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... given us one of the very best and most meaningful of our Christmas hymns . LUTHER'S CHRISTMAS HYMN Good news from heaven the angels bring , Glad tidings to the earth they sing : To us this day a Child is given , To crown us with the joy ...
... given us one of the very best and most meaningful of our Christmas hymns . LUTHER'S CHRISTMAS HYMN Good news from heaven the angels bring , Glad tidings to the earth they sing : To us this day a Child is given , To crown us with the joy ...
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... given us another Christmas hymn - at least it is commonly attributed to him — the " Cradle Hymn , " which is a marvellously sweet lullaby . This hymn is very short ; but it is very dear to the little ones , who without exception soon ...
... given us another Christmas hymn - at least it is commonly attributed to him — the " Cradle Hymn , " which is a marvellously sweet lullaby . This hymn is very short ; but it is very dear to the little ones , who without exception soon ...
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... given ! So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of His heaven . No ear may hear His coming , But in this world of sin , Where meek souls will receive Him still , The dear Christ enters in . O holy Child of Bethlehem ! Descend to us ...
... given ! So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of His heaven . No ear may hear His coming , But in this world of sin , Where meek souls will receive Him still , The dear Christ enters in . O holy Child of Bethlehem ! Descend to us ...
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... given added significance in our use of it when we know that the author in his early life was very wild , and cursed and blasphemed in the most shocking manner . He followed the sea and literally swore like a sailor , was captured by ...
... given added significance in our use of it when we know that the author in his early life was very wild , and cursed and blasphemed in the most shocking manner . He followed the sea and literally swore like a sailor , was captured by ...
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... given . CHORUS We love to sing around our King , And hail Him blessed Jesus ! For there's no word ear ever heard So dear , so sweet as Jesus ! Turning to the day as marking the opening of the year , a most appropriate religious ...
... given . CHORUS We love to sing around our King , And hail Him blessed Jesus ! For there's no word ear ever heard So dear , so sweet as Jesus ! Turning to the day as marking the opening of the year , a most appropriate religious ...
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Favorite Hymns: Stories of the Origin, Authorship, and Use of Hymns We Love ... William Lee Hunton No preview available - 2013 |
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Favorite Hymns: Stories of the Origin, Authorship, and Use of Hymns We Love William Lee Hunton No preview available - 2018 |
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adore angels anthem Ascension Battle Hymn beautiful hymn Bernard of Cluny Bishop blessing blest born chant Charles Wesley Christ Christian Christmas hymn Church Count Zinzendorf death Deum earth Easter hymn English eternal evangelical expressive faith Father favor festival glory grace Gustavus Adolphus Hail hast hath heart heaven heavenly Holy Spirit hymn books hymnals hymnody inspiration Isaac Watts Jesus John Mason Neale King Lamb Latin live Lord Luther Lutheran melody mercy mighty Miss Winkworth night o'er origin Palm Sunday pastor Paul Gerhardt peace PHILIP DODDRIDGE popular praise prayer psalm Reformation reign saints SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH sang Saviour says Shepherd sing sinners song soul stanzas star-spangled banner story sung sweet Te Deum thanksgiving Thine Thou art thought throne translation Trinity triumph trust tune verses victory Wesley WESLEY'S WILLIAM AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG worship writer written wrote
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Page 213 - Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave? On that shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Page 209 - My native country, thee, land of the noble free, Thy name I love: I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills like that above.
Page 199 - Crowns .and thrones may perish, Kingdoms rise and wane, But the Church of Jesus Constant will remain; Gates of hell can never 'Gainst that Church prevail, We have Christ's own promise, And that cannot fail.
Page 55 - People and realms of every tongue Dwell on his love with sweetest song ; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on his name. 4 Blessings abound where'er he reigns ; The prisoner leaps to lose his chains ; The weary find eternal rest ; And all the sons of want are blest.
Page 158 - Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear! It is not night if Thou be near...
Page 72 - GO to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel the tempter's power, Your Redeemer's conflict see, Watch with him one bitter hour ; Turn not from his griefs away, Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.
Page 172 - MY faith looks up to thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour Divine ! Now hear me while I pray : Take all my guilt away ; O let me from this day Be wholly thine.
Page 143 - YE servants of the Lord, Each in his office wait, Observant of His heavenly word, And watchful at His gate. 2 Let all your lamps be bright, And trim the golden flame ; Gird up your loins, as in His sight, For awful is His Name.
Page 238 - I'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee. 3 There let the way appear, Steps unto heaven ; All that Thou sendest me, In mercy given ; Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee.
Page 145 - Take my hands and let them move At the impulse of Thy love; Take my feet, and let them be Swift and beautiful for Thee.