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... soul's preserver , O GOD ! for Thou dost know How many are the perils Through which I have to go : Lover of men ! O hear my call , And guard and save me from them all ! S. STEPHEN'S DAY . STICHERA AT VESPERS . τῷ Βασιλεῖ 6 S. ANATOLIUS .
... soul's preserver , O GOD ! for Thou dost know How many are the perils Through which I have to go : Lover of men ! O hear my call , And guard and save me from them all ! S. STEPHEN'S DAY . STICHERA AT VESPERS . τῷ Βασιλεῖ 6 S. ANATOLIUS .
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... of the Nestorian controversy , many and many a simple soul felt intuitively that the title of the Theotocos was to be defended , without seeing the full consequences to which its denial would subsequently lead . The sup- porters of Icons ...
... of the Nestorian controversy , many and many a simple soul felt intuitively that the title of the Theotocos was to be defended , without seeing the full consequences to which its denial would subsequently lead . The sup- porters of Icons ...
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... soul's true service paid , And the table of the feaster's As an altar stood displayed . CHRIST is now our mighty Pascha , Eaten for our mystic bread : As a lamb led out to slaughter , And for this world offered : Take we of His broken ...
... soul's true service paid , And the table of the feaster's As an altar stood displayed . CHRIST is now our mighty Pascha , Eaten for our mystic bread : As a lamb led out to slaughter , And for this world offered : Take we of His broken ...
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... soul was slain , When Thou wast disobeyed : And lusts each day are quickened , warring still Against the soul with many a deed of ill . Thou formed'st me of clay , O Heav'nly Potter ! Thou In fleshly vesture didst array , With life and ...
... soul was slain , When Thou wast disobeyed : And lusts each day are quickened , warring still Against the soul with many a deed of ill . Thou formed'st me of clay , O Heav'nly Potter ! Thou In fleshly vesture didst array , With life and ...
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... dead again , and heal'd the sick . This is our GOD , Who giveth health To every soul believing on His Name . Marvel of marvels ! Thou , O LORD , didst 30 S. ANDREW OF CRETE . Meso-Pentecost Canon at Lauds S GERMANU8—(A D 634—734)
... dead again , and heal'd the sick . This is our GOD , Who giveth health To every soul believing on His Name . Marvel of marvels ! Thou , O LORD , didst 30 S. ANDREW OF CRETE . Meso-Pentecost Canon at Lauds S GERMANU8—(A D 634—734)
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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.