Devotional Poems for First-day Schools |
Common terms and phrases
Art thou beauty beneath betimes birdlings birds blessings blest bliss bread breath bright brother cheer clouds Dare dark day by day death deed delight divine dwell earth earthly eternal everlasting arm faint Father fear flower gentle give glad glory God and persevere God's grace grief hand happy hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy hope hour impart Jehovah Jesus journey's end kindly life's light little child little children live look Lord love at home love divine lowly meek mercy mind morning Nearer to thee night o'er path peace praise pray prayer rest shine smile softly song sorrow soul speak spirit stars strength strife sunbeams sunshine sweet teach tear tempests temple there's love Thine forever things thou art thou shalt thought throne to-day Trust truth doth never Twill unto voice weary whisper words Year's day
Popular passages
Page 61 - Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. Prayer is the Christian's vital breath. The Christian's native air; His watchword at the gates of death; He enters heaven with Prayer. Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways ; While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry, "Behold he prays.
Page 97 - I'd be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee ! •3. 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 to thee ! 4.
Page 38 - What thou shalt to-day provide Let me as a child receive ; What to-morrow may betide, Calmly to thy wisdom leave : 'Tis enough that thou wilt care ; Why should I the burden bear...
Page 95 - In holy contemplation, We sweetly then pursue The theme of God's salvation, And find it ever new. Set free from present sorrow, We cheerfully can say, — " E'en let the unknown to-morrow Bring with it what it may.
Page 27 - HOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower...
Page 91 - Sun of our life, thy quickening ray Sheds on our path the glow of day; Star of our hope, thy softened light Cheers the long watches of the night. Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn ; Our noontide is thy gracious dawn ; Our rainbow arch thy mercy's sign ; All, save the clouds of sin, are thine!
Page 97 - 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 to thee!
Page 69 - How blest the righteous when he dies ! When sinks a weary soul to rest ! How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves the expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 89 - And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed He will not break, But strengthen and sustain.
Page 117 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set — but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O death!