Christian Hymns for Public & Private Worship: A Collection Comp. by a Committee of the Cheshire Pastoral Association

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Crosby, Nichols & Company, 1859 - Hymns, English - 530 pages
 

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Page 85 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread, Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 34 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 342 - Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood Should fright us from the shore, 1 78.
Page 100 - The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 36 - All below is but a dream. 3 Thanks for mercies past receive , Pardon of our sins renew ; Teach us, henceforth, how to live With eternity in view : Bless thy word to young and old ; Fill us with a Saviour's love ; And, when life's short tale is told, May we dwell with thee above ! LM ZOO.
Page 139 - When the woes of life o'ertake me, Hopes deceive and fears annoy, Never shall the cross forsake me ; Lo ! it glows with peace and joy.
Page 293 - So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er : So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 272 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 345 - Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die. 3 Beyond this vale of tears There is a life above, Unmeasured by the flight of years, And all that life is love...
Page 355 - With the shepherd's kindest care, All the feeble gently leading, While the lambs thy bosom share ; 2 Now, these little ones receiving, Fold them in thy gracious arm ; There, we know, thy word believing, Only there, secure from harm. 3 Never from thy pasture roving, Let them be the Lion's prey ; Let thy tenderness, so loving, Keep them all life's dangerous way : 4 Then, within thy fold eternal, Let them find a resting-place ; Feed in pastures ever vernal, Drink the rivers of thy grace. HYMM 87. SM...

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