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... HAPPY HOME ' GOD'S S FURNACE DOTH IN ZION STAND 6 LEFT IN HER LITTLE ROOM ALONE THERE WAS A LITTLE LOWLY UPPER ROOM " THERE LIES A LITTLE LONELY ISLE MY SOUL , AMID THIS STORMY WORLD 6 WHY DID THE PASCHAL BEAST WHEN THIS PASSING WORLD ...
... HAPPY HOME ' GOD'S S FURNACE DOTH IN ZION STAND 6 LEFT IN HER LITTLE ROOM ALONE THERE WAS A LITTLE LOWLY UPPER ROOM " THERE LIES A LITTLE LONELY ISLE MY SOUL , AMID THIS STORMY WORLD 6 WHY DID THE PASCHAL BEAST WHEN THIS PASSING WORLD ...
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... happy work pursue : The labour of their hands is seen , Their hands the face of earth renew ; Some spots at least are lively green . To dig the ground they thus bestow Their lives ; from every soften'd clod They gather out the stones ...
... happy work pursue : The labour of their hands is seen , Their hands the face of earth renew ; Some spots at least are lively green . To dig the ground they thus bestow Their lives ; from every soften'd clod They gather out the stones ...
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... Happy , if all their pains and cares Can bring forth fruit to please their Lord . Jesus their work delighted see , Their industry vouchsafes to crown ; He kindly gives the wished increase , And sends the promised blessing down . The sap ...
... Happy , if all their pains and cares Can bring forth fruit to please their Lord . Jesus their work delighted see , Their industry vouchsafes to crown ; He kindly gives the wished increase , And sends the promised blessing down . The sap ...
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... happy thou in all thy life , What so to thee befals ; Yea , doubly happy shalt thou be , When God by death thee calls . 66 ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS ? " AND 38.
... happy thou in all thy life , What so to thee befals ; Yea , doubly happy shalt thou be , When God by death thee calls . 66 ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS ? " AND 38.
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... happy , rich . When the world's up , and every swarm abroad , Keep well thy temper , mix not with each day : Despatch necessities ; life hath a load Which must be carried on , and safely may : Yet keep these cares without thee ; let the ...
... happy , rich . When the world's up , and every swarm abroad , Keep well thy temper , mix not with each day : Despatch necessities ; life hath a load Which must be carried on , and safely may : Yet keep these cares without thee ; let the ...
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Page 343 - Friend after friend departs ; Who hath not lost a friend? There is no union here of hearts, That finds not here an end.
Page 54 - THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on Kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 265 - ONE there is, above all others, Well deserves the name of Friend; His is love beyond a brother's, Costly, free, and knows no end: They who once His kindness prove, Find it everlasting love.
Page 227 - FOR a closer walk with God ! A calm and heavenly frame ! A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...
Page 353 - 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.
Page 322 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set - but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!
Page 355 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 236 - E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming Love has been my theme, And shall be till I die. 5 Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I'll sing Thy power to save, When this poor lisping, stammering tongue Lies silent in the grave.
Page 292 - Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign ! 727 Psalm 60.
Page 68 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?