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Page vii
... sacred love . " Here it must be evident , that the four words in italics , express the whole sense of the text , and that all the rest is garniture . Yet Merrick was an elegant scho- lar , and no mean poet . His version of Simeon's song ...
... sacred love . " Here it must be evident , that the four words in italics , express the whole sense of the text , and that all the rest is garniture . Yet Merrick was an elegant scho- lar , and no mean poet . His version of Simeon's song ...
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... sacred mysteries have been less frequently and ostentatiously honoured by the homage of our poets within the last hundred and fifty years than formerly , they have been less disgraced and vio- lated by absurd and impious associations ...
... sacred mysteries have been less frequently and ostentatiously honoured by the homage of our poets within the last hundred and fifty years than formerly , they have been less disgraced and vio- lated by absurd and impious associations ...
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... sacred subjects are unfit for poetry , nay , incapa- ble of being combined with it . That their native ma- jesty and grace cannot be heightened by any human art of embellishment , is most freely admitted ; but that verse , as well as ...
... sacred subjects are unfit for poetry , nay , incapa- ble of being combined with it . That their native ma- jesty and grace cannot be heightened by any human art of embellishment , is most freely admitted ; but that verse , as well as ...
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... sacred theme , and in the texture of a hymn . Indeed , the form of the stanza , and the tone that tells of personal experience in the fact which the writer mentions , remind one strongly of the vivid feeling and fluent versification of ...
... sacred theme , and in the texture of a hymn . Indeed , the form of the stanza , and the tone that tells of personal experience in the fact which the writer mentions , remind one strongly of the vivid feeling and fluent versification of ...
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... Sacred Song . " The language of devotion , whether in prose or rhyme , cannot be relished , because it is not understood , by any but those who have experienced the power of the Gospel , as bringing salvation to them that believe ; for ...
... Sacred Song . " The language of devotion , whether in prose or rhyme , cannot be relished , because it is not understood , by any but those who have experienced the power of the Gospel , as bringing salvation to them that believe ; for ...
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adore Almighty angels Augustus Toplady behold bless bless'd bliss blood breast breath cheer Christ Christian darkness dead dear death delight divine doth dwell earth End of faith endless eternal everlasting everlasting love everlasting song eyes faith Father fear feel flow my tears foes give glorious glory gospel gracious grief Hallelujah hand happy hath hear heart heaven heavenly hell holy hope hour humble hymns Israel Jehovah Jesus joyful King Lamb Lamb of God light live Lord love divine night o'er pain peace Pentecost pray prayer ransom'd Redeemer reign rejoice rest righteousness rise sacred saints salvation Saviour seek shine sing sinners sins skies song Songs of praise sorrow soul stand Star of Bethlehem strength sweet tears Thee thine things Thou art thoughts thy face thy grace thy love thy mercies thy name thy Spirit thy word trembling truth voice wilt
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Page 456 - SONGS of praise the angels sang; Heaven with hallelujahs rang, When Jehovah's work begun, When he spake and it was done. 2 Songs of praise awoke the morn. When the Prince of Peace was born ; Songs of praise arose, when he Captive led captivity. 3 Heaven and earth must pass away : Songs of praise shall crown that day : God will make new heavens and earth ; Songs of praise shall hail their birth.
Page 215 - Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, And with the angels bear thy part, Who all night long unwearied sing High praise to the eternal King.
Page 126 - My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine, While like a penitent I stand And there confess my sin.
Page 177 - While I draw this fleeting breath, When mine eye-lids close in death, When I rise to worlds unknown, And behold thee on thy throne ; Rock of ages! cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee ! HYMN 14O.
Page 180 - Thou, O Christ, art all I want ; More than all in Thee I find : Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind ; Just and holy is Thy name, I am all unrighteousness, False and full of sin I am ; Thou art full of truth and grace.
Page 216 - Direct, control, suggest this day, All I design, or do, or say ; That all my powers, with all their might, In Thy sole glory may unite...
Page 66 - The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Page 270 - ... JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more...
Page 300 - Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3. ' Let cares, like a wild deluge, come, And storms of sorrow fall ; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all ; — 4. ' There shall I bathe my weary soul In seas of heavenly rest ; And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast.
Page 243 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning! Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid ; Star of the East, the horizon adorning. Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.