Words of anthems used in Westminster Abbey - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for evermore. Amen. Psalm lxxxiv. How lovely are Thy dwellings fair, O Lord of hosts, how dear The pleasant tabernacles are, Where Thou dost dwell so near! My soul doth long and almost die, Thy courts, O Lord, to see: My heart and flesh aloud do cry, O living God, for Thee. There, even the sparrow, freed from wrong, Hath found a house of rest; The swallow there to lay her young, Hath built her brooding nest. Ev'n by Thy altars, Lord of hosts, They find their safe abode, And home they fly from round the coasts, Toward Thee, my King, my God! Jesus, heavenly Master! Thy love forsakes us not in this dark hour, Shedding around its holy power Like some bright star, that beaming o'er us, Dispels the shades of death before us. Think Thou on us when death shall sever, And guide us hence to rest for ever! O Thou eternal God, Ruler of earth and heaven, who with power uncontrolled turnest the hearts of men, plead the cause of the righteous, whom even his friend betrays. 0 regard Thou the oppressed. Thou alone art his refuge, mighty in peril to save him. 394. Psalm lxxxvi. 8--11. Lord God of hosts, hear now my prayer, O Jacob's God, give ear, Thou God, our shield, look on the face Of Thy anointed dear. For one day in Thy courts to be Is better and more blest, Than in the joys of vanity A thousand days at best. I in the temple of my God Had rather keep a door, Than dwell in tents and rich abode With sin for evermore. For God the Lord, both sun and shield Gives grace and glory bright, No good from them shall be withheld Whose ways are just and right. 395. Praise His awful Name, who was, and is, and is to come: praise to Him who giveth immortality; all glory and majesty surround His throne; He alone is mighty, and He alone is great. W...