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'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus

Author: Louisa M. R. Stead, c.1850-1917 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 426 hymnals Topics: The Gospel in the Christian Life Faith, Trust, Love; New Life in Jesus Christ; Trust Refrain First Line: Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! Lyrics: 1 'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, Just to take Him at His word, Just to rest upon His promise, Just to know, "Thus saith the Lord." Refrain: Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I've proved Him o'er and o'er! Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! Oh, for grace to trust Him more! 2 Oh, how sweet to trust in Jesus, Just to trust His cleansing blood, Just in simple faith to plunge me 'Neath the healing, cleansing flood! [Refrain] 3 Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Jesus, Just from sin and self to cease, Just from Jesus simply taking Life and rest and joy and peace. [Refrain] 4 I'm so glad I learned to trust Thee, Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend; And I know that Thou art with me, Will be with me to the end. [Refrain] Scripture: Matthew 28:20 Used With Tune: TRUST IN JESUS

He leadeth me, he leadeth me

Author: J. H. Gilmore Appears in 1,280 hymnals Topics: Faith in Jesus First Line: He leadeth me! O blessed thought! Lyrics: 1 He leadeth me! O blessed thought! O words with heav'nly comfort fraught! Whate'er I do, where'er I be, Still 'tis God's hand that leadeth me! Refrain: He leadeth me! He leadeth me! By His own hand He leadeth me! His faithful foll'wer I would be, For by His hand He leadeth me. 2 Sometimes 'mid scenes of deepest gloom, Sometimes where Eden's bowers bloom, By waters calm, o'er troubled sea, Still 'tis His hand that leadeth me. [Refrain] 3 Lord, I would clasp Thy hand in mine, Nor even murmur nor repine; Content, whatever lot I see, Since 'tis my God that leadeth me. [Refrain] 4 And when my task on earth is done, When, by Thy grace, the victory's won, E'en death's cold wave I will not flee, Since God through Jordan leadeth me. [Refrain]

Jesus Is a Rock in a Weary Land

Meter: 6.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Faith in Jesus Christ First Line: No man can do like Jesus Lyrics: Refrain: Jesus is a rock in a weary land, a weary land, a weary land; My Jesus is a rock in a weary land, a shelter in the time of storm. 1 No man can do like Jesus, Not a mumbling word He said; He went walking down to Lazarus’ grave, And He raised him from the dead. [Refrain] 2 When Jesus was on earth, The flesh was very weak; He girdled himself with a tow'l, And washed his disciples feet. [Refrain] 3 Yonder comes my Savior, Him whom I love so well; He has the palm of victory, And the keys of death and Hell. [Refrain Scripture: Numbers 20:1-13 Used With Tune: WEARY LAND Text Sources: Traditional

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SOLID ROCK

Appears in 499 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William B. Bradbury, 1816-1868 Topics: Darkness; Eternal Life; Hope; Jesus Christ Blood of; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Jesus Christ Solid Rock; Testimony/Witness; Trust in God; Unity and Fellowship; Elements of Worship Profession of Faith Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 51353 32234 44217 Used With Text: My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

HEREFORD

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 34 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1810-76 Topics: Consolation; Consummation in Christ; Faith; Jesus Christ Friend and Companion; Joy; Light; Longing for God Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 33212 43321 22 Used With Text: Lord Jesus, joy of loving hearts

IN CHRIST ALONE

Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 35 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Keith Getty; Stuart Townend Topics: Church Year Easter/Season of Easter; Powers of Darkness; Humility; Jesus Christ Confidence in; Jesus Christ Confidence in; Jesus Christ Hope; Jesus Christ Solid Rock; Praise of Christ; Victory; Elements of Worship Profession of Faith Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 56115 61232 16321 Used With Text: In Christ Alone

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Certainly, Lord!

