in Paradise . Sprung from the true immortal vine , In Him they live , and round him twine . Their bond is not an earthly love , By nature's DUTIES OF THE SABBATH . 51.
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angels ANON beam beauty behold beneath blessing blest bliss bloom bower breast breath bright CAROLINE FRY charms cheer Christian dark dear death delight divine dwell e'en earth earthly EDMESTON eternal ev'ry fade fair faith Father fear feel flower fragrance gloom glorious glory glow grace grave grief hail hallow'd hallowed ground hand hast hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy hope hosannas hour immortal Jesus life's light live Lord mercy morn mortal nature's ne'er NOSEGAY o'er Paternoster Row peace perfume pleasures praise prayer raptures reign repose rest rill rise Rose of Sharon round Sabbath sacred sacred fount saints Saviour scene seraphic serene shade shew shine sigh sing skies smile sorrow soul spirit spring storms stream sweet tear tempests thee thine thou art thought throne thy love tomb Twas voice weary weep wild wings Winter Rose
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Page 68 - Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme. How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed; How he who bore in Heaven the second name Had not on earth whereon to lay His head ; How His first followers and servants sped. The precepts sage they wrote to many a land How he who lone, in Patmos banished. Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand. And heard great Babylon's doom pronounced by Heaven's command. Then kneeling down, to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope "springs...
Page 67 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And, " Let us worship God,
Page 41 - A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun ; It gives a light to every age, — It gives, but borrows none.
Page 70 - BY cool Siloam's shady rill, How sweet the lily grows ! How sweet the breath beneath the hill Of Sharon's dewy rose ! 2 Lo ! such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God...
Page 68 - No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere. Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except the heart...
Page 25 - SWEET the moments, rich in blessing, Which before the cross I spend; Life, and health, and peace possessing, From the sinner's dying friend. Here I'll sit for ever viewing Mercy's streams in streams of blood, Precious drops my soul bedewing, Plead and claim my peace with God.
Page 44 - Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try, Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air, His watchword at the gates of death ; He enters heaven with prayer. Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways ; While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry,
Page 14 - O what a night was that which wrapt The heathen world in gloom ! O what a sun, which broke this day, Triumphant from the tomb ! 3...
Page 10 - SAFELY through another week, God has brought us on our way ; — Let us now a blessing seek, Waiting in his courts to-day : Day of all the week the best, Emblem of eternal rest.