Our relation to Christ is based on His death and resurrection and this means His Lordship. Indeed the Lordship of Christ over the lives of His people was the very purpose for which He died and rose again. We have to acknowledge Christ as our Lord. Sin is rebellion, and it is only as we surrender to Him as Lord that we receive our pardon form Him as our Savior. We have to admit Him to reign on the throne of the heart, and it is only when He is glorified in our hearts as King that the Holy Spirit enters and abides.
William Thomas

SONGS OF PRAISE

SONGS OF PRAISE, POEMS OF DEVOTION IN THE CHRISTIAN CENTURIES

WITH AN INTRODUCTION

BY HENRY COPPEE,

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE UΝΙVΕRSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY E. H. BUTLER & CO.

1866.

CUR MUNDUS MILITAT?

Why battles all the world For its vain glory, Whose bravest happiness Is transitory? So soon its brittle power A light touch shaketh, Even as a vase of clay In…

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ABIDE WITH ME

ABIDE with me. Fast falls the eventide; The darkness thickens: Lord, with me abide; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me! Swift…

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MY FATHER’S AT THE HELM

'TWAS when the sea's tremendous roar A little bark assailed, And pallid fear, with awful power. O'er each on board prevailed: Save one, the captain's darling son, Who fearless viewed…

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CATECHISM

OH, say not, dream not, heavenly notes To childish ears are vain. That the young mind at random floats, And cannot reach the strain. Dim or unheard, the words may…

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GREAT FAITH

I MARKED a rainbow in the north, What time the wild autumnal sun From his dark veil at noon looked forth, As glorying in his course half done, Flinging soft…

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ONWARD

Come, brethren, let us go! The evening closeth round, 'Tis perilous to linger here On this wild desert ground. Take courage as ye wend On towards eternity; From strength to…

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DAILY BREAD

Day by day the manna fell; Oh to learn this lesson well! Still by constant mercy fed, Give us, Lord, our daily bread. “Day by day" the promise reads; Daily…

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ST. STEPHEN’S DAY

τψ Βασιλεί xaί Δεσπότg. The Lord and King of all things But yesterday was born: And Stephen's glorious offering His birthtide shall adorn. No pearls of orient splendor, No jewels,…

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LOVE OF JESUS

I LOVE Thee, O most gracious Lord, Not that Thou sav'st me by Thy word; Nor yet because Thy wrath shall doom Those loving not to endless gloom. Thou, Thou,…

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