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Fui en tu nombre bautizado

Author: Johann J. Rambach, 1693-1735; Heberto Berndt, 1929-; Heberto Berndt, 1929- Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Los Sacramentos Used With Tune: O DASS ICH TAUSEND

Soul, What Return Has God, Thy Savior

Author: Karl Friedrich Lochner Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8 Appears in 10 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Soul, what return has God, thy Savior, For all He gives thee day by day? Oh, hast thou in thy gift a favor That can delight and please Him?—Say! The best of offerings He requires: Thy heart it is that He desires. 2. Give unto God thy heart’s affection; Who else can claim thee as His own? Should Satan hold thee in subjection? With him but pangs of hell are known. To Thee alone, O Lord divine, My heart and all I now resign. 3. Accept the gift which Thou requirest, My heart and soul, O gracious God, The first-fruits Thou so much desirest, For which Thy Son paid with His blood. To Thee I willingly assign My heart, dear Lord, for it is Thine. 4. Whom should I give my heart’s affection But Thee, who gavest Thine to faith? Thy fervent love is my protection; Lord, Thou hast loved me unto death. My heart with Thine shall ever be One heart throughout eternity. Used With Tune: O DASS ICH TAUSEND Text Sources: composite translation from German to English

Now I have found the firm foundation

Author: J. A. Rothe Appears in 12 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Now I have found the firm foundation, where evermore my anchor grounds! It lay there ere the world's creation, where else, but in my Savior's wounds? Foundation, which unmoved shall stay, when earth and heaven pass away. 2 It is that mercy never ending, Which all conception far transcends, Of Him, who, with love's arms extending, To wretched sinners condescends; Whose heart with pity still doth break, Whether we seek Him, or forsake. 3 Our ruin God has not intended, He wills salvation to bestow; For this the Son to earth descended, And then to heaven again did go; For this so loudly evermore He knocketh at our heart’s closed door. 4 O depth of love, in which, past finding, My sins through Christ's blood disappear; This is for wounds the safest binding, There is no condemnation here; For Jesus’ blood through earth and skies Forever Mercy! Mercy! cries. 5 I never will forget this crying, In faith I’ll trust it all my days, And, when o’er all my sins I’m sighing, I towards my Father’s heart will gaze; For there is always to be found Free mercy without end and bound. 6 Though I be robbed of every pleasure That soul and body can make glad, Bereft of every earthly treasure, Forlorn, forsaken, lone and sad: However far His help may be, His mercy yet is left to me. 7 If earthly cares and want oppress me, And cause me sorrow and regret That things so vain can still distress me, And give me so much trouble yet: Though I am bowed down to the dust, Still in His mercy I will trust. 8 If in the best of all my actions, In works that are admired the most, I must perceive great imperfections, I surely have no right to boast; Yet this sweet comfort doth abide: In mercy only I confide. 9 Be it with me as He is willing, Whose mercy is a boundless sea; May He himself my heart be stilling, That this may ne'er forgotten be; Then it will rest, in joy and woe, On mercy, while it beats below. 10 On this foundation I unshrinking Will stand, while I on earth remain; This shall engage my acting, thinking, While I the breath of life retain; Then I will sing eternally, Unfathomed Mercy, still of Thee. Topics: The Order Of Salvation Used With Tune: [Now I have found the firm foundation]

O That I Had A Thousand Voices

Author: Catherine Winkworth; J. Mentzer Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O that I had a thousand voices And with a thousand tongues could tell Of Him in whom the earth rejoices, Who all things wisely does and well! My grateful heart would then be free To tell what God has done for me. 2 O all ye pow'rs that He implanted, Arise, and silence keep no more; Ye senses all that He has granted, Awake, the Lord of hosts adore-- My soul and body, make ye meet, The Lord with hymns of praise to greet. 3 Ye forest leaves, so green and tender, That dance for joy in summer air; Ye meadow grasses, bright and slender, Ye flow'rs, so wondrous sweet and fair, That live to show His praise alone, Help me to make His glory known. 4 Ye creatures that have breath and motion, That fill with life, earth, sea and sky, O join me in my heart's devotion, As I exalt the Lord most high: My utmost pow'rs can ne'er aright Declare the wonders of His might. 5 But I will tell, while I am living, His tenderness with every breath And come before Him with thanksgiving Until my heart is still in death: Nay, when at last my lips grow cold, His praise shall in my sighs be told. 6 O Father, deign Thou, I beseech Thee, To listen to my earthly lays; A nobler strain in heaven shall reach Thee When I with angels hymn Thy praise And learn amid their choirs to sing Loud hallelujahs to my King. Topics: Harvest and Thanksgiving Used With Tune: DRETZEL