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adore angels appear bear behold bless blest blood breath bright bring cheer Christ comfort cross crown dark dear death divine dwell earth eternal everlasting eyes face faith Father fear feel feet flow forever Friend give glorious glory grace grief hand hast hath head hear heart heaven heavenly holy hope hour Hymn Jesus keep King Lamb land lead light live Lord meet mercy morning mortal never night o'er pain path peace praise pray prayer Psalm raise reign rejoice rest rise sacred saints salvation Saviour seek shine sing sinners sins skies song sorrow soul sound Spirit stand strength sweet tears thee thine things thou art thoughts throne thy grace thy love thy name tongue trust truth unto voice wandering WATTS weary wings worship
Popular passages
Page 368 - 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 70 - Abide with me ; fast falls the even-tide ; The darkness deepens ; Lord, with me abide ; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
Page 5 - One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Page 43 - Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet'; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' '"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 164 - 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. I heard the voice of JESUS say, ' Behold I freely give The living water — thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live.
Page 200 - The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee.
Page 324 - How blest the righteous when he dies, When sinks a weary soul to rest ! How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! 2 So fades a .summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 120 - ALL hail ! the power of Jesus' name ! Let angels prostrate fall, Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him Lord of all.
Page 7 - There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
Page 293 - GO to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel the Tempter's power. Your Redeemer's conflict see : Watch with Him one bitter hour. Turn not from His griefs away : Learn of Jesus Christ to pray. 2 Follow to the judgment-hall : View the Lord of life arraigned.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Book of Praise: Or, Hymns and Tunes for Public and Social Worship |
| Author | General Association of Connecticut |
| Editor | William Tappan Eustis |
| Publisher | Brown & Gross, 1868 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 29 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 406 pages |
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