Church Praise: Comprising Part I. Complete Metrical Psalms; Part II. Hymns

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Nisbet, 1886 - 524 pages
 

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Page 163 - See! the streams of living waters, Springing from eternal love, , Well supply thy sons and daughters, And all fear of want remove: Who can faint while such a river Ever flows their thirst t' assuage ? Grace which, like the Lord the giver, Never fails from age to age.
Page 75 - CHRIST, the Lord, is risen to-day, Sons of men, and angels, say ; Raise your joys and triumphs high ! Sing, ye heavens ! and earth, reply ! 2 Love's redeeming work is done, Fought the fight, the battle won; Lo, our Sun's eclipse is o'er ; Lo, he sets in blood no more. 3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal ; Christ hath burst the gates of hell; Death in vain forbids his rise ; Christ hath opened Paradise.
Page 31 - 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 427 - A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun.
Page 374 - I think, when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How He called little children as lambs to His fold, I should like to have been with them then.
Page 3 - Holy, holy, holy ! though the darkness hide Thee, Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see, Only Thou art holy, there is none beside Thee, Perfect in power, in love, and purity. 4 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty...
Page 273 - Thou art coming to a king, Large petitions with thee bring ; For his grace and power are such, None can ever ask too much.
Page 374 - He has gone to prepare For all who are washed and forgiven, And many dear children are gathering there, " For of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 268 - Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never be discouraged — Take it to the Lord in prayer. Can we find a friend so faithful, Who will all our sorrows share? Jesus knows our every weakness : Take it to the Lord in prayer.

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