Author: Ray East Hymnal: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #747 (2012) Meter: 7.4.7.4.7.4.10 Topics: Faith in Jesus Christ First Line: Do you reject old Satan Refrain First Line: Cert'nly, cert'nly, cert'nly, Lord! Languages: English Tune Title: CERTAINLY LORD

Give Me Jesus

Hymnal: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #350 (2012) Meter: 6.6.6.4 with refrain Topics: Faith in Jesus Christ First Line: I heard my mother say Lyrics: 1 I heard my mother say, I heard my mother say, I heard my mother say, Give me Jesus. Refrain: Give me Jesus. Give me Jesus, You may have all this world, Give me Jesus. Give me Jesus. Give me Jesus, You may have all this world, Give me Jesus. 2 Dark midnight was my cry, Dark midnight was my cry, Dark midnight was my cry, Give me Jesus. [Refrain] 3 Oh, when I come to die, Oh, when I come to die, Oh, when I come to die, Give me Jesus. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: GIVE ME JESUS

O pow'r of love, all else transcending

Author: H. Brueckner; G. Tersteegen Hymnal: Wartburg Hymnal #271 (1918) Topics: Faith in Jesus Lyrics: 1 O pow'r of love, all else transcending, In Jesus present evermore, I worship Thee, in homage bending, And sing of Thy celestial lore: Yea, let my soul, in deep devotion, Bathe in love's mighty boundless ocean. 2 Thou art my rest, no earthly treasure Can satisfy my yearning heart, And naught can give to me the pleasure I find in Thee, my chosen part. Thy love, so tender and caressing, Is joy to me, and every blessing. 3 To Thee my heart and life be given, Thou art in truth my highest Good; For me Thy sacred side was riven, For me was shed Thy precious blood. O thou who art the world's salvation, Be Thine my love and adoration.

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Johnson Oatman, Jr., 1856-1922 Topics: Faith in Jesus Christ Author of "No, Not One!" in Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Johnson Oatman, Jr., son of Johnson and Rachel Ann Oatman, was born near Medford, N. J., April 21, 1856. His father was an excellent singer, and it always delighted the son to sit by his side and hear him sing the songs of the church. Outside of the usual time spent in the public schools, Mr. Oatman received his education at Herbert's Academy, Princetown, N. J., and the New Jersey Collegiate Institute, Bordentown, N. J. At the age of nineteen he joined the M.E. Church, and a few years later he was granted a license to preach the Gospel, and still later he was regularly ordained by Bishop Merrill. However, Mr. Oatman only serves as a local preacher. For many years he was engaged with his father in the mercantile business at Lumberton, N. J., under the firm name of Johnson Oatman & Son. Since the death of his father, he has for the past fifteen years been in the life insurance business, having charge of the business of one of the great companies in Mt. Holly, N. J., where he resides. He has written over three thousand hymns, and no gospel song book is considered as being complete unless it contains some of his hymns. In 1878 he married Wilhelmina Reid, of Lumberton, N.J. and had three children, Rachel, Miriam, and Percy. Excerpted from Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers by Jacob Henry Hall; Fleming H. Revell, Co. 1914

