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abide art Thou aught Behold bleeding blessed blest breast canst Christian Christus ad Portam Church cold crown dark Dasz dear deiner Divine door and knock doth dwelling earth earthly Elend enter eyes face faith feet Füssen Geist glory Gott rufet Guest hand hast hath heaven Heavenly Herr Herz Herzen holy hosanna hymn hymnists Jesus King knocketh komm kommt LAODICEA Leben Liebe light Lope De Vega Lord Macht mercy never night NIGHT SONG o'er ostende patient Phoebe Cary pleading poem poor praise prayer presence sacred saith Seele sein shalt shine sighing sinners sins slumber soll song sorrow soul spirit stand and knock sup with thee sweet tears thine Thou art Thou dost thought throne Thür thy door Thy grace Thyself Tis thy unto verses wait WAYFARER Welt willst wohl wretched
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Page 218 - Abide with me ; fast falls the even-tide ; The darkness deepens ; Lord, with me abide ; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me. Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day ; Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away : Change and decay in all around I see ; 0 Thou Who changest not, abide with me.
Page 193 - LOVE divine, all love excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down, Fix in us Thy humble dwelling, All Thy faithful mercies crown ! Jesus, Thou art all compassion, Pure, unbounded love, Thou art ! Visit us with Thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart.
Page 50 - Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Page 49 - And unto the angel of the Church of the Laodiceans write ; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God : 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot : I would thou wert cold or hot.
Page 31 - BEHOL.D a Stranger at the door! He gently knocks, has knocked before, Has waited long, is waiting still; You treat no other friend so ill.
Page 11 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 192 - COME, dearest Lord, descend and dwell By faith and love in every breast ; Then shall we know, and taste, and feel, The joys that cannot be expressed.
Page 219 - Through cloud and sunshine, oh, abide with me ! I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless ; Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness ; Where is Death's sting ? where, Grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if thou abide...
Page 8 - Dark and cheerless is the morn Unaccompanied by thee ; Joyless is the day's return, Till thy mercy's beams I see ; Till they inward light impart, Glad my eyes, and warm my heart.
Page 219 - Thou on my head in early youth didst smile; And, though rebellious and perverse meanwhile, Thou hast not left me, oft as I left thee, On to the close, O Lord, abide with me ! I need thy presence every passing hour; What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power?