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Make Me a Blessing
Author: Ira B. Wilson Appears in 90 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Aspiration and Consecration First Line: Out in the highways and byways of life Lyrics: 1 Out in the highways and byways of life,Many are weary and sad;Carry the sunshine where darkness is rife,Making the sorrowing glad.Refrain:Make me a blessing, Make me a blessing,Out of my life may Jesus shine;Make me a blessing, O Saviour, I pray,Make me a blessing to someone today.2 Tell the sweet story of Christ and His love,Tell of His pow'r to forgive;Others will trust Him if only you proveTrue, ev'ry moment you live. [Refrain]3 Give as 'twas given to you in your need,Love as the Master loved you;Be to the helpless a helper in deed,Unto your mission be true. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Out in the highways and byways of life]
Make Me a Blessing
Nearer, Still Nearer
Author: Lelia N. Morris, 1862-1929 Appears in 228 hymnals Topics: The Christian Way of Life Aspiration and Consecration First Line: Nearer, still nearer, close to Thy heart Lyrics: 1 Nearer, still nearer, close to Thy heart,
Draw me, my Savior, so precious Thou art;
Fold me, O fold me close to Thy breast,
Shelter me safe in that “Haven of Rest,”
Shelter me safe in that “Haven of Rest.”
2 Nearer, still nearer, nothing I bring,
Naught as an offering to Jesus my King;
Only my sinful, now contrite heart,
Grant me the cleansing Thy blood doth impart,
Grant me the cleansing Thy blood doth impart.
3 Nearer, still nearer, Lord, to be Thine,
Sin, with its follies, I gladly resign;
All of its pleasures, pomp and its pride,
Give me but Jesus, my Lord, crucified,
Give me but Jesus, my Lord, crucified.
4 Nearer, still nearer, while life shall last,
Till safe in glory my anchor is cast;
Through endless ages, ever to be,
Nearer, my Saviour, still nearer to Thee,
Nearer, my Saviour, still nearer to Thee.
Amen. Used With Tune: MORRIS
Nearer, Still Nearer
O to Be Like Thee
Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Appears in 109 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Aspiration and Consecration First Line: O to be like Thee! Blessed Redeemer Refrain First Line: O to be like Thee! Lyrics: 1 O to be like Thee! Blessed Redeemer,This is my constant longing and prayer;Gladly I'll forfeit all of earth's treasures,Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.Refrain:O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee,Blessed Redeemer, pure as Thou art!Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.2 O to be like Thee! Full of compassion,Loving, forgiving, tender and kind;Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,Seeking the wand'ring sinner to find. [Refrain]3 O to be like Thee! Lowly in spirit,Holy and harmless, patient and brave;Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,Willing to suffer others to save. [Refrain]4 O to be like Thee! Lord, I am comingNow to receive th' anointing divine;All that I am and have I am bringing,Lord, from this moment all shall be Thine. [Refrain]5 O to be like Thee! While I am pleading,Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,Fit me for life and heaven above. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [O to be like Thee! Blessed Redeemer]
O to Be Like Thee
AUSTRIAN HYMN
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 760 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Franz Joseph Haydn Topics: Aspiration and Consecration Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 12324 32716 54323 Used With Text: We Are Called to Be God's People
AUSTRIAN HYMN
I Want to Be Like Jesus
Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Hymnal: The Celebration Hymnal #550 (1997) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Topics: Walking with God Aspiration and Consecration; Aspiration and Consecration First Line: I have one deep, supreme desire Languages: English Tune Title: IVES
I Want to Be Like Jesus
As the Deer
Author: Martin Nystrom Hymnal: The Celebration Hymnal #548 (1997) Meter: Irregular Topics: Walking with God Aspiration and Consecration; Aspiration and Consecration First Line: As the deer panteth for the water, Refrain First Line: You alone are my strength Languages: English Tune Title: AS THE DEER
As the Deer
Higher Ground
Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The Celebration Hymnal #549 (1997) Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Topics: Walking with God Aspiration and Consecration; Aspiration and Consecration First Line: I'm pressing on the upward way Refrain First Line: Lord, lift me up and let me stand Lyrics: 1 I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining every day;
Still praying as I’m onward bound,
“Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”
Refrain:
Lord, lift me up and let me stand
By faith on heaven’s tableland;
A higher plane than I have found–
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.
