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I began life's journey when young
And the glittering prospect charmed my eyes;
I saw joy after joy successive rise
Along the extended plain.
But soon I found 'twas all a dream
And learned the fond pursuit to shun,
Where few can reach the purposed aim,
And thousands daily are undone.
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1. Though dark be my way, since he is my guide,
'Tis mine to obey, 'tis his to provide;
Though cisterns be broken, and creatures all fail,
The word he has spoken shall surely prevail.
2. Since all that I meet shall work for my good,
The bitter is sweet, the medicine is food;
Though painful at present, 'twill cease before long,
And then, O how pleasant, the conqueror’s song!
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Portree
01:27
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1. Though hills amid the seas be cast,
Though foaming waters roar;
Yea, though the mighty billows shake
The mountains on the shore.
2. To utmost ends of all the earth
He causes war to cease;
The weapons of the strong destroyed,
He makes abiding peace.
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Now, in the heat of youthful blood,
Remember your Creator, God!
Behold the months come hastening on,
When you shall say, "My joys are gone."
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1. Father’s gone and left me alone,
No father’s hand to guide my feet;
No father’s arm to lean upon,
In the silent tomb Father sleeps.
2. O mine eyes with teardrops are dimmed,
My heart is bleeding now and torn;
O all my joys have passed away,
And I cannot here longer stay.
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1. Once more, my soul, the rising day,
Salutes thy waking eyes;
Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay,
To Him that rules the sky.
2. 'Tis He supports my mortal frame,
My tongue shall speak His praise;
My sins would rouse His wrath to flame,
And yet His wrath delays.
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1. Glory to God the Father be,
Glory to God the Son,
Glory to God the Holy Ghost,
Glory to God alone.
Alleluia, Alleluia,
Hosanna, Hosanna.
Alleluia, Alleluia,
Hosanna, Hosanna.
2. My soul doth magnify the Lord,
My spirit doth rejoice
In God my Saviour and my God:
I hear a joyful voice.
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1. My soul, come meditate the day,
And think how near it stands,
When thou must quit this house of clay,
And fly to unknown lands.
2. And you, mine eyes, look down and view
The hollow, gaping tomb,
This gloomy prison waits for you,
Whene’er the summons come.
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1. Must Jesus bear the cross alone,
And all the world go free?
No, there’s a cross for everyone,
And there’s a cross for me.
2. The consecrated cross I’ll bear
Till death shall set me free;
And then go home my crown to wear,
For there’s a crown for me.
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1. The time is swiftly rolling on
When I must faint and die,
My body to the dust return
And there forgotten lie.
2. Though I must now depart from you
Let not this grieve your heart,
For you will shortly come to me
Where we shall never part.
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1. Life is the time to serve the Lord,
The time to ensure the great reward;
And while the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return.
2. The living know that they must die,
But all the dead forgotten lie;
Their memory and their sense is gone,
Alike unknowing and unknown.
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1. Grace, 'tis a charming sound,
Harmonious to the ear;
Heaven with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.
2. Grace first inscribed my name
In God’s eternal book;
'Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb,
Who all my sorrows took.
3. Grace taught my soul to pray,
And made my eyes o’erflow;
'Twas grace that kept me to this day,
And will not let me go.
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Lord, when Thou didst ascend on high,
Ten thousand angels filled the sky,
Those heavenly guards around Thee wait,
Like chariots that attend Thy state.
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Peniel
01:48
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1. Come, O thou traveller unknown,
Whom still I hold but cannot see,
My company before is gone,
And I am left alone with thee,
With thee all night I mean to stay,
And wrestle till the break of day.
2. I know thee, Saviour, who thou art,
Jesus the feeble sinner's friend;
Nor wilt thou with the night depart,
But stay, and love me to the end,
Thy mercies never shall remove,
Thy nature and thy name is love.
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1. Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me,
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to thee;
Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
2. There let the way appear, steps unto heaven;
All that thou sendest me, in mercy given;
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to thee;
Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
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1. Sweet the moments, rich in blessing,
Which before the cross I spend;
Life, and health, and peace possessing,
From the sinner's dying Friend.
Here I'll sit forever viewing
Mercy's streams in streams of blood,
Precious drops, my soul bedewing,
Plead and claim my peace with God.
2. Had I heart to hold its pleasure,
Had I tongue to tell its bliss;
Could I share with all my treasure,
Oh that all my friends were His.
Nothing else could quite so charm me,
No my every idol hold;
Satan now no more can harm me,
I've a home in realms of gold.
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