The Story of the Hymns: Or, Hymns that Have a History. An Account of the Origin of Hymns of Personal Religious ExperienceAmerican Tract Society, 1875 - 295 páginas |
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... beautiful anecdote is associated with his student history , which illustrates his elevated piety . His pre- ceptor asked a class of which he was a member , " What passage of Scripture conveys the sweetest description of heaven ? " One ...
... beautiful anecdote is associated with his student history , which illustrates his elevated piety . His pre- ceptor asked a class of which he was a member , " What passage of Scripture conveys the sweetest description of heaven ? " One ...
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... beautiful that region ! Oh how fair that heavenly legion ! Human souls and angels blend . Glorious will that city be , Full of deep tranquillity , Light and peace from end to end ! See the happy dwellers there Shine in robes of purity ...
... beautiful that region ! Oh how fair that heavenly legion ! Human souls and angels blend . Glorious will that city be , Full of deep tranquillity , Light and peace from end to end ! See the happy dwellers there Shine in robes of purity ...
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... beautiful Weimar , for the last time . Gerhardt was a great sufferer in the cause of reformed faith , but his sufferings were in a measure compensated by the supports of human love . He was born in Saxony He became a Christian pastor at ...
... beautiful Weimar , for the last time . Gerhardt was a great sufferer in the cause of reformed faith , but his sufferings were in a measure compensated by the supports of human love . He was born in Saxony He became a Christian pastor at ...
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... beautiful in biog- raphy , and , perhaps , no one has touched upon it more tenderly than the great poet himself . He thus describes one of their last affecting interviews : " I came in just as she had been bled . A light having been ...
... beautiful in biog- raphy , and , perhaps , no one has touched upon it more tenderly than the great poet himself . He thus describes one of their last affecting interviews : " I came in just as she had been bled . A light having been ...
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... hymn - books is but a fragment of a long poem . It has a beautiful origin and an inter- esting history . Samuel Rutherford was a Scotch divine at Anworth and because of his fidelity to the doctrines of the 92 THE STORY OF THE HYMNS .
... hymn - books is but a fragment of a long poem . It has a beautiful origin and an inter- esting history . Samuel Rutherford was a Scotch divine at Anworth and because of his fidelity to the doctrines of the 92 THE STORY OF THE HYMNS .
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angels beautiful became behold Bernard of Cluny blessing blest bliss blood born Charles Wesley Charlotte Elliott Christ Christian church collection of hymns composed Cowper dark dear death died divine earth earthly English eternal faith Father fear feelings friends Gerhard Tersteegen Glory we proclaim grace hand happy hear heart heaven heavenly HENRY FRANCIS LYTE holy HORATIUS BONAR hour hymn beginning hymn-books Immanuel's land Isaac Watts James Montgomery Jerusalem Jesus John John Newton King of Glory Lamb leadeth light live Lord Madame Guyon mercy morning Nearer night o'er original Paradise peace Philip Doddridge PHOEBE CARY poem poet praise pray prayer preached religious experience rest saints salvation Saviour sermon sing sleep song sorrow soul spirit stanza storm sung sweet thee thine Thomas Thomas à Kempis Thomas Ken thou thought throne voice weary WESLEY'S William wrote
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Página 187 - Watch by the sick; enrich the poor With blessings from Thy boundless store ; Be every mourner's sleep to-night, Like infant's slumbers, pure and light. Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take; Till in the ocean of Thy love We lose ourselves in heaven above.
Página 23 - 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...
Página 199 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Página 61 - Give me a calm, a thankful heart, From every murmur free; The blessings of thy grace impart, And make me live to thee. 3 " Let the sweet hope that thou art mine My life and death attend ; Thy presence through my journey shine, And crown my journey's end.
Página 132 - Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the Star of Bethlehem.
Página 129 - In every joy that crowns my days, In every pain I bear, My heart shall find delight in praise, Or seek relief in prayer.
Página 227 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Página 211 - ABIDE with me ; fast falls the even-tide ; The darkness deepens ; Lord, with me abide ; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
Página 122 - Jesus' blood; Give every burdened soul release, And bid us all depart in peace. 644 8s, 7s & 4s. T ORD, dismiss us with thy blessing, •*-* Fill our hearts with joy and peace; Let us each, thy love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace ; O refresh us, : Travelling through this wilderness.
Página 222 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.