On Recovery from Sickness
On Recovery from Sickness O, Saviour of the faithful dead,With whom thy servants dwell, O, Saviour of the faithful dead,With whom thy servants dwell,Though cold and green the turf is spreadAbove their narrow cell, No more we cling to mortal clay,We doubt and fear no more,Nor shrink to tread the darksome wayWhich thou hast trod […]
Stanzas on the Death of a Friend
Stanzas on the Death of a Friend Thou art gone to the grave; but we will not deplore thee,Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb: Thou art gone to the grave; but we will not deplore thee,Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb:Thy Saviour has passed through its portal before thee,And the lamp of his […]
O Blest Were the Accents of Early Creation
O Blest Were the Accents of Early Creation O blest were the accents of early creation,When the Word of Jehovah came down from above: O blest were the accents of early creation,When the Word of Jehovah came down from above:In the clods of the earth to infuse animation,And wake their cold atoms to life and […]
For the Same
For the Same The feeble pulse, the gasping breath,The clenched teeth, the glazed eye, The feeble pulse, the gasping breath,The clenched teeth, the glazed eye,Are these thy sting, thou dreadful Death?O Grave, are these thy victory? The mourners by our parting bed,The wife, the children weeping nigh,The dismal pageant of the dead, –These, these are […]
Room for the Proud!
Room for the Proud! Room for the proud! Ye sons of clay,From far his sweepin pomp survey, Room for the proud! Ye sons of clay,From far his sweepin pomp survey,Nor, rashly curious, clog the wayHis chariot wheels before. Lo, with what scorn his lofty eyeGlances o’er age and poverty,And bids intruding conscience flyFar from his […]
God Is Gone Up
God Is Gone Up God is gone up with a merry noiseOf saints that sing on high: God is gone up with a merry noiseOf saints that sing on high:With his own right hand and his holy armHe hath won the victory. Now empty are the courts of death,And crushed thy sting, despair:And roses bloom […]
O Thou, Whom Neither Time nor Space
O Thou, Whom Neither Time nor Space O Thou, whom neither time nor spaceCan circle in, unseen, unknown, O Thou, whom neither time nor spaceCan circle in, unseen, unknown,Nor faith in boldest flight can trace,Save through thy Spirit and thy Son; And Thou, that from thy bright abode,To us in mortal weakness shown,Didst graft the […]
The World Is Grown Old
The World Is Grown Old The world is grown old, and her pleasures are past,The world is grown old, and her form may not last; The world is grown old, and her pleasures are past,The world is grown old, and her form may not last;The world is grown old, and trembles for fear;For sorrows abound […]
In the Sun and Moon and Stars
In the Sun and Moon and Stars In the sun and moon and starsSigns and wonders there shall be; In the sun and moon and starsSigns and wonders there shall be;Earth shall quake with inward wars,Nations with perplexity. Soon shall ocean’s hoary deep,Tossed with stronger tempests, rise;Darker storms the mountain sweep,Redder lightning rend the skies. […]
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty!
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty! Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee; Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee;Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!God in three persons, blessed Trinity! Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore Thee,Casting down […]