Hymns of the Living Church (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. 1910 Excerpt: ...What can shake thy sure re-pose? With sal-va-tion's walls surrounded, Thou mayst smile at all thy foes. A-men. See, the streams of living waters, Springing from Eternal Love, Well supply thy sons and daughters, And all fear of want remove: Who can faint, while such a river Ever flows their thirst to assuage: Grace, which, like the Lord the Giver, Never fails from age to age? Round each habitation hovering, See the cloud and fire appear, For a glory and a covering: Showing that the Lord is near. Thus deriving from their banner Light by night, and shade by day, Safe they feed upon the manna, Which He gives them when they pray. Un-wast-ed by the lapse of years, Unchanged by changing place. A-men. i. We love the ven-er-a-ble house Our fa-thers built to God: In heav'n are kept their grate-ful vows, Their dust en-dears the sod. A-men. 281 Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty Neander 87 8777 Joachim Neandbr Where my soul in joy-ful du-ty Waits for Him Who an-swers prayer: J-+ O howbless-ed is this place, Fil I'd with sol-ace, light, and grace. A-men. I. The Church's one Foun-da-tion Is Je-sus Christ her Lord; From heav'n He came and sought her To be His ho-ly bride; I T With His own blood He bought her, And for her life He died. A-men. i. We love the place, O God, Where-in Thine hon-or dwells; i. Je-sus, Thou hast willed it That Thy Church should be One in faith and spir-it, Ev-er one in Thee. We the cross are bear-ing Once on Je-sus laid, We the pray'r are praying That our Mas-ter prayed. A-men. i. O Thou, Who from one blood didst make All men and na-tions, great and small, Who didst in wondrous love cre-ate That per-fect Love that loveth all; A-men. i. Fa-ther of all, from land and sea The nations sing,"Thine, Lord, are we, Count-less in num-ber, but in Thee May we ...