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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... wrote them . He confines him- self to the hymns contained in the hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church , not because he believes that to be the only book of hymns worthy of his attention , or necessarily even the best book , but ...
... wrote them . He confines him- self to the hymns contained in the hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church , not because he believes that to be the only book of hymns worthy of his attention , or necessarily even the best book , but ...
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... wrote hymns for almost every scene and circumstance of life ; but , like Watts , Cowper , and Toplady , he had his masterpiece . The Lord of glory bestowed on Charles Wesley the high honor of composing the finest heart - hymn in the ...
... wrote hymns for almost every scene and circumstance of life ; but , like Watts , Cowper , and Toplady , he had his masterpiece . The Lord of glory bestowed on Charles Wesley the high honor of composing the finest heart - hymn in the ...
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... wrote hymns for almost every scene and circumstance of life ; but , like Watts , Cowper , and Toplady , he had his masterpiece . The Lord of glory bestowed on Charles Wesley the high honor of composing the finest heart - hymn in the ...
... wrote hymns for almost every scene and circumstance of life ; but , like Watts , Cowper , and Toplady , he had his masterpiece . The Lord of glory bestowed on Charles Wesley the high honor of composing the finest heart - hymn in the ...
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... wrote : " I hear my son John has the honor of being styled the Father of the Holy Club ; if it be so I am sure I must be the grandfather of it , and I need not say that I had rather any of my sons should be so CHARLES WESLEY 27.
... wrote : " I hear my son John has the honor of being styled the Father of the Holy Club ; if it be so I am sure I must be the grandfather of it , and I need not say that I had rather any of my sons should be so CHARLES WESLEY 27.
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... wrote , " A good hymn is the best use to which poetry can be devoted . " As a religious poet , as a writer of hymns , Wesley is unsurpassed . He wrote them at all hours and upon all occasions ; on horseback , and in bed . When he died ...
... wrote , " A good hymn is the best use to which poetry can be devoted . " As a religious poet , as a writer of hymns , Wesley is unsurpassed . He wrote them at all hours and upon all occasions ; on horseback , and in bed . When he died ...
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ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER afterwards became best known hymn Bickersteth Bishop blessed blest born CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER Charles Wesley Christian Church of England clergyman College cross dark Dean death died divine earth English Episcopal faith father gifts glory God's GODFREY THRING grace graduate heart heaven heavenly Heber Henry HENRY BICKERSTETH Holy honor hymn writer hymnal Isaac Watts John John Henry Newman John Keble JOHN MASON NEALE Keble King labor light living London Lord mercy minister missionary Muhlenberg Neale Nearer never Newman night o'er ordained Oxford parish peace poem poet praise prayer preached preacher psalms Rector religious SABINE BARING-GOULD sacred saints Saviour sermon sing song sorrow soul spirit stanza sung sweet tell Thee Thine things Thou thought tion translations truth verse voice WILLIAM WILLIAM AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG words worship writes written wrote
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Page 245 - 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 156 - 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 242 - 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 308 - 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 224 - 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.