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Page 153
... Holy , holy , holy ! Lord God Almighty ! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee ; Holy , holy , holy ! merciful as mighty ; Which wert , and art , and ever more shall be . Holy , holy , holy ! tho ' thick darkness hide thee ...
... Holy , holy , holy ! Lord God Almighty ! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee ; Holy , holy , holy ! merciful as mighty ; Which wert , and art , and ever more shall be . Holy , holy , holy ! tho ' thick darkness hide thee ...
Page 154
... breast With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee , great God ! we spring , to thee we tend ; Path , motive , guide , original , and end . Johnson's Trans . Ramb . No. 7 . Before thy mystic altar , Heavenly Truth ! I kneel 154 PRAYER.
... breast With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee , great God ! we spring , to thee we tend ; Path , motive , guide , original , and end . Johnson's Trans . Ramb . No. 7 . Before thy mystic altar , Heavenly Truth ! I kneel 154 PRAYER.
Page 169
... holy !!! I am He . I am the first - I also am the last . Yea before ments . the day was , I am He . I am the Lord , your holy one , the Creator - I am the Lord , and there DOLERS is none else there is no God besides me . བ སོ སྒྱུ རྫས ...
... holy !!! I am He . I am the first - I also am the last . Yea before ments . the day was , I am He . I am the Lord , your holy one , the Creator - I am the Lord , and there DOLERS is none else there is no God besides me . བ སོ སྒྱུ རྫས ...
Page 172
... the Lord your God - give the Lord the honour due unto his name . Worship the Lord , with holy worship . * In the Margin instead of the Text . - Old Oxford Bible . Turn to the Most High , and turn away from 172 AJ ⱭEXTRACTS ORZ.
... the Lord your God - give the Lord the honour due unto his name . Worship the Lord , with holy worship . * In the Margin instead of the Text . - Old Oxford Bible . Turn to the Most High , and turn away from 172 AJ ⱭEXTRACTS ORZ.
Page 177
... holy " to see corruption . Thou wilt shew " us " the path of life - in thy presence is fulness of joy , and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore . Thou , even thou , art God alone ; thou hast made heaven - the heaven of ...
... holy " to see corruption . Thou wilt shew " us " the path of life - in thy presence is fulness of joy , and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore . Thou , even thou , art God alone ; thou hast made heaven - the heaven of ...
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Page 143 - a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near. Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Prayer, the sublimest strains that reacli The majesty on high. Prayer is the
Page 143 - the eye of sinful men thy glory may not see, Only thou art holy ; there is none beside thee Perfect in power, in love, and purity. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! All thy works shall praise thy name In earth, and sky, and sea.
Page 143 - Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Utter'd or unexpressed; The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. Prayer is the burthen of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near. Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Prayer, the sublimest strains that
Page 83 - Of law, no less can be acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and on earth do her homage, the least as feeling her
Page 156 - thou seek him, he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever. The Lord God of heaven ! the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him, and observe his commandments.
Page 144 - O Thou, whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine; 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest: From thee, great God! we spring, to thee we tend; Path, motive, guide,
Page 50 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink with years; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 167 - the victory—and the majesty, for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine. Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 27 - acknowledge the workmaster, but deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be the Gods which govern the world; with whose beauty if they, being delighted, took them to be Gods, let them know how much better
Page 156 - Know thou, the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the