The phrase "nurse" resonates through 13 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...Apostates from My richest grace.
Children I have nursed up and bred,
Marked with the new, the Christian name,...
Apostates from My richest grace.
Children I have nursed up and bred,
Marked with the new, the Christian name,
...Sow a sunny daily walk—
God will watch and nurse the stalk.
Only do the planting thou—...
Sow a sunny daily walk—
God will watch and nurse the stalk.
Only do the planting thou—
...The Lord who over all has sway,
Nursed here vouchsafes to be.
In manger where the asses fed...
The Lord who over all has sway,
Nursed here vouchsafes to be.
In manger where the asses fed
...Then the soul, surviving all,
In Eternal arms is nursed;
There to find that nought can move...
Then the soul, surviving all,
In Eternal arms is nursed;
There to find that nought can move
...When bitter anger tempts you
To nurse your broken heart
With brooding thoughts of hatred...
When bitter anger tempts you
To nurse your broken heart
With brooding thoughts of hatred
...The leaves grow crisp upon the forest trees;
The flowers that spring’s abundant moisture nursed
Yield no more fragrance to the passing breeze—...
The leaves grow crisp upon the forest trees;
The flowers that spring’s abundant moisture nursed
Yield no more fragrance to the passing breeze—
...With tenderest concern;
To feed Your sheep, to nurse Your lambs,
Of You we all will learn....
With tenderest concern;
To feed Your sheep, to nurse Your lambs,
Of You we all will learn.
...With oxen doth rest,
Is nursed by His creature
And hangs at the breast....
With oxen doth rest,
Is nursed by His creature
And hangs at the breast.
...We are drawn as You adjure,
To go in faith, as mothers, nurse,
Feed, cherish, raise up, mature;...
We are drawn as You adjure,
To go in faith, as mothers, nurse,
Feed, cherish, raise up, mature;
...If lightnings from embattled clouds
Strike, or a spark in secret nursed,
From stem to stern, o’er masts and shrouds,...
If lightnings from embattled clouds
Strike, or a spark in secret nursed,
From stem to stern, o’er masts and shrouds,
...Upon His cradle for to lie;
Nor music’s charms in nurse’s arms
To sing the babe a lullaby....
Upon His cradle for to lie;
Nor music’s charms in nurse’s arms
To sing the babe a lullaby.
...Can my faith in Thee abate,
And this faith I long have nursed,
Comes alone, O God, from Thee;...
Can my faith in Thee abate,
And this faith I long have nursed,
Comes alone, O God, from Thee;
...Ye, whom the charms of grandeur please,
Nursed on the silky lap of ease,
Fall prostrate at His throne!...
Ye, whom the charms of grandeur please,
Nursed on the silky lap of ease,
Fall prostrate at His throne!
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