Prayers for the Use of Families: Chiefly Selected from Various Authors ; with a Preliminary Essay, Together with a Selection of HymnsClark & Raser, 1833 - 340 pages |
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Page ix
... rest Hark the voice of love and mercy Hark - that shout of rapturous joy How pleasant ' tis to see · How still and peaceful is the grave How pleasing is the voice How soft the words my Saviour speaks How vain are all things here below ...
... rest Hark the voice of love and mercy Hark - that shout of rapturous joy How pleasant ' tis to see · How still and peaceful is the grave How pleasing is the voice How soft the words my Saviour speaks How vain are all things here below ...
Page x
... rest be found 337 Oh for a sweet , inspiring ray 338 P Pleasing spring again is here 294 R Religion is the chief concern 310 Rise , my soul , and stretch thy wings 318 S Softly now the light of day Saviour , breathe X INDEX OF FIRST LINES .
... rest be found 337 Oh for a sweet , inspiring ray 338 P Pleasing spring again is here 294 R Religion is the chief concern 310 Rise , my soul , and stretch thy wings 318 S Softly now the light of day Saviour , breathe X INDEX OF FIRST LINES .
Page xi
... rest We lift our hearts to thee Welcome sweet day of rest Welcome delightful morn When on the third auspicious day While with ceaseless course the sun When verdure clothes the fertile vale With songs and honours sounding loud Who but ...
... rest We lift our hearts to thee Welcome sweet day of rest Welcome delightful morn When on the third auspicious day While with ceaseless course the sun When verdure clothes the fertile vale With songs and honours sounding loud Who but ...
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... rest ; the opinions which they heard ; the temptations which they met , shall put forth new power in the freshness of the morning . The charm has not been dissolved by the slumbers of the night . The forming habits have not been crushed ...
... rest ; the opinions which they heard ; the temptations which they met , shall put forth new power in the freshness of the morning . The charm has not been dissolved by the slumbers of the night . The forming habits have not been crushed ...
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... rest to your pillow , when you have offered no sacrifice of praise to God for preserving mercy , and sought no protection from him whose eye never slumbers nor sleeps . III . I remark , thirdly , that the direct influence of devotion in ...
... rest to your pillow , when you have offered no sacrifice of praise to God for preserving mercy , and sought no protection from him whose eye never slumbers nor sleeps . III . I remark , thirdly , that the direct influence of devotion in ...
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adore Almighty Awake behold beseech thee bids bless thee blest bliss cheerful crown darkness death delight divine duty dwell earth eternal ev'ning ev'ry everlasting evil eyes faith Father fear final doom forgive give glorious gospel grant hail harvest hath hear heart heav'nly heaven honour hope hosannas hour humble HYMN Jesus Christ King let thy light live means of grace morning night o'er ourselves peace pleasure pray prayer rays Bright reign rejoice rest righteousness rise Sabbath saints salvation Saviour scene seasons shine sing sinners sins skies slothful band smiling songs songs of praise sorrow souls spring sweet sweet day tender mercies thanks thine things thou art thou hast thy blessing thy glory thy grace thy hands thy Holy Spirit thy love thy mercy thy name Thy pow'r thy praise thy throne thy word tongue unto thee vile bodies voice winter worlds unknown worship
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Page 65 - Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Page 184 - Almighty and most merciful Father : We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done ; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done ; and there is no health in us.
Page 76 - And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Page 46 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Page 234 - Bless the LORD, O my soul. PSALM 104 BLESS the LORD, 0 my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great ; Thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Page 142 - The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Page 208 - Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee ; Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just...
Page 242 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 46 - The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high ; Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; Or, how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire ; Or, Job's pathetic plaint and wailing cry ; Or, rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire ; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre.
Page 230 - Now unto Him that is able to keep us from falling, and. to present us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy ; to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.