The Christian Book of Mystical Verse

By AW Tozer

The motive of this book is to bring together in one convenient volume some of the best devotional verse the English language affords, and thus to make available to present day Christians a rich spiritual heritage which the greater number of them for various reasons do not now enjoy. The book includes works by Isaac Watts, Oliver Wendell Holmes,

• Language: English
• Publisher: GENERAL PRESS
• Release date: May 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9789390492947

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Contents

Introduction

Adoration of the Godhead

Eternal Power!

Isaac Watts

Lord of All Being

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Adoration

Sir John Bowring

The Unity of God

Frederick William Faber

The Holy Trinity

Frederick William Faber

Majesty Divine!

Frederick William Faber

The Vision of the Godhead

Frederick William Faber

The Thought of God

Frederick William Faber

The Greatness of God

Frederick William Faber

The Eternity of God

Frederick William Faber

The Fear of God

Frederick William Faber

The Eternal Father

Frederick William Faber

The Eternal Generation of the Son

Frederick William Faber

The Holy Spirit

Frederick William Faber

Pentecost

Frederick William Faber

Devotional Meditations on the Cross of Christ

Sweet the Moments, Rich in Blessing

Walter Shelly Et Al.

Ride on! Ride on in Majesty!

Henry Hart Milman

Would Jesus have the Sinner Die?

Charles Wesley

He Dies! The Friend of Sinners Dies!

Isaac Watts

Before the Cross

From the French of Jacques Bridaine

TR. Thomas Benson Pollock

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

Bernard of Clairvaux

TR. Paul Gerhardt

English TR., James Waddell Alexander

Not All the Blood of Beasts

Isaac Watts

Penitential Reflections on our Sins

My Sins, My Saviour!

John S. B. Monsell

Have Mercy, God Most High

Frederick William Faber

O Lord, I am Ashamed to Seek thy Face

Christina Rossetti

Scourge, But Receive Me

Christina Rossetti

Rejoicing in Forgiveness and Justification

Song of Assurance

Johann Andreas Rothe

TR. John Wesley

A Good Confession

Frederick William Faber

A Soul in Its Earliest Love

Charles Wesley

Yearning for Purity of Heart

I Thirst, Thou Wounded Lamb of God

Attributed to John Wesley

Prayer for Purity

Nicolaus Ludwig Von Zinzendorf

TR. John Wesley

Jesus, Thine All-victorious Love

Charles Wesley

Self-Love

Frederick William Faber

Aspirations after God

As Pants the Hart

Nahum Tate

Nicholas Brady

The Way of Perfection

Frederick William Faber

Thou Shepherd of Israel, and Mine

Charles Wesley

The Fervor of Holy Desire

Jeanne Marie De La Motte-Guyon

TR. Unknown

Desire of God

Frederick William Faber

Satisfied

Gerhard Tersteegen

TR. Unknown

Delighting in God’s Presence

God is Present Everywhere

Oliver Holden

The Royal Priesthood

Gerhard Tersteegen

TR. Unknown

God Reveals His Presence

Gerhard Tersteegen

Composite Translation

Within the Holy Place

Gerhard Tersteegen

TR. Unknown

Lo, God is here!

Gerhard Tersteegen

TR. John Wesley

Allured into the Desert

Gerhard Tersteegen

TR. Unknown

The Raptures of Divine Love

O Love Divine!

Oliver Wendell Holmes

I Love My God

Jeanne Marie De La Motte-Guyon

TR. Unknown

The Acquiescence of Pure Love

Jeanne Marie De La Motte-Guyon

TR. Unknown

Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me

Paul Gerhardt

TR. John Wesley

O Love Divine!

Charles Wesley

The Hidden Love of God

Gerhard Tersteegen

TR. John Wesley

Love’s Immensity

Gerhard Tersteegen

TR. Unknown

The Rest of Faith

All Must Be Well

Mary Bowley Peters

Confidence

George C. Neumark

TR. Catherine Winkworth

Sometimes a Light Surprises

William Cowper

The Blessed Journey

Gerhard Tersteegen

TR. Unknown

Jesus, I am Resting, Resting

Jean Sophia Pigott

Resignation

Jeanne Marie De La Motte-Guyon

TR. Unknown

In Heavenly Love Abiding

Anna Laetitia Waring

The Remembrance of Mercy

Frederick William Faber

The Spiritual Warfare

Distractions in Prayer

Frederick William Faber

The Benefits of Suffering

Jeanne Marie De La Motte-Guyon

TR. Unknown

Sorrow and Love

Jeanne Marie De La Motte-Guyon

TR. Unknown

Victory through Praise

Come, O My Soul

Thomas Blacklock

Bless, O My Soul, the Living God Bless,

Isaac Watts

After Psalm

I’ll Praise My Maker

Isaac Watts

Al. John Wesley

I Sing Th’ Almighty Power of God

Isaac Watts

Now Thank we all our God

Martin Rinckart

TR. Catharine Winkworth

Te Deum Laudamus

The Prayer of Quiet

The Spirit of Prayer

From the Italian of Michael Angelo

TR. William Wordsworth

My God! Silent to Thee!

Thomas Moore

God’s Eternal Now

Gerhard Tersteegen

TR. Unknown

My Heart is Resting, O my God

Anna Laetitia Waring

Hidden in God’s Heart

Gerhard Tersteegen

TR. Unknown

The Bliss of Communion

The Disciple to His Lord

John S. B. Monsell

Joy in the Presence of Jesus

John Newton

O Jesus, King most Wonderful

Bernard Of Clairvaux

TR. Edward Caswall

Christ Our Light

Christina Rossetti

As Ointment Poured Forth

Christina Rossetti

O! Tell Me, Thou Life and Delight of My Soul!

Thomas Hastings

The Face of Christ

Christina Rossetti

Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies

Charles Wesley

Jesu, Highest Heaven’s Completeness

Bernard of Clairvaux

TR. Robert Campbell

Show me thy Face

Author Unknown

None Other Lamb, None Other Name

Christina Rossetti

Aspirations of the Soul after Christ

Jeanne Marie De La Motte-Guyon

TR. Unknown

The Pain of Love

Frederick William Faber

Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose

Charles Wesley

The Man Divine

T. P.

Thee Will I Love

Johann Scheffler

TR. John Wesley

At the Lord’s Table

Horatius Bonar

Prayer before Communion

Reginald Heber

The Indwelling Christ

Gerhard Tersteegen

TR. Unknown

As Incense Streaming Forth

Christina Rossetti

Hosanna, Lord!

Reginald Heber

Am I Not Enough?

Gerhard Tersteegen

TR. Unknown

Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts

Bernard of Clairvaux

TR. Ray Palmer

Joyous Anticipation of Christ’s Return

Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying

Philipp Nicolai

TR. Catherine Winkworth

Lo! He Comes!

John Cennick

The Hope of His Coming

Gerhard Tersteegen

TR. Unknown

The Blessed Morrow

Gerhard Tersteegen

TR. Unknown

Immortality and the World to Come

Lift Your Glad Voices

Henry Ware

Jesus Lives, And So Shall I

Christian F. Gellert

TR. Unknown

O Sing Hallelujah!

Lord Plunket

Those Endless Sabbaths

Pierre Abelard

TR. John Mason Neale

In Immanuel’s Land

Anne R. Cousin

The Celestial Country

Bernard of Cluny

Introduction

The purpose of this book is to bring together in one convenient volume some of