To win my heart with visions bright and fair

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To win my heart with visions bright and fair

Author: Henry Manning
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 To win my heart with visions bright and fair,
In vain the world with all its craft has tried;
Harmless and weak its dazzling weapons are,
I nothing fear with Jesus at my side.

2 Come, all ye proud ones of the earth, array
your gathering hosts around me far and wide;
My heart is calm amid the loud affray,
I nothing fear with Jesus at my side.

3 Death hath for me no fears; its bitter pains
Shall never from my King my heart divide;
Faithful to death, to Him my will remains,
I nothing fear with Jesus by my side.

4 Jesus, my Lord, my only hope and shield,
No powers of ill before Thee can abide;
I trust in Thee upon the battle-field,
I nothing fear with Thee, Lord, at my side.

Source: Churches of Christ Hymn Book #446

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Author: Henry Manning

Manning, Cardinal Henry Edward, D.D., was b. July 15, 1808, at Copped Hall, Totteridge, Herts, and was educated at Harrow and at Balliol College, Oxford. He was sometime Archdeacon of Chichester, joined the Church of Rome 1851, became Archbishop of Westminster 1865, and Cardinal 1875, d. Jan. 14, 1892. See the details of his career in the Life by E. S. Purcell, 1895, in A. W. Hutton's Cardinal Manning, 1892, &c. He was a voluminous writer, a famous preacher, and a well-known philanthropist and temperance worker. His connection with hymnody was slight. He contributed a translation to the Holy Family Hymns, 1860, noted under Grignon, L. M. The only original hymns we have been able definitely to trace to him are the following, contributed to t… Go to person page >

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