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  <title>Come, Ye Thankful People, Come</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 23:42:48 GMT</pubDate>
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  <dc:creator>Henry Alford</dc:creator>
  <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Come, ye thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest home;<br />All is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin.<br />God our Maker doth provide for our wants to be supplied;<br />Come to God&rsquo;s own temple, come, raise the song of harvest home.</p>
<p>All the world is God&rsquo;s own field, fruit unto His praise to yield;<br />Wheat and tares together sown unto joy or sorrow grown.<br />First the blade and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear;<br />Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be.</p>
<p>For the Lord our God shall come, and shall take His harvest home;<br />From His field shall in that day all offenses purge away,<br />Giving angels charge at last in the fire the tares to cast;<br />But the fruitful ears to store in His garner evermore.</p>
<p>Even so, Lord, quickly come, bring Thy final harvest home;<br />Gather Thou Thy people in, free from sorrow, free from sin,<br />There, forever purified, in Thy garner to abide;<br />Come, with all Thine angels come, raise the glorious harvest home.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>O Jesus, I Have Promised</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:51:02 GMT</pubDate>
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  <dc:creator>John Ernest Bode</dc:creator>
  <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>O Jesus, I have promised to serve Thee to the end;<br />Be Thou forever near me, my Master and my Friend;<br />I shall not fear the battle if Thou art by my side,<br />Nor wander from the pathway if Thou wilt be my Guide.</p>
<p>O let me feel Thee near me! The world is ever near;<br />I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear;<br />My foes are ever near me, around me and within;<br />But Jesus, draw Thou nearer, and shield my soul from sin.</p>
<p>O let me hear Thee speaking in accents clear and still,<br />Above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self will.<br />O speak to reassure me, to hasten or control;<br />O speak, and make me listen, Thou Guardian of my soul.</p>
<p>O Jesus, Thou hast promised to all who follow Thee<br />That where Thou art in glory there shall Thy servant be.<br />And Jesus, I have promised to serve Thee to the end;<br />O give me grace to follow, my Master and my Friend.</p>
<p>O let me see Thy footprints, and in them plant mine own;<br />My hope to follow duly is in Thy strength alone.<br />O guide me, call me, draw me, uphold me to the end;<br />And then in Heaven receive me, my Savior and my Friend.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>O Worship the King</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2014 23:50:21 GMT</pubDate>
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  <dc:creator>Robert Grant</dc:creator>
  <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>O worship the King, all glorious above,<br />O gratefully sing His power and His love;<br />Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,<br />Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.</p>
<p>O tell of His might, O sing of His grace,<br />Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space,<br />His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,<br />And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.</p>
<p>The earth with its store of wonders untold,<br />Almighty, Thy power hath founded of old;<br />Established it fast by a changeless decree,<br />And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.</p>
<p>Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?<br />It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;<br />It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,<br />And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.</p>
<p>Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,<br />In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail;<br />Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,<br />Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend.</p>
<p>O measureless might! Ineffable love!<br />While angels delight to worship Thee above,<br />The humbler creation, though feeble their lays,<br />With true adoration shall all sing Thy praise.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>Silent Night</title>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2014 23:48:34 GMT</pubDate>
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  <dc:creator>Joseph Mohr</dc:creator>
  <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Silent night, holy night,<br />All is calm, all is bright<br />Round yon virgin mother and Child.<br />Holy Infant, so tender and mild,<br />Sleep in heavenly peace,<br />Sleep in heavenly peace.</p>
<p>Silent night, holy night,<br />Shepherds quake at the sight;<br />Glories stream from heaven afar,<br />Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!<br />Christ the Savior is born,<br />Christ the Savior is born!</p>
<p>Silent night, holy night,<br />Son of God, love&rsquo;s pure light;<br />Radiant beams from Thy holy face<br />With the dawn of redeeming grace,<br />Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth,<br />Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.</p>
<p>Silent night, holy night<br />Wondrous star, lend thy light;<br />With the angels let us sing,<br />Alleluia to our King;<br />Christ the Savior is born,<br />Christ the Savior is born!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>O Sons and Daughters of the King</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:49:42 GMT</pubDate>
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  <dc:creator>Jean Tisserand</dc:creator>
  <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>O sons and daughters of the King,<br />Whom heavenly hosts in glory sing,<br />Today the grave has lost its sting!</p>
<p>That Easter morn, at break of day,<br />The faithful women went their way<br />To seek the tomb where Jesus lay.</p>
<p>An angel clad in white they see,<br />Who sit and speaks unto the three,<br />"Your Lord will go to Galilee."</p>
<p>That night the apostles met in fear;<br />Among them came their master dear<br />And said, "MY peace be with you here."</p>
<p>When Thomas first the tidings heard<br />That they had seen the risen Lord,<br />He doubted the disciples&rsquo; word.</p>
<p>"My pierced side, O Thomas, see,<br />And look upon my hands, my feet;<br />Not faithless but believing be."</p>
<p>No longer Thomas then denied;<br />He saw the feet, the hands, the side;<br />"You are my Lord and God!" he cried.</p>
<p>How blest are they who have not seen<br />And yet whose faith has constant been,<br />For they eternal life shall win.</p>
<p>On this most holy day of days<br />Be laud and jubilee and praise:<br />To God your hearts and voice raise.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>Blog Layout Options</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:05:11 GMT</pubDate>
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  <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4><span>BLOG&nbsp;LAYOUT OPTIONS&nbsp;</span></h4>
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