Augustus Toplady citations (5 citations)

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Augustus Toplady: Citations en anglais

“Sun of Righteousness, arise,
Triumph o'er the shades of night”

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"Sun of Righteousness, Arise", a morning hymn, reported in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895) by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 77.
Contexte: Christ whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the only light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise,
Triumph o'er the shades of night;
Day-spring from on high, be near,
Day-star in my heart appear.

“Be of Sin the double Cure,
Cleanse me from its Guilt and Pow'r.”

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The last lines of this stanza are often changed to "Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath, and make me pure.".
Rock of Ages (1763)
Contexte: Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.
Let the Water and the Blood,
From thy riven Side which flow'd,
Be of Sin the double Cure,
Cleanse me from its Guilt and Pow'r.

“Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.”

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“Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to thy Cross I cling”

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The last lines of this stanza are also reported as: "Foul, I to the fountain fly : Wash me, Saviour, or I die!"
Rock of Ages (1763)
Contexte: Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to thy Cross I cling;
Naked, come to Thee for Dress,
Helpless, look to Thee for grace;
Vile, I to the fountain fly,
Wash me, Saviour, or I die!