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Sabbath lyrics ; or, songs from scripture

A Christmas Gift of Love

Simms, William Gilmore (1806-1870)

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The Sacred Minstrel.

The Church at Christmas.

The Peace of Christ's Empire.

Christ the Conqueror.

Promise for Zion.

The Rejection of Christ.

The Bread of Life.

Brotherly Union.

The Desolation of Moab.

The Lament for Moab.

The Overthrow of Ephraim.

God's Promise to the Children of his Love.

Song of Captivity.

Song of Ransom.

God's Love of the Church.

The Spread of the Gospel.

Thanksgiving for Mercy.

The Pride and Doom of Babylon.

The Fall of Babylon.

The Desolation of Babylon.

False Prophets.

Shepherd's Hymn.

The Desolation of the City.

The Fear of God the Security for Peace.

The Fall of the Tyrant.

A Dwelling for the Deity.

Birth of Christ.

Prayer for the Exile.

The Temple in Ashes.

Restoration from the Ruin.

God's Sanction Alone Gives Success.

Prayer of David in Exile.

God the Champion of his People.

Confidence in God's Protection.

The Cry of the Drowning.

Song of Solomon.

The Season of Joy.

The Rose of Sharon.

Prayer in Flight.

Appeal from Man to God.

Hymn to the Departed.

Hymn at Evening.

Forest Worship.

“Look Aloft.”

The Prayer of the Parent.

Fragment from the Psalms.

Vision of the Seraphim.

The Universal Power of God.

The Triumphal March of the Sun.

The Quest for Peace.

The World at the Sight of God.

Jacob Blesses Judah.

The Early Dead.

Plaint for the First Born.

Despondency and Yearning.

Children the Gift of Heaven.

The Shepherd's Birth.

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Sabbath lyrics ; or, songs from scripture

A Christmas Gift of Love

William Gilmore Simms

1806-1870

From the press of Walker and James

Charleston

1849