The Christian Melodist: A New Collection of Hymns for Social Religious WorshipGould and Lincoln, 1857 - 415 pages |
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adore angels awake Ballerma Behold bless blest bliss blood breast breath Brentford bright cheerful Christ Christian church cloth COLL cross crown darkness dear death Dedham divine DODDRIDGE Dundee dwell earth eternal eyes faith Father fear forever give glorious glory gospel gracious Greenville guilt happy hath hear heart heaven heavenly Hebron Hendon holy hope hosannas hour humble HYMNS Jesus joyful King Lamb Lamb of God land Lanesboro let thy light live Lord mercy morning mortal MOTHER'S HYMN BOOK mourning never o'er Olmutz peace Peterboro praise pray prayer Puritan Recorder redeeming reign rest rise Sabbath sacred saints salvation Saviour Scots wha hae seek shine Shirland Sicily sing sinners sins skies smile song sorrow soul sovereign Spirit sweet tears thee thine thou art thy face thy grace thy love thy name thy throne thy word truth Uxbridge voice WATTS wonders worship ye saints Zion's
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Page 195 - BLEST be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one. Our comforts and our cares.
Page 300 - 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 214 - Lord, by thee. 2 Thou art the Truth, thy word alone True wisdom can impart ; Thou only canst inform the mind And purify the heart. 3 Thou art the Life, the rending tomb Proclaims thy conquering arm, And those who put their trust in thee Nor death nor hell shall harm. 4 Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life ; Grant us that way to know, That truth to keep, that life to win, Whose *joys eternal flow.
Page 47 - 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 320 - Beyond this vale of tears There is a life above, Unmeasured by the flight of years; And all that life is love.
Page 337 - HAIL to the Lord's anointed, Great David's greater Son ! Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun ! He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free ; To take away transgression, And rule in equity.
Page 146 - CHILDREN of the heavenly King, As ye journey, sweetly sing ; Sing your Saviour's worthy praise, Glorious in his works and ways. 2 Ye are travelling home to God, In the way the fathers trod ; They are happy now — and ye Soon their happiness shall see. 3 Shout, ye little flock, and blest ; You on Jesus' throne shall rest : There your seat is now prepared — There your kingdom and reward.
Page 207 - 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 231 - Look, how we grovel here below, Fond of these trifling toys ; Our souls can neither fly nor go To reach eternal joys. 3 In vain we tune our formal songs, In vain we strive to rise ; Hosannas languish on our tongues, And our devotion dies.
Page 313 - ON Jordan's stormy banks I stand, And cast a wishful eye To Canaan's fair and happy land, Where my possessions lie.