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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... wrote as he felt , and teaches what he himself has experienced . Nearly all works , written merely for effect , are ephemeral . The tirsel of fancy and mere sentiment fades , while words coined from the heart's pure gold live with the ...
... wrote as he felt , and teaches what he himself has experienced . Nearly all works , written merely for effect , are ephemeral . The tirsel of fancy and mere sentiment fades , while words coined from the heart's pure gold live with the ...
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... wrote with self - consuming zeal . The only blemish of his high character was heated language and intolerance in controversy . In the year 1775 his health began to fail . It was evident that the sword was too sharp for the scabbard ...
... wrote with self - consuming zeal . The only blemish of his high character was heated language and intolerance in controversy . In the year 1775 his health began to fail . It was evident that the sword was too sharp for the scabbard ...
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... Bristol in six parts in 1745 - '47 . His second book was called " The Sea of Glass , " and the third , " Visible Farewell ; Welcome to Invisible Things . ' In 1771 he wrote an elegy on Whitefield , which TONES IN THE CHURCH . 31.
... Bristol in six parts in 1745 - '47 . His second book was called " The Sea of Glass , " and the third , " Visible Farewell ; Welcome to Invisible Things . ' In 1771 he wrote an elegy on Whitefield , which TONES IN THE CHURCH . 31.
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... wrote an elegy on Whitefield , which he dedi cated to the Countess of Huntingdon . He died in 1791 . It is probable that the famous hymn , beginning , " Guide me , O thou great Jehovah , " was sung in Ameri ca before it obtained a ...
... wrote an elegy on Whitefield , which he dedi cated to the Countess of Huntingdon . He died in 1791 . It is probable that the famous hymn , beginning , " Guide me , O thou great Jehovah , " was sung in Ameri ca before it obtained a ...
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... wrote this piece immediately after his conti nental tour in 1700-1 . The original has a fine stanza that is commonly omitted : " Thy mercy sweetened every soil , Made every region please , The hoary Alpine hills it warmed , And smoothed ...
... wrote this piece immediately after his conti nental tour in 1700-1 . The original has a fine stanza that is commonly omitted : " Thy mercy sweetened every soil , Made every region please , The hoary Alpine hills it warmed , And smoothed ...
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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.