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Woodbury, I. B. (Issac Baker), 1819-1858 (ed.) / The new lute of Zion: a collection of sacred music, designed for the use of congregations generally, but more especially the Methodist Episcopal Church
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Chants, pp. [312]-315
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NO. 9. "NzXaZZ TO TEML" Quick. From Shawim 6 I' L , 1 I J , II ] I 1. Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to I thee I E'enthough it be a cross That I raiseth j me; Still all my song shall I he,- Nearer, my God, to I thee,- Nearer to I thee I I. Though, like the wanderer, The"I sun gonel down, Darkness be over me, bilrest a I Stone; Y inm my I dreams rd I be Nerer, my L God, to thee Nearer io1 thee I .CHANT--Conunuea 8. There let the way appear, I Steps unto I heaven; All that thou sendest me, In whercy I given; Angels to I becon I me Nearer, my IGod, to j thee,- Nearer t thee ! 4. Then, with my waking thought., Bright with thy I praise, Out of my stony griefs, * Bethel I'll raise; So hy my I woes to I be Nearer, my I God, to j thee, Nearer to f thee I 5. Or if on joyful wing, SClaing the 1 sky, Sun, moon, and stars forgot, Upward I 1 fly; Still all my sog Shall be,-- Nearer, my] God, toj thee, Nearer to I thee ! No. 10. SnIogL. From Car. Saer. 1. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place In I all.,gene- I rations. 2. Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to ever- I lasting I thou art God. L Thou turnest man to destruction; And sayst, RItitum ye I chil-dren of I men. ILnar What is not a- j samed of I me. I A- I n-m I. I 4. For a thousand years in thy sight buta yesterday whe itfj pmst, And I as a (watch..in the I ight 5. Thou enest them away as with alood, Theyare as a sleep; In the morning they are like gross which Igroweh I up 6. In the mor'ning it~ &uisheth, and groweth up. In the evening it is eut I down, out I dow, and witherethL 1. Who knoweth the power of thine anger I Even according to thy fear I so. .1* thy I wrath 8. So teach us to number our days, That we may ap- I ply our I heart. .unto I wisdom. NO. 11, "Jsus, AND SHALL IT SYS& NIL" 1. Jesus ! and shall it ever be- A mortaj man a- I shamed of theeI Ashamed of thee-whom angels praise ! ''Whose glories shine through| endless I day*# 2. Ashamed of Jesus f-that dear friend On whom my hopes of I heaven de- I pendI No 1-when I blush, be this my shame- That I no more re- I vere his I name. 3. Ashamed of Jesus ?-yes, I may, When I've no guilt to I wash a- I way- No tear to wipe--no good to crave, No fears to quell-ao I soul to I save! 4. Till then-nor is my boasting vain- Till then, I boast a I Saviour I slain I And ohl mayi~ this my lory be-
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