Chants, services, anthems; their words, description, and choice [by W.St.G. Patterson].

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Page 16 - COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dost Thy sevenfold gifts impart. Thy blessed Unction from above, Is comfort, life, and fire of love. Enable with perpetual light The dulness of our blinded sight. Anoint and cheer our soiled face With the abundance of Thy grace. Keep far our foes, give peace at home ; Where Thou art guide, no ill can come.
Page 2 - Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein : then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before • the Lord : For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth : he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Page 36 - Behold, Thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of Thee ; and verily every man living is altogether vanity.
Page 59 - Thou deckest thyself with light as it were with a garment, and spreadest out the heavens like a curtain. 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
Page 71 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 69 - Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children ; even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him.
Page 58 - PRAISE the LORD, O my soul : and all that is within me, praise his holy Name. 2 Praise the LORD, O my soul...
Page 55 - And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Page 45 - ALL people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice ; Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell, Come ye before Him and rejoice.
Page 68 - Lord executeth righteousness and judgment : for all them that are oppressed with wrong. 7 He shewed His ways unto Moses : His works unto the children of Israel. 8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy : longsuffering, and of great goodness. 9 He will not alway be chiding : neither keepeth He His anger for ever.

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