We found "strange" used in 20 sacred songs, each carrying a unique message of faith.
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...Tonight to Bethlehem.
To a strange sweet harp of Zion
The starry host troops forth:...
Tonight to Bethlehem.
To a strange sweet harp of Zion
The starry host troops forth:
...For our reaping by and by.
Strange we never prize the music
Till the sweet-voiced bird is flown!...
For our reaping by and by.
Strange we never prize the music
Till the sweet-voiced bird is flown!
...Peace on earth, to men good will.
Strange the silent world could slumber,
Strange that city, quaint and still,...
Peace on earth, to men good will.
Strange the silent world could slumber,
Strange that city, quaint and still,
...The snow in the street, and the wind on the door,
To tell of great tidings strange and true,
Chorus...
The snow in the street, and the wind on the door,
To tell of great tidings strange and true,
Chorus
...They gazed—and silence was in Heaven!
The saints admire with strange delight
Their dying Lord enthroned above,...
They gazed—and silence was in Heaven!
The saints admire with strange delight
Their dying Lord enthroned above,
...And in her pure heart pondered
The strange things that were done.
Oh! tell the story over,...
And in her pure heart pondered
The strange things that were done.
Oh! tell the story over,
...And in her pure heart pondered
The strange things that were done.
Oh! tell the story over,...
And in her pure heart pondered
The strange things that were done.
Oh! tell the story over,
...When there is wild confusion round,
Strange discord and perpetual din;
When vexèd with the sight and sound...
When there is wild confusion round,
Strange discord and perpetual din;
When vexèd with the sight and sound
...A great latch on the door;
Ho, this is strange, quoth Balthazar,
Aye, strange, quoth Melchior....
A great latch on the door;
Ho, this is strange, quoth Balthazar,
Aye, strange, quoth Melchior.
...Flames by His small and mighty camp.
There is no strange and distant place
That is not gladdened by His face;...
Flames by His small and mighty camp.
There is no strange and distant place
That is not gladdened by His face;
...I whispered sad and slow,
The strange and awful country
To which I soon must go?...
I whispered sad and slow,
The strange and awful country
To which I soon must go?
...And hopeless of repose.
Strange fondness of the human heart,
Enamored of its harm!...
And hopeless of repose.
Strange fondness of the human heart,
Enamored of its harm!
...Your friends may fail you here below,
Their love to you grow cold and strange;
Remember Jesus still is true,...
Your friends may fail you here below,
Their love to you grow cold and strange;
Remember Jesus still is true,
...Waiting, waiting, oh, how fair!
’Tis a pilgrim, strange and kingly,
Never such was seen before,...
Waiting, waiting, oh, how fair!
’Tis a pilgrim, strange and kingly,
Never such was seen before,
...God’s plans and purposes to us
May oft seem strange and dim,
But where we can not understand,...
God’s plans and purposes to us
May oft seem strange and dim,
But where we can not understand,
...Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace....
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
...Time’s weary brow have worn,
Since that strange star to shepherds told
The Prince of Peace was born....
Time’s weary brow have worn,
Since that strange star to shepherds told
The Prince of Peace was born.
...And for the waning joy;
And for this strange, this settled peace,
Which nothing can destroy....
And for the waning joy;
And for this strange, this settled peace,
Which nothing can destroy.
...Whose fragrance none can tell,
With brightness strange and holy
Doth all our dark dispel;...
Whose fragrance none can tell,
With brightness strange and holy
Doth all our dark dispel;
...Their erstwhile homes shall claim;
And hearts with strange joy burning,
Shall praise His joyous name....
Their erstwhile homes shall claim;
And hearts with strange joy burning,
Shall praise His joyous name.
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