Hymns for Schools: With Appropriate Selections from Scripture and Tunes Suited to the Metres of the Hymns |
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... sing- ing has been a part of the morning devotional exercises of my school , and though I have used a selection * most excellent and appropriate for social religious meetings , I have found a large number of the hymns in it , either in ...
... sing- ing has been a part of the morning devotional exercises of my school , and though I have used a selection * most excellent and appropriate for social religious meetings , I have found a large number of the hymns in it , either in ...
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... sing them ? As well have the exercise of prayer in an " unknown tongue . " The object of a choir is to aid congregational singing , not to supersede it : — not to exhibit itself , and display its artistic skill in executing new tunes ...
... sing them ? As well have the exercise of prayer in an " unknown tongue . " The object of a choir is to aid congregational singing , not to supersede it : — not to exhibit itself , and display its artistic skill in executing new tunes ...
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... singing into only one school where it has heretofore been neglected , I shall not have made it in vain . Philadelphia , May 1 , 1850 . C. D. CLEVELAND . PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . ANOTHER edition of my " Hymns for Schools " being ...
... singing into only one school where it has heretofore been neglected , I shall not have made it in vain . Philadelphia , May 1 , 1850 . C. D. CLEVELAND . PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . ANOTHER edition of my " Hymns for Schools " being ...
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... sing the song .. Awake , my soul , and with the sun .... Awake , my soul , lift up thine eyes ... Awake , my soul , stretch every nerve . Awake , our souls , away , our fears . Before thy mercy's throne ...... Before we close our eyes ...
... sing the song .. Awake , my soul , and with the sun .... Awake , my soul , lift up thine eyes ... Awake , my soul , stretch every nerve . Awake , our souls , away , our fears . Before thy mercy's throne ...... Before we close our eyes ...
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... sing . Deny thee ! what , deny the way . Early , my God , without delay . Eternal God , almighty cause ... Eternal God , I bless thy name . Far from mortal cares retreating . Far from the world , O Lord , I flee . Far from thy servants ...
... sing . Deny thee ! what , deny the way . Early , my God , without delay . Eternal God , almighty cause ... Eternal God , I bless thy name . Far from mortal cares retreating . Far from the world , O Lord , I flee . Far from thy servants ...
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adore angels beams behold Benevento bless blest bliss breast bright C. M. St cheerful Christ CHRISTIAN crown darkness dear death divine dwell earth Effingham endless eternal everlasting song evermore eyes faith Father fear feet give glorious GOD'S gospel gracious grateful Greenville hath hear heart heaven heavenly Hebron holy hope Hosanna hour humble impart Jesus King let thy life's light Lisbon live Lord LORD'S PRAYER Medfield mind mortal never night Nuremburg o'er Old Hundred path peace Portugal pray prayer proclaim Quito raptured reign rejoice rest righteousness rise Rochester sacred salvation Saviour seek shine Shirland Silver Street sing sins skies smile Songs of praise sorrow soul strength sweet teach tears thee thine thou art thou hast thoughts thy grace thy hand thy love thy mercy thy name thy power thy praise thy throne thy word tongue Truro truth unto voice wings wisdom youth
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Page 66 - 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 noonday walks He shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 160 - FROM every stormy wind that blows, From every swelling tide of woes, There is a calm, a sure retreat : "Tis found beneath the mercy-seat. 2 There is a place where Jesus sheds The oil of gladness on our heads ; A place than all besides more sweet : It is the blood-bought mercy-seat.
Page 54 - MY dear Redeemer, and my Lord, I read my duty in thy word ; But in thy life the law appears Drawn out in living characters. 2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, Such deference to thy Father's will, Such love, and meekness so divine, I would transcribe, and make them mine.
Page 53 - Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest; I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast.
Page 18 - BEHOLD, the morning sun Begins his glorious way ; His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey. 2 But where the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light ; It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight.
Page 29 - THE heavens declare thy glory Lord ; In every star thy wisdom shines ; But when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines. 2 The rolling sun, the changing light, And nights and days thy power confess ; But the blest volume thou hast writ, Reveals thy justice and thy grace.
Page 46 - With better hopes be filled. 2 Thy love the power of thought bestowed ; To thee my thoughts would soar ; Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed — That mercy I adore ! 3 In each event of life, how clear Thy ruling hand I see ! Each blessing to my soul more dear, Because conferred by thee.
Page 90 - Heaven, thy native place : Sun and moon and stars decay ; Time shall soon this earth remove ; Rise, my soul, and haste away To seats prepared above. 2 Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course ; Fire, ascending, seeks the sun ; Both speed them to their source : So a soul, that's born of God, Pants to view His glorious face, Upward tends to His abode, To rest in His embrace.
Page 245 - THUS far the Lord has led me on, Thus far His power prolongs my days; And every evening shall make known Some fresh memorial of His grace.
Page 53 - FOR a closer walk with God ! A. calm and heavenly frame ! A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...