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The Banquet of Love

Author: A. S. Kieffer Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Go forth in the highway, and bid to my banquet Refrain First Line: Now all things are ready Lyrics: 1 Go forth in the highway, and bid to my banquet, Behold! it stands ready today; The chosen have tarried, bring hither the needy, That throng in life’s busy highway. Refrain: Now all things are ready, the Master says, “Come,” The whole world is bidden, and yet there is room, The whole world is bidden, The whole world is bidden, The whole world—and yet there is room. 2 Then quickly the servants went out from their Master, His message with gladness they told; And in from the highway the needy came flocking, His mercy and love to behold. [Refrain] 3 O way-worn and weary, despise not the message That sounds in life’s busy highway; Reject not His mercy, the Saviour stands waiting— The banquet is ready today. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Go forth in the highway, and bid to my banquet]

The Heavenly Crown

Author: Anon. Appears in 14 hymnals First Line: Gracious Saviour, can it be Refrain First Line: Yes, oh, yes, if you believe Lyrics: 1 Gracious Saviour, can it be There awaits a crown for me, Set with gems so pure, so bright, Sparkling each with heav’nly light? Refrain: Yes, oh, yes, if you believe, Jesus has a crown to give; Yes, oh, yes, if you believe, Jesus has a crown to give. 2 Can it be a harp of gold, Glitt’ring bright, these hands shall hold? That this voice shall join the song, Sung by angels round the throne? [Refrain] 3 Shall I pass the pearly gates? Shall I walk the golden streets? Shall I see the great white throne, And behold the Lamb thereon? [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Gracious Saviour, can it be]

Come and Be Saved

Author: Mrs. S. M. Harrington Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Come to Me, oh, weary, heavy laden Refrain First Line: Come, oh, come, sinner, come Lyrics: 1 Come to Me, oh, weary, heavy laden, With thy load of sin opprest; Come to Me, all ye whose hopes are fading, Come, and I will give you rest. Refrain: Come, oh, come, sinner, come, Come now to Jesus and be saved! List to His voice! Hear and rejoice; Oh, come and be saved! 2 Come to Me, all ye opprest by sorrow, ‘Neath the brand of sin and shame, Come to Me and find a brighter morrow; Own and trust in Jesus’ name. [Refrain] 3 Come to Me, I’ll bear thy ills and crosses, Calm thy grief within thy breast; Come to Me with all thy heavy losses, Come, and I will give thee rest. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Come to Me, oh, weary, heavy laden]

Dear Father, to Thy Mercy Seat

Appears in 193 hymnals First Line: Dear Father! to Thy mercy seat Used With Tune: [Dear Father, to Thy mercy seat]

Forever Here My Rest

Appears in 497 hymnals First Line: Forever here my rest shall be Lyrics: 1 Forever here my rest shall be, Close to Thy bleeding side; This all my hope and all my plea; For me the Saviour died. For me, for me, What can I ask beside? This all my hope and all my plea; For me the Saviour died. 2 No voice can sing, no heart can frame, Nor can the mem’ry find A sweeter sound than Jesus’ name— The Saviour of mankind. Dear name, dear name, No other can I find; A sweeter sound than Jesus’ name— The Saviour of mankind. 3 O, hope of ev’ry contrite heart, O, joy of all the meek! To those who ask, how kind Thou art, How good to those who seek! How good, how good, How good to those who ask; To those who ask, how kind Thou art, How good to those who seek! Scripture: Acts 2:26 Used With Tune: [Forever here my rest shall be]

Pray for the Wanderer

Author: Rev. C. M. Hott Appears in 28 hymnals First Line: Far in the desert wild Lyrics: 1 Far in the desert wild, Walking a dreary way; Suff’ring and sin-defiled, Going astray. Refrain: Pray for the wanderer, Pray for the wanderer, Pray for the wanderer, Going astray. 2 Tenderly bid them come Back from sin’s wilderness; Come to our father’s home Sav’d by His grace. [Refrain] 3 Plead now at mercy’s gate For each poor wand’ring one; Soon it will be too late, Life will be gone. [Refrain] 4 Pray, and with love entreat All who by sin are press’d; Bid them at Jesus’ feet Find endless rest. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Far in the desert wild]

