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O God! How Wonderful Thou Art

Author: Frederick William Faber Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 344 hymnals First Line: O God, how wonderful Thou art Lyrics: 1 O God, how wonderful Thou art, Thy majesty how bright! How beautiful Thy mercy-seat, In depths of burning light! 2 Yet I may love Thee too, O Lord, Almighty as Thou art, For Thou hast stooped to ask of me The love of my poor heart. 3 No earthly father loves like Thee, No mother e'er so mild Bears and forbears as Thou hast done With me, Thy sinful child. 4 O God, how wonderful Thou art, Thou everlasting Friend! On Thee I stay my trusting heart Till faith and vision end. Amen. Topics: Worship Prayer and Praise; Sunday after Christmas; God the Father; God as Friend; Thanksgiving Scripture: Proverbs 23:26 Used With Tune: BEATITUDO

From Greenland's Icy Mountains

Author: Reginald Heber Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 1,685 hymnals Lyrics: 1 From Greenland's icy mountain, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand: From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though ev'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vile: In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown; The heathen, in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny? Salvation, O salvation! The joyful sound proclaim, Till earth's remotest nation Has learned Messiah's Name. 4 Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign. Amen. Topics: Missions Foreign; A Missionary Service Used With Tune: MISSIONARY HYMN

Lord of the Harvest, Hear

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 191 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord of the harvest, hear Thy needy servants' cry; O grant our trusting, fervent prayer, And all our wants supply. 2 On Thee we humbly wait, Our wants are in Thy view; The harvest, Lord, is truly great, The laborers are few. 3 Anoint and send forth more Into Thy Church abroad, And let them speak Thy Word of power, As workers with their God. 4 O let them spread Thy Name, Their mission fully prove; Thy universal grace proclaim, Thine all-redeeming love. Amen. Topics: Missions Foreign; A Missionary Service Scripture: Matthew 9:38 Used With Tune: SCHUMANN

Just As I Am, without One Plea

Author: Charlotte Elliott Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2,144 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Just as I am, without one plea But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bidd'st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come! 2 Just as I am, and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I come, I come! 3 Just as I am, though tossed about With many a conflict, many a doubt, Fightings and fears within, without, O Lamb of God, I come, I come! 4 Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind; Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea, all I need in Thee I find, O Lamb of God, I come, I come! 5 Just as I am; Thou wilt receive, Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve, Because Thy promise I believe; O Lamb of God, I come, I come! 6 Just as I am; Thy love unknown Has broken every barrier down; Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone, O Lamb of God, I come, I come! Amen. Topics: Way of Salvation Faith and Justification; Trinity, Third Sunday; Trinity, Fourteenth Sunday; Blood of Christ; Names and Office of Christ Lamb Used With Tune: WOODWORTH

O For a Heart to Praise My God

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,165 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O for a heart to praise my God, A heart from sin set free, A heart that always feels Thy blood, So freely shed for me! 2 A heart resigned, submissive, meek, My great Redeemer’s throne; Where only Christ is heard to speak, Where Jesus reigns alone. 3 A humble, lowly, contrite heart, Believing, true, and clean; Which neither life nor death can part From Him that dwells within; 4 A heart in every thought renewed, And full of love divine; Perfect, and right, and pure, and good, A copy, Lord, of Thine! 5 Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart, Come quickly, from above; Write Thy new Name upon my heart, Thy new, best Name of Love. Amen. Topics: Way of Salvation Sanctification; Epiphany, First Sunday; Trinty, Fourth Sunday; Trinity, Seventeenth Sunday Used With Tune: BEATITUDO

