Psalms Carefully Suited to the Christian Worship in the United States of America: Being an Improvement of the Old Version of the Psalms of DavidW.B. Gilley, 1818 - 274 pages |
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adore almighty angels Awake Behold beneath bless bless'd blest blood breath Christ Common Metre dear death delight divine dreadful dust dwell earth endless eternal ev'ry everlasting exalted eyes faith Father fear feeble feet flesh foes foolish pleasures glorious glory God's gospel hath hear heart heav'n heav'nly hell holy honours hope Hosanna humble humble souls HYMN immortal Israel Jehovah Jesus Jews join King lands Songs live Long Metre Lord love Happy Maker mercy mighty mortal nations ne'er o'er peace Praise ye proclaim PSALM race rage raise reigns rejoice righteousness rise sacred saints saith salvation Satan Saviour Saviour bleed seas shine Short Metre sing sinners sins skies song Song of Praise sons sorrows soul sound sov'reign spirit stand sweet thee thine thou hast thy face thy grace thy love thy name thy word tongue Twas vengeance voice wondrous wrath ye saints Zion
Popular passages
Page 101 - 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 111 - My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine, — 'While like a penitent I stand, And there confess my sin.
Page 101 - JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
Page 150 - And comes t' exalt his power. 2 Her dust and ruins that remain Are precious in our eyes; Those ruins shall be built again, And all that dust shall rise. 3 The Lord will raise Jerusalem, And stand in glory there; Nations shall bow before his name, And kings attend with fear. 4 He sits a Sovereign on his throne, With pity in his eyes ; He hears the dying prisoners' groan, And sees their sighs arise.
Page 43 - What I've committed to His hands, Till the decisive hour. 4 Then will He own my worthless name Before His Father's face, And in the New Jerusalem Appoint my soul a place.
Page 13 - He loves his enemies, and prays For those that curse him to his face ; And doth to all men still the same That he would hope or wish from them.
Page 154 - Our days are as the grass, Or like the morning flower ; If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field, -. It withers in an hour. 6 But thy compassions, Lord, To endless years endure ; And children's children ever find Thy words of promise sure.
Page 28 - With hands well washed in innocence ; But when I stand before thy bar, The blood of Christ is my defence. 4 I love thy habitation, Lord, The temple where thine honors dwell There shall I hear thy holy word, And there thy works of wonder tell.
Page 88 - ... bring ; Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad, Thy flowers adorn the spring. 3 Seasons and times and moons and hours, Heaven, earth, and air are thine; When clouds distil in fruitful showers, The author is divine. 4 Those wandering cisterns in the sky, Borne by the winds around, With watery treasures well supply The furrows of the ground. 5 The thirsty ridges drink their fill, And ranks of corn appear; Thy ways abound with blessings still, Thy goodness crowns the year.
Page 13 - When men of spite against me join, They are the sword, the hand is thine. 2 Their hope and portion lie below, 'Tis all the happiness they know ; 'Tis all they seek ; they take their shares, And leave the rest among their heirs.