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My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

Author: Edward Mote, 1797-1874 Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 1,113 hymnals Topics: Jesus, Our Shepherd Refrain First Line: On Christ Lyrics: 1 My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesus' name. Refrain: On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand. 2 When darkness veils His lovely face I rest on His unchanging grace; In every high and stormy gale, My anchor holds within the veil. [Refrain] 3 His oath, His covenant, His blood Support me in the whelming flood; When all around my soul gives way, He then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain] 4 When He shall come with trumpet sound, O may I then in Him be found! Dressed in His righteousness alone, Faultless to stand before the throne! [Refrain] Used With Tune: THE SOLID ROCK

Take the Name of Jesus With You

Author: Lydia Baxter, 1809-1874 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 678 hymnals Topics: Jesus, Our Shepherd Refrain First Line: Precious Name, O how sweet! Lyrics: 1 Take the name of Jesus with you, Child of sorrow and of woe; It will joy and comfort give you– Take it, then, where'er you go. Refrain: Precious Name, O how sweet! Hope of earth and joy of heaven; Precious Name, O how sweet! Hope of earth and joy of heaven. 2 Take the Name of Jesus ever, As a shield from every snare; If temptations round you gather, Breathe that holy Name in prayer. [Refrain] 3 O the precious Name of Jesus! How it thrills our souls with joy, When His loving arms receive us, And His songs our tongues employ! [Refrain] 4 At the Name of Jesus bowing, Falling prostrate at His feet. King of kings in heaven we'll crown Him, When our journey is complete. [Refrain] Used With Tune: PRECIOUS NAME

Saviour, More Than Life to Me

Author: Fanny J Crosby, 1820-1915 Meter: 7.9.7.9 with refrain Appears in 448 hymnals Topics: Jesus, Our Shepherd Refrain First Line: Every day, every hour Lyrics: 1 Saviour, more than life to me, I am clinging, clinging close to Thee; Let Thy precious blood applied, Keep me ever, ever near Thy side. Refrain: Every day, every hour Let me feel Thy cleansing power; May Thy tender love to me Bind me closer, closer, Lord, to Thee. 2 Thro' this changing world below, Lead me gently, gently as I go; Trusting Thee, I cannot stray, I can never, never lose my way. [Refrain] 3 Let me love Thee more and more, Till this fleeting, fleeting life is o'er; Till my soul is lost in love, In a brighter, brighter world above. [Refrain] Used With Tune: EVERY DAY AND HOUR

I Have Saviour, He's Pleading in Glory

Author: Samuel O'M Cluff Meter: 11.11.12.11 with refrain Appears in 506 hymnals Topics: Jesus, Our Shepherd First Line: I have a Saviour, He's pleading in glory Refrain First Line: For you I am praying Lyrics: 1 I have a Saviour, He’s pleading in glory, A dear, loving Saviour, though earth-friends be few; And now He is watching in tenderness o’er me, But oh, that my Saviour were your Saviour, too! Refrain: For you I am praying, For you I am praying, For you I am praying, I’m praying for you. 2 I have a Father; to me He has given A hope for eternity, blessed and true; And soon will He call me to meet Him in glory, But oh, that He’d let me bring you with me, too! [Refrain] 3 When Jesus finds you, tell others the story, That your loving Saviour is your Saviour, too; Then pray that the Father will bring them to glory, And prayer will be answered; ’twas answered for you! [Refrain] Used With Tune: I AM PRAYING FOR YOU

Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour

Author: Fanny J Crosby, 1820-1915 Meter: 8.5.8.5 with refrain Appears in 937 hymnals Topics: Jesus, Our Shepherd Refrain First Line: Saviour, Saviour, hear my humble cry Lyrics: 1 Pass me not, O gentle Saviour, Hear my humble cry; While on others Thou art calling, Do not pass me by. Refrain: Saviour, Saviour, hear my humble cry, While on others Thou art calling, Do not pass me by. 2 Let me at Thy throne of mercy Find a sweet relief; Kneeling there in deep contrition, Help my unbelief. [Refrain] 3 Trusting only in Thy merit, Would I seek Thy face; Heal my wounded, broken spirit, Save me by Thy grace. [Refrain] 4 Thou the Spring of all my comfort, More than life for me, Whom have I on earth beside Thee? Whom in heaven but Thee? [Refrain] AMEN. Used With Tune: PASS ME NOT

Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee

Author: Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153; Edward Caswell, 1814-1878 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,044 hymnals Topics: Jesus, Our Shepherd Lyrics: 1 Jesus, the very thought of Thee, With sweetness fills the breast; But sweeter far Thy face to see, And in Thy presence rest. 2 Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame, Nor can the memory find A sweeter sound than Thy blest Name, O Saviour of mankind! 3 O Hope of every contrite heart, O Joy of all the meek, To those who fall, how kind Thou art! How good to those who seek! 4 But what to those who find? Ah, this Nor tongue nor pen can show: The love of Jesus, what it is None but His loved ones know. 5 Jesus, our only joy be Thou, As Thou our prize wilt be: Jesus, be Thou our glory now, And through eternity. AMEN. Used With Tune: ST AGNES

O Sometimes the Shadows Are Deep

Author: E Johnson Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 294 hymnals Topics: Jesus, Our Shepherd Refrain First Line: O then to the Rock let me fly Lyrics: 1 O sometimes the shadows are deep, And rough seems the path to the goal, And sorrows, sometimes how they sweep Like tempests down over the soul! Refrain: O then to the Rock let me fly, To the Rock that is higher than I; O then to the Rock let me fly, To the Rock that is higher than I! 2 O sometimes how long seems the day, And sometimes how weary my feet; But toiling in life's dusty way, The Rock's blessed shadow, how sweet! [Refrain] 3 O near to the Rock let me keep If blessings or sorrow prevail; Or climbing the mountain way steep, Or walking the shadowy vale. [Refrain] Used With Tune: THE ROCK OF REFUGE

Saviour, Again to Thy Dear Name We Raise

Author: John Ellerton Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 863 hymnals Topics: Jesus, Our Shepherd Lyrics: 1 Saviour, again to Thy dear name we raise With one accord our parting hymn of praise; We stand to bless Thee ere our worship cease, And still our hearts to wait Thy word of peace. 2 Grant us Thy peace upon our homeward way; With Thee began, with Thee shall end the day: Guard Thou the lips from sin, the hearts from shame, That in this house have called upon Thy name. 3 Grant us Thy peace, Lord, through the coming night, Turn Thou for us its darkness into light; From harm and danger keep Thy children free, For dark and light are both alike to Thee. 4 Grant us Thy peace throughout our earthly life, Our balm in sorrow, and our stay in strife; Then, when Thy voice shall bid our conflict cease, Call us, O Lord, to Thine eternal peace. AMEN. Used With Tune: ELLERS

Come, Humble Sinner, In Whose Breast

Author: Edmund Jones Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 713 hymnals Topics: Jesus, Our Shepherd Lyrics: 1 Come, humble sinner, in whose breast A thousand thoughts revolve, Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed, And make this last resolve: 2 I'll go to Jesus, though my sins Like mountains round me close; I know His courts, I'll enter in, Whatever may oppose. 3 Prostrate I'll lie before His throne, And there my guilt confess; I'll tell Him, I'm a wretch undone Without His sovereign grace. 4 Perhaps He will admit my plea, Perhaps will hear my prayer; But if I perish I will pray, And perish only there. 5 I can but perish if I go; I am resolved to try; For if I stay away, I know I must forever die. AMEN. Used With Tune: BALERMA

Angels We Have Heard on High (Les anges dans nos campagnes_

Author: James Chadwick Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 251 hymnals Topics: Biblical Characters Shepherds First Line: Les anges dans nos campagnes (Angels we have heard on high) Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo Lyrics: 1 Les anges dans nos campagnes ont entonné l'hymne des cieux; et l'écho de nos montagnes redit ce chant mélodieux. [Refrain:] Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo! 2 Bergers, pour qui cette fête? Quel est l'objet de tous ces chants? Quel vainqueur, quelle conquête mérite ces cris triomphants? [Refrain] 3 Ils annoncent la naissance du libérateur d'Israël, et pleins de reconnaissance chantent en ce jour solennel. [Refrain] 1 Angels we have heard on high sweetly singing o'er the plains, and the mountains in reply, echoing their joyous strains. [Refrain:] Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo! 2 Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be which inspire your heavenly song? [Refrain] 3 Come to Bethlehem and see Christ whose birth the angels sing; come, adore on bended knee Christ, the Lord, the newborn King. [Refrain] 4 See him in a manger laid, whom the choirs of angels praise; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, while our hearts in love we raise. [Refrain] Used With Tune: GLORIA Text Sources: French trad.