I Need Thee Every Hour

Author: Annie Sherwood Hawks Meter: 6.4.6.4 with refrain Appears in 987 hymnals First Line: I need Thee ev'ry hour Lyrics: 1 I need Thee ev'ry hour, Most gracious Lord, No tender voice like Thine Can peace afford. Refrain: I need Thee, O I need Thee; Ev'ry hour I need Thee: O bless me now, my Saviour, I come to Thee. 2 I need Thee every hour, Stay Thou near by; Temptations lose their power When Thou art nigh. [Refrain] 3 I need Thee every hour, In joy or pain; Come quickly and abide, Or life is vain. [Refrain] 4 I need Thee every hour, Teach me Thy will; And Thy rich promises In me fulfill. [Refrain] 5 I need Thee every hour, Most Holy One, O make me Thine indeed, Thou blessèd Son. [Refrain] Amen. Topics: Way of Salvation Sanctification; Christ Longing for Used With Tune: I NEED THEE

I Gave My Life for Thee

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.6 Appears in 543 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I gave My life for thee, My precious blood I shed, That Thou might'st ransomed be, And quickened from the dead; I gave, I gave My life for thee, What hast thou giv'n for Me? I gave, I gave My life for thee, What hast thou giv'n for Me? 2 My Father's house of light, My glory-circled throne, I left for earthly night, For wand'rings sad and lone; I left, I left it all for thee, Hast thou left aught for Me? I left, I left it all for thee, Hast thou left aught for Me? 3 I suffered much for thee, More than thy tongue can tell, Of bitterest agony, To rescue thee from hell; I've borne, I've borne it all for thee, What hast thou borne for Me? I've borne, I've borne it all for thee, What hast thou borne for Me? 4 And I have brought to thee, Down from My home above, Salvation full and free, My pardon and My love; I bring, I bring rich gifts to thee, What hast thou brought to Me? I bring, I bring rich gifts to thee, What hast thou brought to Me? Amen. Topics: Christian Conduct and Service; Holy Week; Good Friday Used With Tune: I GAVE MY LIFE FOR THEE

Forever with the Lord!

Author: James Montgomery, (1771-1854). Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 632 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Forever with the Lord! Amen; so let it be; Life from the dead is in that word, And immortality. 2 Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home. 3 My Father's house on high, Home of my soul, how near, At times, to faith's foreseeing eye, Thy golden gates appear! 4 And when my latest breath Shall rend the veil in twain, By death I shall escape from death, And life eternal gain. Amen. Topics: Hope and Aspiration Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Used With Tune: THATCHER

O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go

Author: George Matheson Meter: 8.8.8.8.6 Appears in 684 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee; I give Thee back the life I owe, That in Thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be. 2 O Light that follow'st all my way, I yield my flick'ring torch to Thee; My heart restores its borrowed ray, That in Thy sunshine’s glow its day May brighter, fairer be. 3 O Joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to Thee; I trace the rainbow through the rain, And feel the promise is not vain That morn shall tearless be. 4 O Cross that liftest up my head, I dare not ask to hide from Thee; I lay in dust life’s glory dead, And from the ground there blossoms red Life that shall endless be. Amen. Topics: Hope and Aspiration; Names and Office of Christ Joy; Names and Office of Christ Light; Names and Office of Christ Love; Death Prayer for help in Used With Tune: ST. MARGARET

O Safe to the Rock That Is Higher Than I

Author: William Orcutt Cushing, (1823-) Meter: 11.11.11.11 with refrain Appears in 224 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O safe to the Rock that is higher than I, My soul in its conflicts and sorrows would fly; So sinful, so weary, Thine, Thine would I be; Thou blest Rock of Ages, I'm hiding in Thee. Refrain: Hiding in Thee, Hiding in Thee, Thou blest Rock of Ages, I'm hiding in Thee. 2 In the calm of the noontide, in sorrow's lone hour, In times when temptation casts o'er me its power; In the tempests of life, on its wide, heaving sea, Thou blest Rock of Ages, I'm hiding in Thee. [Refrain] 3 How oft in the conflict, when pressed by the foe, I have fled to my Refuge and breathed out my woe; How often, when trials like sea billows roll Have I hidden in Thee, O Thou Rock of my soul. [Refrain] Amen. Topics: Last Things Death and Burial; Names and Office of Christ Rock Used With Tune: O SAFE TO THE ROCK