At the Saviour’s Right Hand

Author: E. R. Latta Appears in 26 hymnals First Line: In the day of all days, when the world shall be judged Refrain First Line: Let me find a place with that happy band Lyrics: 1 In the day of all days, when the world shall be judged, And the chaff from the wheat shall be thoroughly fanned, Then the righteous shall shine as the stars in the sky, And their places shall be at the Saviour’s right hand. Refrain: Let me find a place with that happy band, Who shall ever abide, Abide at the Saviour’s right hand. 2 But the wicked who will not repent and believe, And will never live up to the Master’s command, Shall be placed on the left, as unworthy to be With the children of God at the Saviour’s right hand. [Refrain] 3 We are journeying on to eternity, now, On the bank of death’s Jordan we sometime shall stand; Shall we fear to pass over the dark rolling flood, Lest our portion be not at the Saviour’s right hand. [Refrain] 4 If our Shepherd He is, and we follow His call, He will lead us safe home, to that beautiful land; And with crowns on our brows, and with branches of palm, We shall ever abide at the Saviour’s right hand. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [In the day of all days, when the world shall be judged]

I Am Waiting

Author: W. O. Cushing Appears in 54 hymnals First Line: I am waiting by the river Refrain First Line: I'm waiting for the boatman Lyrics: 1 I am waiting by the river, And my heart has waited long; Now I think I hear the chorus Of the angels’ welcome song. Refrain: I’m waiting for the boatman, I am waiting till he comes; I am waiting on the shore, For my journey’s almost o’er, I am waiting, yes, I’m waiting to go home. 2 Far away beyond the shadows Of this weary vale of tears, There the tide of bliss is sweeping, Thro’ the bright and changeless years. [Refrain] 3 They are launching on the river, From the calm and quiet shore, And they soon will bear my spirit Where the weary sigh no more. [Refrain] 4 Oh, I long to be with Jesus, In the mansions of the blest, Where the wicked cease from troubling, And the weary are at rest. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [I am waiting by the river]

Was It For Me?

Author: J. M. W. Appears in 17 hymnals First Line: Was it for me, for me alone Refrain First Line: It was for me, yes, all for me Lyrics: 1 Was it for me, for me alone, The Saviour left His glorious throne, The dazzling splendors of the sky? Was it for me He came to die? Refrain: It was for me, yes, all for me, Oh! love of God, so great, so free, Oh! wondrous love, I'll shout and sing, He died for me, my Lord and King. 2 Was it for me, sweet angel strains Came floating o'er Judea's plains, That starlit night, so long ago? Was it for me God plann’d it so? [Refrain] 3 Was it for me He wept and pray’d, My load of sin before Him laid, That night within Gethsemane? Was it for me—that agony? [Refrain] 4 Was it for me He bow’d His head Upon the cross and freely shed His precious blood—that crimson tide? Was it for me the Saviour died? [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Was it for me, for me alone]

Lights Along the Shore

Author: Josepine Pollard Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: There are lights by the shore of that country Refrain First Line: Oh, the lights, See the lights Lyrics: 1 There are lights by the shore of that country, Where my bark amid perils I steer; And they ever grow brighter and brighter, As that glorious haven I near. Refrain: Oh, the lights, See the lights That never, never will grow dim; See the bright lights, Growing brighter, And they guide us unto Him. 2 There are lights by that shore as we journey, As we float down the river of time; All the days of our pilgrimage brighten With a radiance truly sublime. [Refrain] 3 Oh, they tell of a hope that will cheer us In the midst of our sorrows and cares, When the lamp on our vessel burns dimly, And we watch for the glimmer of theirs. [Refrain] 4 Then forget not to keep your light shining; Oh, then, Christian, be earnest and true; For a soul on life's ocean may perish— And may sink in the waves but for you. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [There are lights by the shore of that country]