A year of promise, prayer and praise, being a text, hymn and prayer for every day in the year. [Ed.] by the author of 'Sunshine and Starlight'. (M.H.S.).M H S 1879 |
Common terms and phrases
ALMIGHTY Amen behold beseech thee blest CHARLES WESLEY Christ Jesus Christ our Lord comfort dark death divine doth earth earthly eternal everlasting evermore eyes FABER Father fear follow thee forever give glad glorify glory God the Father grant hath hear heart heaven Holy Ghost Holy Spirit hope ISAIAH Jesus Christ JOHN JOHN iv Keble Lamb of God let thy life's light live Lord Jesus Christ lowly MATT mercifully Name's sake night path PAUL GERHARDT peace perfect praise pray thee prayer PSALM redeemed rejoice rest righteousness Saviour seek thee serve thee shine sins sorrow soul strength sweet thine own Name's things thou art thou dost thou hast thou shalt thou wilt thought thy blessed thy grace thy gracious thy heavenly thy holy thy love thy mercy thy name thy servants trust unto thee unto thy W. M. L. JAY walk weary world without end
Popular passages
Page 60 - O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 36 - We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life, but above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace and for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee give us that due sense of all thy mercies that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful and that we may show forth thy praise not only with our lips but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness...
Page 67 - ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire, or deserve...
Page 60 - For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered ; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Page 5 - GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed ; Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give : that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Page 37 - T'HE SON of GOD goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain, His blood-red banner streams afar ; Who follows in His train? Who best can drink His cup of woe, Triumphant over pain, Who patient bears his cross below, He follows in His train.