The Tabernacle: A Collection of Hymn Tunes, Chants, Sentences, Motetts and Anthems, Adapted to Public and Private Worship, and to the Use of Choirs, Singing Schools, Musical Societies and Conventions: Together with a Complete Treatise on the Principles of Musical Notation

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Benjamin Franklin Baker, William Oscar Perkins
Ticknor & Fields, 1863 - 400 pages

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Page 263 - JUST as I am, without one plea. But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bid'st me come to thee, O Lamb of God ! I come...
Page 263 - Just as I am, and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I come...
Page 200 - SISTER, thou wast mild and lovely, Gentle as the summer breeze, Pleasant as the air of evening, When it floats among the trees. 2 Peaceful be thy silent slumber — Peaceful in the grave so low : Thou no more wilt join our number ; Thou no more our songs shalt know.
Page 150 - The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die.
Page 152 - STAND up, and bless the Lord, Ye people of his choice ; Stand up, and bless the Lord your God With heart, and soul, and voice.
Page 288 - I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou Shouldst lead me on. I loved to choose and see my path ; but now Lead Thou me on ! I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will : remember not past years.
Page 194 - Watchman, tell us of the night; Higher yet that star ascends. Traveller, blessedness and light, Peace and truth, its course portends. Watchman, will its beams alone Gild the spot that gave them birth? Traveller, ages are its own, See it bursts o'er all the earth.
Page 46 - Take up thy cross ; let not its weight Fill thy weak spirit with alarm ; His strength shall bear thy spirit up, And brace thy heart, and nerve thine arm. 3 Take up thy cross...
Page 68 - So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 82 - God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from Thee, Where'er we turn, Thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are Thine...

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