Joseph Medlicott Scriven

1819 - 1886 Topics: The Church in the World Commitment: Trust; Assurance; Christian Experience; Comfort/Consolation; Commitment; Conflict and Struggle; Courage; Discouragement; Friendship; God Deliverance; God Faithfulness; Grief; Jesus Christ Faithfulness; Jesus Christ Love of; Jesus Christ Person; Jesus Christ Presence; Jesus Christ Refuge; Jesus Christ Saviour; Jesus Christ Strength and Refuge; Need for God/Christ; Pain; Peace (Inner, Calmness, Serenity; Prayer; Service Music Invitation to Prayer; Trials; Trust; Proper 9 Year A; Proper 23 Year A; Proper 21 Year B; Advent 3 Year C; Proper 12 Year C; Proper 24 Year C; Proper 26 Year C Author of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" in Voices United Joseph M. Scriven (b. Seapatrick, County Down, Ireland, 1819; d. Bewdley, Rice Lake, ON, Canada, 1886), an Irish immigrant to Canada, wrote this text near Port Hope, Ontario, in 1855. Because his life was filled with grief and trials, Scriven often needed the solace of the Lord as described in his famous hymn. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, he enrolled in a military college to prepare for an army career. However, poor health forced him to give up that ambition. Soon after came a second blow—his fiancée died in a drowning accident on the eve of their wedding in 1844. Later that year he moved to Ontario, where he taught school in Woodstock and Brantford. His plans for marriage were dashed again when his new bride-to-be died after a short illness in 1855. Following this calamity Scriven seldom had a regular income, and he was forced to live in the homes of others. He also experienced mistrust from neighbors who did not appreciate his eccentricities or his work with the underprivileged. A member of the Plymouth Brethren, he tried to live according to the Sermon on the Mount as literally as possible, giving and sharing all he had and often doing menial tasks for the poor and physically disabled. Because Scriven suffered from depression, no one knew if his death by drowning in Rice Lake was suicide or an accident. Bert Polman ================ Scriven, Joseph. Mr. Sankey, in his My Life and Sacred Songs, 1906, p. 279, says that Scriven was b. in Dublin in 1820, was a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, and went to Canada when he was 25, and died there at Port Hope, on Lake Ontario, in 1886. His hymn:— What a Friend we have in Jesus. [Jesus our Friend] was, according to Mr. Sankey, discovered to be his in the following manner: "A neighbour, sitting up with him in his illness, happened upon a manuscript of 'What a Friend we have in Jesus.' Reading it with great delight, and questioning Mr. Scriven about it, he said he had composed it for his mother, to comfort her in a time of special sorrow, not intending any one else should see it." We find the hymn in H. 1... Hastings's Social Hymns, Original and Selected, 1865, No. 242; and his Song of Pilgrimage, 1886, No. 1291, where it is attributed to "Joseph Scriven, cir. 1855." It is found in many modern collections. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Ralph Vaughan Williams

1872 - 1958 Topics: Church in the World Renewal: Transformation; Assurance; Calling and Response; Christian Experience; Comfort/Consolation; Conversion; Courage; Faith; Guidance; Jesus Christ Friend; Jesus Christ Light; Jesus Christ Love For; Jesus Christ Person; Jesus Christ Presence; Jesus Christ Words of; Joy; Life; Light; Love; Morning; Need for God/Christ; Pilgrimage and Conflict; Promise(s); Renewal; Repentance; Rest; Salvation; Star(s); Sun; Thirst For God; Transformation; Traveller; Trust; Water; Wholeness; Christmas Eve Year A; Christmas 2 Year A; Epiphany Year A; Lent 3 Year A; Lent 4 Year A; Proper 9 Year A; Christmas 2 Year B; Proper 14 Year B; Proper 18 Year B; Epiphany 3 Year C; Proper 6 Year C; Proper 12 Year C; Proper 19 Year C Arranger of "KINGSFOLD" in Voices United Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence in his life was the English folk song. A knowledgeable collector of folk songs, he was also a member of the Folksong Society and a supporter of the English Folk Dance Society. Vaughan Williams wrote various articles and books, including National Music (1935), and composed numerous arrangements of folk songs; many of his compositions show the impact of folk rhythms and melodic modes. His original compositions cover nearly all musical genres, from orchestral symphonies and concertos to choral works, from songs to operas, and from chamber music to music for films. Vaughan Williams's church music includes anthems; choral-orchestral works, such as Magnificat (1932), Dona Nobis Pacem (1936), and Hodie (1953); and hymn tune settings for organ. But most important to the history of hymnody, he was music editor of the most influential British hymnal at the beginning of the twentieth century, The English Hymnal (1906), and coeditor (with Martin Shaw) of Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928). Bert Polman

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