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... everlasting Gospel , the very thoughts of God , the very sayings of Christ , the very inspirations of the Holy Ghost , - —are dishonoured by the meanness of the workmanship employed upon them ; wood , hay , straw , and stubble , being ...
... everlasting Gospel , the very thoughts of God , the very sayings of Christ , the very inspirations of the Holy Ghost , - —are dishonoured by the meanness of the workmanship employed upon them ; wood , hay , straw , and stubble , being ...
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... everlasting and inexhaustible themes ; and it must be confessed , that he has cele- brated them with an affluence of diction , and a splen- dour of colouring , rarely surpassed . At the same time , he has invested them with a power of ...
... everlasting and inexhaustible themes ; and it must be confessed , that he has cele- brated them with an affluence of diction , and a splen- dour of colouring , rarely surpassed . At the same time , he has invested them with a power of ...
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... , is a sublime contemplation in another vein ; -solemn , collected , unimpassioned thought , but thought occupied with that which is of everlasting import to a dying man , standing on the lapse of a moment between " two eternities . " xxiv.
... , is a sublime contemplation in another vein ; -solemn , collected , unimpassioned thought , but thought occupied with that which is of everlasting import to a dying man , standing on the lapse of a moment between " two eternities . " xxiv.
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... everlasting re- membrance , if he had left no other memorial of the excellent spirit which was in him , than the few hum- ble verses , page 359 : - " Let party names no more The Christian world o'erspread ; Gentile and Jew , and bond ...
... everlasting re- membrance , if he had left no other memorial of the excellent spirit which was in him , than the few hum- ble verses , page 359 : - " Let party names no more The Christian world o'erspread ; Gentile and Jew , and bond ...
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... everlasting throne , " & c . though considerably abridged from the original , con- tains one of the most consistent allegories that can be found in verse , on the manner in which it has pleased God , by the ministry of the Gospel , to ...
... everlasting throne , " & c . though considerably abridged from the original , con- tains one of the most consistent allegories that can be found in verse , on the manner in which it has pleased God , by the ministry of the Gospel , to ...
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adore Almighty angels Augustus Toplady behold bless bless'd bliss blood breast breath cheer Christ Christian crown darkness dead dear death delight divine dwell earth End of faith endless eternal everlasting everlasting love everlasting song eyes faith Father fear feel flow my tears foes give glorious glory gospel gracious grief Hallelujah hand happy hath hear heart heaven heavenly hell holy hope humble hymns Israel Jehovah Jesus joyful King Lamb Lamb of God light live Lord love divine night o'er pain peace Pentecost pray prayer ransom'd Redeemer reign rejoice rest righteousness rise sacred saints salvation Saviour seek shine sing sinners sins skies song Songs of praise sorrow soul stand star of Bethlehem strength sweet tears Thee thine things Thou art thoughts thy face thy grace thy love thy mercies thy name thy Spirit thy word tongue trembling truth voice wilt
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Page 300 - Are there no foes for me to face ? Must I not stem the flood ? Is this vile world a friend to grace, To help me on to God ? 4 Sure I must fight, if I would reign ; Increase my courage, Lord ; I'll bear the toil, endure the pain, Supported, by thy word.
Page 189 - COME, let us join our cheerful songs, With angels round the throne ; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2 " Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, " To be exalted thus :" — " Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply,
Page 378 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.
Page 227 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid ; Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 200 - 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...
Page 106 - Strong in the Lord of Hosts, And in his mighty power; Who in the strength of Jesus trusts Is more than conqueror.
Page 52 - The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Page 301 - A calm and heavenly frame ; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb. 2 Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord ? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word ? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed ; How sweet their memory still ! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Page 57 - O happy souls that pray Where God appoints to hear ! O happy men that pay Their constant service there ! They praise Thee still ; And happy they That love the way To Zion's hill.
Page 315 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread, Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.