The Sunday School Singing Book: To which is Added a Few Moral SongsC. Bowen, 1832 - 120 pages |
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Affettuoso Allegretto Andante arouse thee axe lies free bank whereon bear to thee blessing Call an echo chain has bound CHARLES BOWEN dances and delight day is gone death echo to rejoice endless day eternal eyes fairy Queen fare thee fleeting day Flora's richest treasure God's grateful Grazioso hark follow Harp heaven heavenly high trees trembling Hymn know a bank labour Let ev'ry thing lute mountain noble acts nodding violet grows ocean's oh take Perfect bliss pow'r Praise the Lord pray prayers I raise reign in endless rest Rossini rosy crown Sabaoth sabbath sacred sadly pleasing wail Second Treble silent air sing skies sleeps the fairy slumber's chain Solo song soul spirit stilly night sunset tree sy crown take the rosy tell the love thine thou thy sadly pleasing tongue can tell trees trembling shade wake thy sadly whereon the wild wild thyme blows woodman's axe lies
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Page 47 - Lord ! I my vows to Thee renew : Scatter my sins as morning dew ; Guard my first springs of thought and will, And with Thyself my spirit fill. 5. Direct, control, suggest this day All I design, or do, or say, That all my powers, with all their might, In Thy sole glory may unite.
Page 120 - Thus, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
Page 68 - And all its powers of language fail, Joy through my swimming eyes shall break, And mean the thanks I cannot speak.
Page 29 - As the winged arrow flies, Speedily the mark to find ; As the lightning from the skies Darts, and leaves no trace behind ; Swiftly thus our fleeting days Bear us down life's rapid stream : Upward, Lord, our spirits raise ; All below is but a dream.
Page 20 - T'HE Lord my shepherd is; *- I shall be well supplied : Since He is mine, and I am His, What can I want beside? 2 He leads me to the place * Where heavenly pasture grows, Where living waters gently pass, And full salvation flows. 3 If e'er I go astray, He doth my soul reclaim ; And guides me in His own right way, For His most holy name. 4 While He affords His aid, I cannot yield to fear : Though I should walk thro' death's dark shade, My Shepherd 's with me there.
Page 13 - Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore.
Page 59 - The Lord is risen indeed !"— Attending angels ! hear ; Up to the courts of heaven, with speed, The joyful tidings bear.
Page 67 - His name salutes my listening ear, Revives my heart, and checks my fear.
Page 65 - What wondrous words of grace he spake ! 3 ' This is my body, broke for sin ; Receive and eat the living food ;' Then took the cup, and blessed the wine : ' 'Tis the new covenant in my blood.
Page 65 - Tis the new covenant in my blood." 4 "Do this," he cried, "till time shall end, In memory of your dying Friend ; Meet at my table, and record The love of your departed Lord.