The Christian Hymn Book: A Compilation of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, by A. Campbell and Others
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The Christian Hymn Book: A Compilation of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, by A. Campbell and Others
Disciples of Christ -- Hymns; Hymns, English
8 There are mansions exempted from sin and from woe,
But they stand in a region by mortals untrod;
There are rivers of joy—but they roll not below;
There is rest—but it dwells in the presence of God.
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He that shall endure unto the end.
Matt. 24:13.
The captive’s oar may pause upon the galley,
The soldier sleep beneath his pluméd crest,
And peace may fold her wing o’er hill and valley,
But thou, O Christian! must not take thy rest.
2 Wilt thou find rest of soul in thy returning
To that old path thou hast so vainly trod?
Hast thou forgotten all thy weary yearning
To walk among the children of thy God?
3 Canst thou forget thy Christian superscription—
Behold we count them happy which endure?
What treasure wouldst thou, in the land Egyptian,
Repass the stormy waters to secure?
4 And God will come in his own time and power,
To set his earnest-hearted children free;
Watch only through this dark and painful hour,
And the bright morning yet will break for thee!
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Be thou faithful unto death.
Rev. 2:10.
Breast the wave, Christian, when it is strongest;
Watch for day, Christian, when night is longest;
Onward and upward still be thine endeavor;
The rest that remaineth endureth for ever.
2 Fight the fight, Christian; Jesus is o’er thee;
Run the race, Christian; heaven is before thee;
He who hath promised, faltereth never;
O, trust in the love that endureth for ever.
3 Lift the eye, Christian, just as it closeth;
Raise the heart, Christian, ere it reposeth:
Thee from the love of Christ, nothing shall sever;
Mount, when the work is done—praise God for ever!
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Some great thing!
2 Kings 5:13.
Shall we grow weary in our watch,
And murmur at the long delay,
Impatient of our Father’s time
And his appointéd way?
2 O, oft a deeper test of faith
Than prison-cell, or martyr’s stake,
The self-renouncing watchfulness
Of silent prayer may make.
3 We gird us bravely to rebuke
Our erring brother in the wrong;
And in the ear of pride and power
Our warning voice is strong.
4 Easier to smite with Peter’s sword,
Than watch one hour in humbling prayer;
Life’s great things, like the Syrian lord,
Our hearts can do and dare.
5 But, O, we shrink from Jordan’s side,
From waters which alone can save;
And murmur for Abana’s banks
And Pharpar’s brighter wave.
6 O thou, who in the garden’s shade
Didst wake thy weary ones again,
Who slumbered at that fearful hour,
Forgetful of thy pain—
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