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Page 325 - So let our lips and lives express The holy Gospel, we profess, So let our works and virtues shine, To prove the doctrine all divine. Thus shall we best proclaim abroad The honors of our Saviour God; When His salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the power of sin.
Page 325 - So let our lips and lives express The holy Gospel, we profess, So let our works and virtues shine, To prove the doctrine all divine. Thus shall we best proclaim abroad The honors of our Saviour God ; When His salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the power of sin.
Page 324 - So let onr lips and lives express The holy Gospel, we profess, So let our works and virtues shine, To prove the doctrine all divine. Thus shall we best proclaim abroad The honors of our Saviour God ; When His salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the power of sin.
Page 326 - Gospel, we profess, So let our works and virtues shine, To prove the doctrine all divine. Thus shall we best proclaim abroad The honors of our Saviour God ; "When His salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the power of sin.
Page 141 - by the wise man—" she seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise
Page 231 - come up the myrtle tree. And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign, that shall not be cut off." I
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Page 328 - So let our lips and lives express The holy Gospel, we profess, So let our works and virtues shine, To prove the doctrine all divine. Thus shall we best
Page 325 - shine, To prove the doctrine all divine. Thus shall we best proclaim abroad The honors of our Saviour God; When His salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the power of sin.
Page 325 - shine, To prove the doctrine all divine. Thus shall we best proclaim abroad The honors of our Saviour God ; When His salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the power of sin.