Psalms and hymns, selected for the parish church of st. John the baptist, Peterborough

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Page 47 - 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 noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 60 - ALAS ! and did my Saviour bleed? And did my Sovereign die ? Would he devote that sacred head For such a worm as I?
Page 60 - And melt mine eyes to tears. 5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay The debt of love I owe : Here, Lord, I give myself away, Tis all that I can do.
Page 154 - Jesus ! hear our humble prayer, Tender Shepherd of Thy sheep ; Let Thy mercy and Thy care All our souls in safety keep.
Page 143 - Thou, who didst come to bring On Thy redeeming wing Healing and sight, Health to the sick in mind, Sight to the inly blind, O, now to all mankind "Let there be light.
Page 88 - I'm constrained to be! Let that grace now, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee: Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here's my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above.
Page 72 - Thou art the Way: to Thee alone From sin and death we flee; And he who would the Father seek, Must seek Him, Lord, by Thee.
Page 144 - We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise And Earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is Thy command, Vast as eternity Thy love ; Firm as a rock Thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.
Page 40 - Thou long-expected Jesus, Born to set Thy people free ; From our fears and sins release us ; Let us find our rest in Thee. Israel's Strength and Consolation, Hope of all the earth Thou art ; Dear Desire of every nation, Joy of every longing heart.
Page 144 - BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations bow with sacred joy ; Know that the Lord is God alone, He can create, and he destroy.

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