Washingtonian Pocket Companion

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B. S. Merrell, 1842 - 128 páginas

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Página 15 - WATCHMAN, tell us of the night, What its signs of promise are. Traveller, o'er yon mountain's height See that glory-beaming star ! Watchman, does its beauteous ray Aught of hope or joy foretell ? Traveller, yes ; it brings the day, Promised day of Israel. 2 Watchman, tell us of the night ; Higher yet that star ascends.
Página 50 - It is he whom thou Hast power to aid and bless, Whose aching heart or burning brow Thy soothing hand may press.
Página 20 - BLOW ye the trumpet, blow ; — The gladly solemn sound ; — Let all the nations know, To earth's remotest bound, The year of jubilee is come : Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.
Página 47 - Jesus, our great Master, came To teach us in his Father's name, In every act, in every thought, He lived the precepts which he taught. 2 So let our lips and lives express The holy gospel we profess ; So let our works and virtues shine, To prove the doctrine all divine. 3 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad The honors of our Saviour, God, When the salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the power of sin.
Página 61 - KIND Lord, before thy face Again with joy we bow, For all the gifts and grace Thou dost on us bestow. Our tongues would all thy love proclaim, And chant the honors of thy name. 2 Here, in thine earthly house, Our joyful souls have met ; Here paid our solemn vows, And felt our union sweet.
Página 17 - THERE was joy in Heaven ! There was joy in Heaven ! When this goodly world to frame The Lord of might and mercy came: Shouts of joy were heard on high, And the stars sang from the sky — " Glory to God in Heaven !" There was joy in Heaven ! There was joy in Heaven ! When the billows, heaving dark, Sank around the stranded ark, And the rainbow's watery span Spake of mercy, hope to man, And peace with God in Heaven ! When of love the midnight beam...
Página 46 - Willing hands to lead the blind, Bind the wounded, feed the poor ; Love, embracing all our kind, Charity, with liberal store : Teach us, O thou heavenly King, Thus to show our grateful mind, Thus the accepted offering bring, Love to thee, and all mankind.
Página 15 - Watchman, will its beams alone Gild the spot that gave them birth? Traveller, ages are its own: See! it bursts o'er all the earth.
Página 57 - AGAIN the Lord of life and light Awakes the kindling ray, Unseals the eyelids of the morn, And pours increasing day.
Página 46 - Go to the pillow of disease, Where night gives no repose, And on the cheek where sickness preys, Bid health to plant a rose.

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