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More Love to Thee, O Christ

Author: Mrs. Elizabeth Prentiss Appears in 851 hymnals Scripture: John 15:8 First Line: More love to Thee, O Christ! Used With Tune: [More love to Thee, O Christ!]

Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me

Author: Paul Gerhardt; John Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 353 hymnals Scripture: John 15:13 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, thy boundless love to me no thought can reach, no tongue declare; O draw my thankful heart to thee, and reign without a rival there! Thine wholly, thine alone, I am; be thou alone my constant flame. 2 O, grant that nothing in my soul may dwell, but thy pure love alone; O, may thy love possess me whole, my joy, my treasure, and my crown! All coldness from my heart remove; my every act, word, thought, be love. 3 In suffering be thy love my peace, in weakness be thy love my power; and when the storms of life shall cease, O Jesus, in that final hour, be thou my rod and staff and guide, and draw me safely to thy side! Topics: Suffering of Believers; Aspiration; Our Death; Love Christ’s Love fro Us; Submission; Suffering of Believers Used With Tune: ST. CATHERINE

Take Time to Be Holy

Author: William D. Longstaff Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 328 hymnals Scripture: John 15:7 Lyrics: 1 Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord; abide in him always, and feed on his Word. Make friends of God's children; help those who are weak, forgetting in nothing his blessing to seek. 2 Take time to be holy, the world rushes on; spend much time in secret with Jesus alone; by looking to Jesus, like him thou shalt be; thy friends in thy conduct his likeness shall see. 3 Take time to be holy, let him be thy guide, and run not before him, whatever betide; in joy or in sorrow still follow thy Lord, and, looking to Jesus, still trust in his Word. 4 Take time to be holy, be calm in thy soul, each thought and each motive beneath his control; thus led by his Spirit to fountains of love, thou soon shalt be fitted for service above. Topics: Calmness; Following God/Christ; Holiness of Life; Prayer; Submission; Word of God Used With Tune: HOLINESS

Wondrous Love

Appears in 256 hymnals Scripture: John 15:13 First Line: What wondrous love is this Used With Tune: [What wondrous love is this] Text Sources: Selected

Wonderful Story of Love

Author: J. M. D. Appears in 195 hymnals Scripture: John 15:13 Refrain First Line: Wonderful! Lyrics: 1 Wonderful story of love; Tell it to me again; Wonderful story of love; Wake the immortal strain! Angels with rapture announce it, Shepherds with wonder receive it; Sinner, O won’t you believe it? Wonderful story of love. Refrain: Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful story of love! 2 Wonderful story of love; Tho' you are far away; Wonderful story of love; Still He doth call to-day, Calling from Calvary’s mountain, Down from the crystal bright fountain, E’en from the dawn of creation, Wonderful story of love. [Refrain] 3 Wonderful story of love; Jesus provides a rest; Wonderful story of love; For all the pure and blest; Rest in those mansions above us With those who’ve gone on before us, Singing the rapturous chorus, Wonderful story of love. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Wonderful story of love]

Come Down, O Love Divine

Author: Richard Frederick Littledale (1833-1890); Bianco da Siena (d. 1434) Meter: 6.6.11 D Appears in 114 hymnals Scripture: John 15:26 Lyrics: 1 Come down, O Love Divine, seek out this soul of mine, and visit it with your own ardour glowing; O Comforter, draw near, within my heart appear, and kindle it, your holy flame bestowing. 2 O let it freely burn, till earthly passions turn to dust and ashes, in its heat consuming; and let your glorious light shine ever on my sight, and clothe me round, the while my path illuming. 3 Let holy charity my outward vesture be, and lowliness becomes my inner clothing; true lowliness of heart, which takes the humbler part, and o'er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing. 4 And so the yearning strong, with which the soul will long, shall far outpass the power of human telling; we cannot guess its grace, till he become the place wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling. Topics: Our Response to Christ In Penitence; The Holy Spirit The Coming of the Spirit; Holy Spirit as Comforter; Humility; Longing; Purity Of Heart Used With Tune: DOWN AMPNEY

Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners!

Author: J. Wilbur Chapman Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 84 hymnals Scripture: John 15:15 Refrain First Line: Hallelujah! what a Savior! Lyrics: 1 Jesus! what a Friend for sinners! Jesus! lover of my soul; friends may fail me, foes assail me, he, my Savior, makes me whole. Refrain: Hallelujah! what a Savior! Hallelujah, what a Friend! Saving, helping, keeping, loving, he is with me to the end. 2 Jesus! what a strength in weakness! Let me hide myself in him; tempted, tried, and sometimes failing, he, my strength, my vict'ry wins. [Refrain] 3 Jesus! what a help in sorrow! While the billows o'er me roll, even when my heart is breaking, he, my comfort, helps my soul. [Refrain] 4 Jesus! what a guide and keeper! While the tempest still is high, storms about me, night o'ertakes me, he, my pilot, hears my cry. [Refrain] 5 Jesus! I do now receive him, more than all in him I find; he hath granted me forgiveness, I am his, and he is mine. [Refrain] Topics: Christ Comforter; Christ Friend; Christ Praise of; Christ Refuge Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL

I Hunger and I Thirst

Author: John Samuel Bewley Monsell Meter: 6.6.6.6 Appears in 68 hymnals Scripture: John 15:1-2 Lyrics: 1 I hunger and I thirst; Jesus, my manna be: ye living waters, burst out of the rock for me. 2 Thou bruised and broken Bread, my life-long needs supply; as living souls are fed, O feed me, or I die! 3 Thou true life-giving Vine, let me thy sweetness prove; renew my life with thine, refresh my soul with love. 4 Rough paths my feet have trod, since first their course began; feed me, thou Bread of God; help me, thou Son of Man. 5 For still the desert lies my thirsting soul before; O living waters, rise within me evermore. Used With Tune: DOLOMITE CHANT

"I am the Vine"

Author: K. Shaw Appears in 52 hymnals Scripture: John 15:1-10 First Line: I am the vine, and ye are the branches Refrain First Line: I am the vine, and ye are the branches Lyrics: 1 I am the vine, and ye are the branches, Bear precious fruit for Jesus to-day; The branch that in me no fruit ever beareth, Jesus hath said, "He taketh away." Chorus: I am the vine, and ye are the branches; I am the vine, be faithful and true; Ask what ye will, your prayer shall be granted; "The Father loved me, so I have loved you." 2 Now ye are clean, thro' words I have spoken, Abiding in me, much fruit ye shall bear; "Dwelling in thee, my promise unbroken, Glory in heav'n with me ye shall share. [Chorus] 3 Yes, by your fruits the world is to know you, Walking in love as children of day; Follow your Guide, he passed on before you, Leading to realms of glorious day. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [I am the vine, and ye are the branches]

He Came Down

Appears in 29 hymnals Scripture: John 15 First Line: [He Came Down] Text Sources: Cameroon traditional - Sing! A New Creation (SNC) (CRC Publications)