The Temple Choir: A Collection of Sacred and Secular Music, Comprising a Great Variety of Tunes, Anthems, Glees, Elementary Exercises and Social Songs, Suitable for Use in the Choir, the Singing School, and the Social Circle

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Oliver Ditson, 1867 - 383 pages
 

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Page 378 - Return, ye children of men." For a thousand years in Thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : In the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it...
Page 378 - For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Page 194 - O GoD, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home.
Page 166 - Thus spake the seraph; and forthwith appeared a shining throng of angels praising God...
Page 267 - There is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found ; And while the mouldering ashes sleep Low in the ground...
Page 134 - Forgive, me, LORD, for Thy dear SON, The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world, myself, and Thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Page 378 - Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy : for thou shall judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.
Page 243 - SWEET the moments, rich in blessing, Which before the Cross I spend ; Life and health and peace possessing From the sinner's dying friend. 2 Here I'll sit, for ever viewing Mercy's streams, in streams of blood ; Precious drops ! my soul bedewing, Plead and claim my peace with God...
Page 224 - Saviour's name. 2 Sing of his dying love ; Sing of his rising power ; Sing, how he intercedes above For those whose sins he bore. 3 Sing on your heavenly way, Ye ransomed sinners sing ; Sing on, rejoicing every day, In Christ, the eternal King. 4 Soon shall we hear him say.— "Ye blessed children, come ;" Soon will he call us hence away, To our eternal home.
Page 157 - Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me; I once was lost but now I'm found. Was blind, but now I see.

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