Hymns of Faith and Hope: Second Series

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R. Carter, 1868 - 308 páginas
 

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Página 130 - Be what thou seemest, live thy creed ; Hold up to earth the torch Divine ; Be what thou prayest to be made, Let the great Master's steps be thine.
Página 53 - We read Thee best in Him who came To bear for us the cross of shame ; Sent by the Father from on high, Our life to live, our death to die.
Página 240 - Thou usest all thy works, The weakest things that be ; Each has a service of its own, For all things wait on thee.
Página 129 - He liveth long who liveth well ; All else is being flung away. He liveth longest, who can tell Of true things truly done each day.
Página 2 - mid corn and wine ; Not in the merchandise of gold and gems ; Not in the world's gay hall of midnight mirth ; Not 'mid the blaze of regal diadems ; But in the day of conflict, fear, and grief. "When the strong hand of God, put forth in might, Ploughs up the subsoil of the stagnant heart, And brings the imprisoned truth-seed to the light.
Página 130 - Sow truth, if thou the true wouldst reap ; Who sows the false shall reap the vain; Erect and sound thy conscience keep, From hollow words and deeds refrain, Sow love, and taste its fruitage pure ; Sow peace, and reap its harvest bright ; Sow sunbeams on the rock and moor, And find a harvest-home of light
Página 176 - I praise the God of grace ; I trust His truth and might : He calls me His, I call Him mine, My God, my joy, my light.
Página 188 - SILENT, like men in solemn haste, Girded wayfarers of the waste, We pass out at the world's wide gate, Turning our back on all its state ; We press along the narrow road That leads to life, to bliss, to G-od. We...
Página 22 - Not from Jerusalem alone, To heaven the path ascends; As near, as sure, as straight the way That leads to the celestial day, From farthest realms extends Frigid or torrid zone. What matters how or whence we start? One is the crown to all; One is the hard but glorious race, Whatever be our starting-place; Rings round the earth the call That says, Arise, Depart! From the balm-breathing, sun-loved isles Of the bright Southern Sea...
Página 7 - It is not heaviness of heart That hinders me in song ; 'Tis not despair of truth and right, Nor coward dread of wrong. But how can I, with such a hope Of glory and of home ; With such a joy before my eyes. Not wish the time were come, — Of years the jubilee, of days The Sabbath and the sum '? These years, what ages they have been This life, how long it seems ! And how can I, in evil days, 'Mid unknown hills and streams, But sigh for those of home and heart. And visit them in dreams...

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