Book of Hymns, for Public and Private Devotion Adapted by Omissions and Additions for the Use of the Third Congregational Society in Springfield (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...life's'thorny way With feelings calm and even, Whose path is lit, from day to day, By virtue's bright and steady ray, Feels something here of heaven. 3 He that the Christian course hath run. And all his foes forgiven, Hath measured out this life's short span In love to God and love to man, On earth has tasted heaven. 297. C. H. M. Barton. BLESSED ARE YE THAT SOW BESIDE ALL WATERS. i O, Be not faithless with the morn Cast thou abroad thy grain At noontide faint not thou forlorn, At evening sow again Blessed are they, whate'er betide, Who thus all waters sow beside. 240 2 Thou knowest not which seed shall grow, Or which may die, or live; In faith, and hope, and patience, sow The increase God shall give, According tS His gracious will, --As best his purpose may fulfil. 3 O, could our inward eye but view, Our hearts but feel aright, What faith, and love, and hope, can do, By their celestial might, We should not say, till these be dead, The power of miracle is fled. 298. 10s. M. Mrs. Case LOVE ON 1 Love on love on but not the things thai own The fleeting beauty of a summer day; Truth, virtue, spring from God's eternal throne, Nor quit the spirit when it leaves the clay: Love them love them 2 Love on love on though death and earthly change Bring mournful silence to a darkened home; Still let the heart rest where no eye grows strange, Where never falls a shadow from the tomb: Love there love there 19 i Love on love on the voice of grief and wrong Comes from the palace and the poor man's cot; Bid the proud bend, and bid the weak be strong, And life's tired pilgrim meekly bear his lot: Give strength give peace 4 Love on love on and though the evening still Wear the stern clouds that veiled thy noonday sun, With changeless trust, with calm, unwaveri...