The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year |
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... each little leaf to sing ; - Ye fragrant clouds of dewy steam , By which deep grove and tangled stream Pay , for soft rains in season given , Their tribute to the genial heaven B --- Why waste your treasures of delight Upon our thankless ,
... each little leaf to sing ; - Ye fragrant clouds of dewy steam , By which deep grove and tangled stream Pay , for soft rains in season given , Their tribute to the genial heaven B --- Why waste your treasures of delight Upon our thankless ,
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... heaven and you partake ? Oh ! timely happy , timely wise , Hearts that with rising morn arise ! Eyes that the beam celestial view , Which evermore makes all things newa ! New every morning is the love Our wakening and uprising prove ...
... heaven and you partake ? Oh ! timely happy , timely wise , Hearts that with rising morn arise ! Eyes that the beam celestial view , Which evermore makes all things newa ! New every morning is the love Our wakening and uprising prove ...
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... heaven in each we see : Some softening gleam of love and prayer Shall dawn on every cross and care . As for some dear familiar strain Untir'd we ask , and ask again , Ever , in its melodious store , Finding a spell unheard before ; Such ...
... heaven in each we see : Some softening gleam of love and prayer Shall dawn on every cross and care . As for some dear familiar strain Untir'd we ask , and ask again , Ever , in its melodious store , Finding a spell unheard before ; Such ...
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... Heaven shall bid them , come and go : - The secret this of Rest below . Only , O Lord , in thy dear love Fit us for perfect Rest above ; And help us , this and every day , To live more nearly as we pray . EVENING . Abide with us , for ...
... Heaven shall bid them , come and go : - The secret this of Rest below . Only , O Lord , in thy dear love Fit us for perfect Rest above ; And help us , this and every day , To live more nearly as we pray . EVENING . Abide with us , for ...
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... Heaven for Faith that will not love ! Meanwhile He paces through th ' adoring crowd , Calm as the march of some majestic cloud , That o'er wild scenes of ocean - war Holds its still course in heaven afar : Even so , heart - searching ...
... Heaven for Faith that will not love ! Meanwhile He paces through th ' adoring crowd , Calm as the march of some majestic cloud , That o'er wild scenes of ocean - war Holds its still course in heaven afar : Even so , heart - searching ...
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angelic songs angels art thou behold blessing blest bliss bower breast breath bright brow calm Christ CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST cloud crown dark dear deep divine dreams dreary earth earthly EASTER EPIPHANY eternal evermore fain faint faith faithless Fancy Father fear fire flower flowers of Eden gaze gleam glorious glory glow God's grace hast hath hear heart Heaven heavenly hide holy HOLY INNOCENTS hope hour Isaiah Israel Jesus light lonely look Lord Luke martyr mercy midnight rose morn o'er praise prayer rill round sacred sailors spring saints Saviour's shade shame shew shine shower sigh sight silent sinners smile soaring soft soul spirits star sunbright SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY sure sweet sweet forgiving tears thee thine Thou art thought throne turn unto vernal vex'd voice wake wandering watch weary wild wilt wings wrath
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Page 220 - Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 163 - And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire ; and it sat upon each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost ; and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Page 206 - And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 225 - And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed ? but where are the nine ? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Page 355 - Tis sweet, as year by year we lose Friends out of sight, in faith to muse How grows in Paradise our store.
Page 301 - Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord ; and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Page 243 - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Page 141 - I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 164 - WHEN God of old came down from heaven, in power and wrath he came; before his feet the clouds were riven, half darkness and half flame.
Page 352 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow : and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.