2 My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Tho' some may dwell where these abound,
My prayer, my aim, is higher ground. [Refrain]
3 I want to live above the world,
Tho' Satan’s darts at me are hurled;
For faith has caught the joyful sound,
The song of saints on higher ground. [Refrain]
4 I want to scale the utmost height
And catch a gleam of glory bright;
But still I’ll pray till heav’n I’ve found,
“Lord, lead me on to higher ground.” [Refrain]
Languages: English Tune Title: HIGHER GROUND
Higher Ground
C. Austin Miles
1868 - 1946 Person Name: C. A. M. Topics: The Christian Life Aspiration and Consecration Author of "If Jesus Goes With Me" in The New Church Hymnal Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel #2” (1905), “Songs of service” (1910), “Ideal Sunday school hymns” (1912). He wrote and/or composed 400+ hymns. He died in Philadelphia, PA.
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C. Austin Miles
S. Dryden Phelps
1816 - 1895 Person Name: Sylvanus D. Phelps, 1816-1895 Topics: The Christian Way of Life Aspiration and Consecration Author of "Saviour, Thy Dying Love" in Worship and Service Hymnal Phelps, Sylvanus Dryden, D.D., was born at Suffield, Connecticut, May 15, 1816, and educated at Brown University, where he graduated in 1844. In 1846 he became pastor of the first Baptist Church, New Haven. Dr. Phelps is the Editor of The Christian Secretary, Hartford. His publications include, Eloquence of Nature, and Other Poems, 1842; Sunlight and Hearthlight, 1856; the Poet's Song, 1867, &c. He is the author of the following hymns:—
1. Christ, Who came my soul to save. Holy Baptism.
2. Did Jesus weep for me? Lent.
3. Saviour, Thy dying love. Passiontide.
4. Sons of day, arise from slumber. Home Missions.
5. This rite our blest Redeemer gave. Holy Baptism.
Of these Nos. 1 and 4 appeared in the Baptist ed. of the Plymouth Collection, 1857; Nos. 2 and 5 in the Baptist Devotional Hymn Book, 1864; and No. 3 in Gospel Hymns, 1st series, and Laudes Domini, 1884. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Phelps, Sylvanus Dryden, p. 893, ii. Additional hymns in common use by Dr. Phelps include (1) "Father, from Thy throne above" (Temperance); (2) "When over our land hung oppression's dark pall" (Temperance), both written in 1841. To J. Aldrich's Sacred Lyre, 1858, he contributed (3) "Sweet is the hour of prayer" (Prayer); (4) "Sweet Sunday-school! I love the place" (Sunday Schools); and (5) "Come friends, and let our hearts awake" (Divine Worship). There are also (6) "Once I heard a sound at my heart's dark door" (Voice of God within), in Pure Gold, with a refrain by Dr. Lowry; (7) "While on life's stormy sea" (Trust in God), written in 1862; and (8) "Come, trembling soul, be not afraid" (Confidence), "written after visiting a sick man, who, feeling his need of Christ, found it difficult to believe." Concerning his popular hymn "Saviour! Thy dying love," Burrage says it was written in 1862, and published in the Watchman and Reflector, and then, with music by Dr. R. Lowry in Pure Gold. It has been translated into Swedish and other languages. Burrage gives a revised version of the text, recently made by the author. (Burrage's Baptist Hymn Writers, 1888, p. 384.)
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
S. Dryden Phelps
H. Ernest Nichol
1862 - 1928 Person Name: H. E. N. Topics: The Christian Life Aspiration and Consecration Author of "We've A Story to Tell to the Nations" in The New Church Hymnal H. Ernest Nichol (b. Hull, Yorkshire, England, 1862; d. Skirlaugh, Yorkshire, England, 1926) had begun a study program in civil engineering when he decided to study music instead. In 1888 he received a bachelor's degree in music from Oxford University. Nichol wrote some 130 hymn tunes and texts, many under the pseudonym “Colin Sterne” (derived from his middle and last name); many were first sung at church school programs.
Psalter Hymnal Handbook
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Nichol, Henry Ernest, was b. Dec. 10, 1862, at Hull. He took the degree of MUS. BAC. at Oxford in 1888. He has written fourteen sets of Sunday School Anniversary Hymns (130 in all), with original tunes, besides many published in leaflet form, mostly under the anagram of 1677
Colin Sterne. The following are in the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, the dates being those of composition and publication by the author:—
1. Life is opening out before you. Christian Courage 1897.
2. Rest, O rest! at eve Thy children's voices. Evening. 1897.
3. We've a story to tell to the nations. Foreign Missions. 1896.
4. Where the flag is flying. Boys Brigade. 1901.
[Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
H. Ernest Nichol
