Songs of the Free and Hymns of Christian FreedomI. Knapp, 1836 - 227 páginas |
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... race ; —the encour- agement , consolation and strength afforded by poetry and music . This generally expressed feel- ing was the origin of the present book of hymns with the accompanying strain of poetry ; hardly less elevated , though ...
... race ; —the encour- agement , consolation and strength afforded by poetry and music . This generally expressed feel- ing was the origin of the present book of hymns with the accompanying strain of poetry ; hardly less elevated , though ...
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... race . [ The machinery of metres , names of tunes , numerals , and charac- ters , has been omitted , because they are useless to those who are unable to sing , and because the spirit and the understanding are a sufficient directory to ...
... race . [ The machinery of metres , names of tunes , numerals , and charac- ters , has been omitted , because they are useless to those who are unable to sing , and because the spirit and the understanding are a sufficient directory to ...
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... race ! The white , the black , the bond , the free ; * Thanks for thy gift of heavenly grace , Vouchsafed through Jesus Christ to me . This , ' mid oppression's every wrong , Has borne my sinking spirit up ; Made sorrow joyful ...
... race ! The white , the black , the bond , the free ; * Thanks for thy gift of heavenly grace , Vouchsafed through Jesus Christ to me . This , ' mid oppression's every wrong , Has borne my sinking spirit up ; Made sorrow joyful ...
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... races , with such disparity that it is for some to be luxurious lords of creation , and others , their saleable , fettered , tasked , beaten and branded beasts of burden ; that a man's clan or country has exclusive title to his ...
... races , with such disparity that it is for some to be luxurious lords of creation , and others , their saleable , fettered , tasked , beaten and branded beasts of burden ; that a man's clan or country has exclusive title to his ...
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... race , By right , the first ! The night - the long , long night Of infamy and slight , Shame and disgrace , And slavery , worse than e'er Rome's serfs were doomed to bear , Bloody beyond compare― . Recedes apace ! Speed , speed the hour ...
... race , By right , the first ! The night - the long , long night Of infamy and slight , Shame and disgrace , And slavery , worse than e'er Rome's serfs were doomed to bear , Bloody beyond compare― . Recedes apace ! Speed , speed the hour ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Afric's altar bear beneath Benjamin Lundy bless blood break breath captive chains cheer Christ Christian crown dark deep dust earth earthly eternal faith Faneuil Hall Father Fatherland fear FELICIA HEMANS fettered foes Forgive Fourth of July freedom freedom's land glorious glory God delusion God's grace hand HARRIET MARTINEAU hast hate hath heart heaven HENRY HART MILMAN holy hope Hosanna hour Hymn of Triumph Jesus Jubilee King land liberty light Lord Martyr mercy Monthly Concert o'er oppressed oppressor's peace Pilgrim Fathers poor praise pray Prayer pride proud Psalm of David REGINALD HEBER reign rejoice round saints Saviour scorn scourge shame shore shrine Sing sinner slave Slavery slavery's smile song sons of Freedom soul spirit stand suffering sweet tears thee thine thought throne toil tread truth tyrant unto voice weep WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON woes wrong yoke
Pasajes populares
Página 82 - BLEST be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne, We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares.
Página 55 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole; Till...
Página 44 - When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore. Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame; Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear — They shook the depths of the desert's gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Página 45 - What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ; They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God.
Página 216 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Página 83 - When we asunder part. It gives us inward pain ; But we shall still be joined in heart, And hope to meet again.
Página 53 - A noble army: men and boys, The matron and the maid ; Around the Saviour's throne rejoice, In robes of light arrayed. They climbed the steep ascent of heaven Through peril, toil, and pain : O God, to us may grace be given To follow in their train.
Página 95 - Great David's greater Son ! Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun ! He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free ; To take away transgression, And rule in equity.
Página 61 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without thee I dare not die.
Página 202 - He comes the broken heart to bind, The bleeding soul to cure : And with the treasures of his grace To enrich the humble poor.