Chirst and the Twelve; Or, Scenes and Events in the Life of Our Saviour and His Apostles, as Painted by the Poets. Ed. by J. G. Holland. |
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... in solemn praise , Her silent groves of palm . " Glory to God ! " the sounding skies Loud with their anthems ring ; " Peace to the earth , good will to men , From Heaven's eternal King . " វ AN 22 THE BIRTH - SONG OF CHRIST . Light on 21.
... in solemn praise , Her silent groves of palm . " Glory to God ! " the sounding skies Loud with their anthems ring ; " Peace to the earth , good will to men , From Heaven's eternal King . " វ AN 22 THE BIRTH - SONG OF CHRIST . Light on 21.
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... 22 THE BIRTH - SONG OF CHRIST . Light on thy hills Jerusalem : The Saviour now is born , And bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains Breaks the first Christmas morn . E. H. Sears . A Christmas Hymn . It was the calm and silent.
... 22 THE BIRTH - SONG OF CHRIST . Light on thy hills Jerusalem : The Saviour now is born , And bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains Breaks the first Christmas morn . E. H. Sears . A Christmas Hymn . It was the calm and silent.
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... silent night ! Seven hundred years and fifty - three Had Rome been growing up to might , And now was queen of land and sea ; No sound was heard of clashing wars , Peace brooded o'er the hushed domain ; Apollo , Pallas , Jove and Mars ...
... silent night ! Seven hundred years and fifty - three Had Rome been growing up to might , And now was queen of land and sea ; No sound was heard of clashing wars , Peace brooded o'er the hushed domain ; Apollo , Pallas , Jove and Mars ...
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... silent night ! A thousand bells ring out , and throw Their joyous peals abroad , and smite The darkness - charmed and holy now ! The night that erst no name had worn , To it a happy name is given ; For in that stable lay , new - born ...
... silent night ! A thousand bells ring out , and throw Their joyous peals abroad , and smite The darkness - charmed and holy now ! The night that erst no name had worn , To it a happy name is given ; For in that stable lay , new - born ...
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... silence slept on Zion's hill ; When Bethlehem's shepherds through the night Watched o'er their flocks by starry light , — Hark ! from the midnight hills around , A voice of more than mortal sound In distant halleluiahs stole , Wild murm ...
... silence slept on Zion's hill ; When Bethlehem's shepherds through the night Watched o'er their flocks by starry light , — Hark ! from the midnight hills around , A voice of more than mortal sound In distant halleluiahs stole , Wild murm ...
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agony angels awful beams beauty behold beneath BERNARD BARTON Bethlehem and Golgotha blessed blest bliss blood breast breath bright brow calm Christ Christian clouds cross crown dark DAUGHTER dead death deep didst disciples divine doth dread earth EDOM eternal faith fear feet fell gaze GEORGE CROLY glorious glory grace grave grief hand hast hath healing hear heart heaven heavenly holy hope HORATIUS BONAR hour immortal Ithuriel Jerusalem Jesus JOHN BOWRING JOHN KEBLE JOHN MILTON King Lazarus light lips LITTLE CHILDREN BLESSED look Lord LYSTRA Mary mighty mortal mourn N. P. WILLIS night o'er pale peace prayer REGINALD HEBER round sacred Saviour scorn Selia seraph shine silent sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit star stood sweet tears tempest thee thine THOMAS DALE thou thought throne tomb trembling Twas unto voice wave weary weep wild wing word
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Page 28 - This is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Page 93 - And the king was sorry : nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her. And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel : and she brought it to her mother.
Page 378 - The martyr first, whose eagle eye Could pierce beyond the grave, Who saw his Master in the sky, And called on Him to save: Like Him, with pardon on his tongue In midst of mortal pain, He prayed for them that did the wrong: Who follows in his train?
Page 347 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is My body. And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Page 37 - And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Page 211 - Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not ; for I am not yet ascended to my Father ; but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father ; and to my God and your God.
Page 317 - And Simon answering said unto him, "Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing. Nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
Page 34 - Will open wide the gates of her high palace hall. But wisest Fate says No; This must not yet be so; The Babe yet lies in smiling infancy That on the bitter cross Must redeem our loss ; So both himself and us to glorify: Yet first, to those ychain'd in sleep The wakeful trump of doom must thunder through the deep...
Page 181 - When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished : and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Page 35 - And sullen Moloch, fled, Hath left in shadows dread His burning idol all of blackest hue; In vain with cymbals' ring They call the grisly king, In dismal dance about the furnace blue; The brutish gods of Nile as fast, Isis, and Orus, and the dog Anubis, haste.