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Maty malala, ka ory ny fo! (My beloved has died, my heart is in distress)

Meter: 10.10.10.10 D Appears in 2 hymnals Used With Tune: [My beloved has died my heart is in distress]

Shepherd Of Israel

Author: Adelaide A. Pollard Meter: 10.10.10.10 D Appears in 18 hymnals First Line: Shepherd of Israel, keeping Thy sheep Refrain First Line: Shepherd of Israel, Shepherd of love Lyrics: 1 Shepherd of Israel, keeping Thy sheep— Never forgetting in slumber or sleep; Folding them gently when night cometh on, Going before them at break of the dawn. Refrain: Shepherd of Israel, Shepherd of love, Watching Thy flock from the glory above! Knowing how weary their wilderness way; Praying for them—ever living to pray! 2 Shepherd of Israel, true to Thine own When the false hireling servant hath flown; Laying Thy life down their pardon to win, Shedding Thy blood to redeem them from sin! [Refrain] 3 Shepherd of Israel, strong is Thine arm; Shielding Thy flock from each threatening harm; Gathering the lambs as they falter and fall, Safe in Thy bosom enfolding them all! [Refrain] 5 Shepherd of Israel, soon to appear, Soon to deliver Thy "little flock" here! Just to behold Thee their richest reward, Shepherd of Israel, Jesus, their Lord! [Refrain] Used With Tune: JAMAICA BAY Text Sources: Precious Jewels of Sacred Song, by W. Howard Doane (Louisville: The World Publishing Company, 1905)

Christ The Lord Cometh?

Author: Ernest G. W. Wesley Meter: 10.10.10.10 D Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: Christ the Lord cometh? perchance at the dawn Lyrics: 1 Christ the Lord cometh? perchance at the dawn, Where earth awaketh to welcome the morn; Hath He not told us the hour draweth near; Watching and ready, His summons to hear? Refrain: Jesus is coming! we know not how soon, Coming at midnight, at morning or noon; Evening may bring Him to bear us away; For Him I’m watching and waiting each day. 2 Christ the Lord cometh? earth’s evening may bring Back to His vineyard our Savior and King; Death shall be conquered and sin overthrown When He returneth to gather His own. [Refrain] 3 Christ the Lord cometh? man knoweth not when, But when ye think not He cometh again; To all found watching He bringeth no fear, Never a shadow, a parting, a tear. [Refrain] Used With Tune: BURNABY Text Sources: Church and Sunday School Hymnal by John D. Brunk (Scottsdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1902)

Faith Is Believing

Author: Daniel Otis Teasley Meter: 10.10.10.10 D Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Faith is believing, the promise is true Lyrics: 1 Faith is believing, the promise is true, Trusting in Jesus your strength to renew; Resting so sweetly, secure on His word, Shielded from danger with Jesus the Lord. Refrain: Faith is believing, simply receiving What in His promise God has revealed; Trust Him forever, doubt Him, no, never, Till thy petition His Spirit hath sealed. 2 Faith is believing, why longer remain Under the bondage of Satan’s domain? See, though all blood-stained, the banner unfurled— Faith is the victory that conquers the world. [Refrain] 3 Faith is believing, the soul’s happy rest, Faith is believing, though sorely oppressed; Singing in triumph whatever assail, High on the mountains or low in the vale. [Refrain] 4 Faith is believing, then doubt Him no more, Sell all your sorrows, your troubles give o’er; Soar in the sunlight above every cloud, Triumph forever, believing in God. [Refrain] Select Hymns, 1911 (Timeless Truths) Used With Tune: [Faith is believing, the promise is true]

Hail, Holy Land

Author: Thomas Tillam Meter: 10.10.10.10 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Hail, holy land, wherein our holy Lord

More Like Jesus

Author: Frances J. Hallgreen Meter: 10.10.10.10 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I would be more like Jesus every day Refrain First Line: So I’ll watch and I’ll labor and I’ll pray Lyrics: 1 I would be more like Jesus every day; I would be true and faithful all the way; I would know what to sing and what to say, I would know how to listen—how to pray. Refrain: So I’ll watch and I’ll labor and I’ll pray; By His grace I will follow all the way; Then with joy I shall meet Him—trials o’er— And with Him reign for ever, evermore. 2 I would be kind and gentle, meek and mild; I would be pure and loving—His dear child; I would do good to others as He did I would shed joy and sunshine, in Him hid. [Refrain] 3 I would work in His vineyard every day; Patient, trusting, obedient, come what may; I would go where He leads me, by His grace; Till in glory I see Him face to face. [Refrain] Used With Tune: INGLEWOOD Text Sources: Carols of Hope (Boston: Advent Christian Publication Society, 1906)

The Blessing of Prayer

Author: Clara McAlister Brooks Meter: 10.10.10.10 D Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: There's stealing over my peaceful, trusting soul Refrain First Line: Then let us ever humbly watch and pray Lyrics: 1 There’s stealing o’er my peaceful, trusting soul A power that is most divinely sweet, As all my burdens on the Lord I roll, And meekly linger at His blessed feet. Refrain: Then let us ever humbly watch and pray, Seek oft in tears the Savior’s lovely face; Come boldly with thy needs for every day, Blest mercy’s waiting at the throne of grace. 2 I kneel in sweet submission while my prayer Ascends on wings of faith to Father’s throne; He listens while my hopeful spirit there Its faltering petitions maketh known. [Refrain] 3 What bliss to dwell where heaven’s blessings fall, Until my soul, with mercy’s drops bedewed Responds in answer to my Father’s call, With words of thankfulness and gratitude. [Refrain] 4 As angels came to dark Gethsemane To bless the Savior as He there did bow Beneath the shadows dense, on bended knee; O Father, bless my waiting spirit now! [Refrain] Used With Tune: [There's stealing over my peaceful, trusting soul]

Favor and Peace on Earth

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 10.10.10.10 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Favor and peace on earth, and praise in Heav'n Lyrics: 1. Favor and peace on earth, and praise in Heav’n! To us a Son is born, a Child is giv’n! Today Jehovah lays aside His crown, Today the Savior of the world comes down, God over all supreme, who all things made, Clothed with our flesh and in a manger laid, Is on this happy morn to mortals giv’n: Favor and peace on earth, and praise in Heav’n! Used With Tune: BERMUDA Text Sources: The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, by S. T. Kimbrough, Jr., & Oliver A. Beckerlegge (Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 1992), page 106

Search The Scriptures

Author: H. Livermore Meter: 10.10.10.10 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Yea, Holy Jesus! in the sacred page Text Sources: The Concordia by Alma Jane Herbert (Concord, NH: 1907)

At Your Post Be Found

Author: Stella M. Thompson Meter: 10.10.10.10 D Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: At your post be found, ne’er a traitor be Refrain First Line: At your post be found as the days go by Lyrics: 1 At your post be found, ne’er a traitor be, To the blessèd Lord who hath made you free; Tho’ temptations come, thrust them all aside, In His goodness trust whatsoe’er betide. Refrain: At your post be found as the days go by; For the needed strength on His grace rely; At your post be found when the Lord shall come, And with Him you’ll share endless joys at home. 2 At your post be found, not a duty shirk, In the Master’s name you today should work; It will not be long ere death’s shadows fall, O’er the rich and poor, o’er the great and small. [Refrain] 3 At your post be found, with His flag unfurled, When you’re summoned home from this transient world; And reward you’ll gain when with hosts you stand ’Round the judgment throne in the heav’nly land. [Refrain] Used With Tune: EMANCIPATION OAK Text Sources: The Pilot by Alfred E. Helton (Lenoir, NC: Teachers' Music Publishing, 1914)