Olney Hymns: In Three Books. ...

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J. Johnson, 1797 - 332 pages
 

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Page 121 - Mine is an unchanging love, Higher than the heights above, Deeper than the depths beneath, Free and faithful, strong as death. 5 " Thou shalt see My glory soon, When the work of grace is done ; Partner of My throne shalt be ; Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou Me?
Page 45 - Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed.
Page 121 - Thou shalt see my glory soon, When the work of grace is done ;. Partner of my throne shalt be : Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me ? " 6 Lord, it is my chief complaint, That my love is weak and faint ; Yet I love thee, and adore ; Oh ! for grace to love thee more.
Page 284 - There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.
Page 9 - The birds without barn Or storehouse are fed ; From them let us learn To trust for our bread : His saints what is fitting Shall ne'er be denied, So long as 'tis written, The Lord will provide.
Page 36 - Ask what thou wilt?" Lord, I would seize the golden hour : I pray to be released from guilt, And freed from sin and Satan's power.
Page 187 - Here may we prove the power of prayer, To strengthen faith and sweeten care ; To teach our faint desires to rise, And bring all heaven before our eyes.
Page 121 - T is a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought, Do I love the Lord or no ? Am I his, or am I not...
Page 121 - Yet I mourn my stubborn will, — Find my sin a grief and thrall : Should I grieve for what I feel, If I did not love at all ? 7 [Could I joy his saints to meet ; Choose the ways I once abhorr'd ; Find, at times, the promise sweet ; If I did not love the Lord ?] 8 Lord, decide the doubtful case!
Page 214 - Lord Jesus ! help me now to flee, And seek my hope alone in thee; Apply thy blood, thy Spirit give, Subdue my sin, and let me live. 5. Then when the solemn bell I hear, If saved from guilt, I need not fear; Nor would the thought distressing be, Perhaps it next may toll for me.

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