Some Hymns and Hymn Writers Representing All who Profess and Call Themselves Christians: Short Studies in the Hymnal of the Episcopal ChurchJohn C. Winston Company, 1907 - 458 pages |
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... tion of the Church to which he himself , through strong convic- tion and long association , is most deeply attached , and its hymns are most largely familiar . Let us begin with the hymns and the life story of a man who , for his day ...
... tion of the Church to which he himself , through strong convic- tion and long association , is most deeply attached , and its hymns are most largely familiar . Let us begin with the hymns and the life story of a man who , for his day ...
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... tion . A needless quarrel , certainly , in which all concerned seem to have displayed no little narrowness . Charles Wesley was married when he was forty years old . John Wesley was married when he was forty - eight . Charles Wesley's ...
... tion . A needless quarrel , certainly , in which all concerned seem to have displayed no little narrowness . Charles Wesley was married when he was forty years old . John Wesley was married when he was forty - eight . Charles Wesley's ...
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... tion of the Quakers , all classes of religious people so called , as well as of irreligious people , joined in the persecution of these newfangled Methodists . Of course we can understand why strolling players , and all who gained their ...
... tion of the Quakers , all classes of religious people so called , as well as of irreligious people , joined in the persecution of these newfangled Methodists . Of course we can understand why strolling players , and all who gained their ...
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... the ministry , Ordina- tion could readily be had , and Baptism and the Lord's Supper were frequently administered . But in the United States there was no bishop . To secure Ordination was difficult and 36 SOME HYMNS AND HYMN WRITERS.
... the ministry , Ordina- tion could readily be had , and Baptism and the Lord's Supper were frequently administered . But in the United States there was no bishop . To secure Ordination was difficult and 36 SOME HYMNS AND HYMN WRITERS.
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... tion Wilberforce was to come . " teen . * * When Cowper was six years old his mother died . This was to him a loss dreadful and irreparable . A child too sensi- tive for this world's ordinary blasts , he was sent to a large boarding ...
... tion Wilberforce was to come . " teen . * * When Cowper was six years old his mother died . This was to him a loss dreadful and irreparable . A child too sensi- tive for this world's ordinary blasts , he was sent to a large boarding ...
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Page 233 - Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies: Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me!
Page 63 - THE Son of God goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain ; His blood-red banner streams afar : Who follows in his train ? Who best can drink his cup of woe, Triumphant over pain, Who patient bears his cross below — He follows in his train.
Page 152 - My faith looks up to Thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour Divine: Now hear me while I pray, Take all my guilt away, O let me from this day Be wholly Thine.
Page 111 - JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave, and follow Thee; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my All shalt be. Perish, every fond ambition, All I've sought, or hoped, or known; Yet how rich is my condition ! God, and heaven, are still my own.
Page 232 - It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth, To touch their harps of gold : "Peace on the earth, goodwill to men, From heaven's all-gracious King!
Page 26 - One family we dwell in Him, One Church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream, of death : One army of the living God, To His command we bow ; Part of His host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now.
Page 298 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 139 - O LITTLE town of Bethlehem ! How still we see thee lie ; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by ; Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light ; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee to-night.
Page 107 - ABIDE with me ; fast falls the eventide ; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide ; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
Page 216 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.