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... fearful day , that day of speechless dread " Ode III .- " GOD comes , and who shall stand before His fear ? " Ode IV . " The Day is near , the Judg- ment is at hand " 104 • 107 109 · • • • 111 Ode IX.- " The LORD draws nigh , the ...
... fearful day , that day of speechless dread " Ode III .- " GOD comes , and who shall stand before His fear ? " Ode IV . " The Day is near , the Judg- ment is at hand " 104 • 107 109 · • • • 111 Ode IX.- " The LORD draws nigh , the ...
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... and sparkling eye ? All , like the summer grass , are withered ; All are abolished utterly ! While our eyes with grief grow dim , Let us weep to CHRIST for him ! Woe for that bitter , bitter moment , The fearful S. JOHN DAMASCENE . 61.
... and sparkling eye ? All , like the summer grass , are withered ; All are abolished utterly ! While our eyes with grief grow dim , Let us weep to CHRIST for him ! Woe for that bitter , bitter moment , The fearful S. JOHN DAMASCENE . 61.
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... mouldering on ; Earth gathers round the coffin , hiding The brother , now for ever gone . Yet we cry , around him pressed , Grant him , LORD , eternal rest ! When , hurried forth by fearful angels , The soul 62 S. JOHN DAMASCENE .
... mouldering on ; Earth gathers round the coffin , hiding The brother , now for ever gone . Yet we cry , around him pressed , Grant him , LORD , eternal rest ! When , hurried forth by fearful angels , The soul 62 S. JOHN DAMASCENE .
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John Mason Neale. When , hurried forth by fearful angels , The soul forsakes her earthly frame , Then friends and kindred she forgetteth , And this world's cares have no more claim , Then passed are vanity and labour ; She hears the ...
John Mason Neale. When , hurried forth by fearful angels , The soul forsakes her earthly frame , Then friends and kindred she forgetteth , And this world's cares have no more claim , Then passed are vanity and labour ; She hears the ...
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... fearful hour came on . Embrace me with the last embracement ; Kiss me with this , the latest kiss ; Never again shall I be with you ; Never with you share woe or bliss . I go toward the dread tribunal Where no man's person preferred ...
... fearful hour came on . Embrace me with the last embracement ; Kiss me with this , the latest kiss ; Never again shall I be with you ; Never with you share woe or bliss . I go toward the dread tribunal Where no man's person preferred ...
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Page 27 - Christian, dost thou hear them, How they speak thee fair, "Always fast and vigil, Always watch and prayer?" Christian, answer boldly, "While I breathe I pray!
Page 87 - If I ask Him to receive me, Will He say me nay ? " Not till earth and not till heaven Pass away.
Page 26 - Christian, dost thou see them On the holy ground, How the troops of Midian Prowl and prowl around ? Christian, up and smite them, Counting gain but loss; Smite them by the merit Of the holy Cross.
Page 130 - Safe home, safe home in port ! — Rent cordage, shattered deck, Torn sails, provisions short, And only not a wreck...
Page 86 - Hath He marks to lead me to Him, If He be my guide ? " In His feet and hands are wound-prints, And His side.
Page 40 - With hymns of victory. 2 Our hearts be pure from evil, That we may see aright The Lord in rays eternal Of resurrection-light ; And, listening to His accents, May hear so calm and plain His own " All hail," and hearing, May raise the victor strain.
Page 40 - Now let the heavens be joyful ; Let earth her song begin ; Let the round world keep triumph, And all that is therein...
Page 63 - THOSE eternal bowers Man hath never trod, Those unfading flowers Round the throne of GOD. Who may hope to gain them After weary fight ? Who at length attain them Clad in robes of white ? He, who gladly barters All on earthly ground ; He who, like the martyrs, Says ' I will be crowned ' : He, whose one oblation Is a life of love ; Clinging to the nation Of the blest above.
Page 137 - Still let them succour us ; still let them fight, LORD of Angelic hosts, battling for right ; Till, where their anthems they ceaselessly pour, We with the Angels may bow and adore.
Page 3 - The toils of day are over : I raise the hymn to thee ; And ask that free from peril The hours of fear may be.