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We Have an Anchor

Author: Priscilla J. Owens, 1829-1907 Appears in 158 hymnals Topics: The Christian Way of Life Assurance and Trust First Line: Will your anchor hold in the storms of life Refrain First Line: We have an anchor that keeps the soul Lyrics: 1 Will your anchor hold in the storms of life, When the clouds unfold their wings of strife? When the strong tides lift, and the cables strain, Will your anchor drift, or firm remain? Refrain: We have an anchor that keeps the soul Steadfast and sure while the billows roll, Fastened to the Rock which cannot move, Grounded firm and deep in the Saviour’s love. 2 It is safely moored, ’twill the storm withstand, For ’tis well secured by the Saviour’s hand; And the cables, passed from His heart to mine, Can defy that blast, thro’ strength divine. (Refrain) 3 It will firmly hold in the straits of fear, When the breakers have told that the reef is near; Though the tempest rave and the wild winds blow, Not an angry wave shall our bark o’erflow. (Refrain) 4 When our eyes behold through the gath’ring night The city of gold, our harbor bright, We shall anchor fast by the heav’nly shore, With the storms all past forevermore. (Refrain) Used With Tune: [Will your anchor hold in the storms of life]

I Am Resolved

Author: Palmer Hartsough, 1844-1932 Appears in 180 hymnals Topics: The Christian Way of Life Aspiration and Consecration First Line: I am resolved no longer to linger Refrain First Line: I will hasten to Him Lyrics: 1 I am resolved no longer to linger, Charmed by the world's delight; Things that are higher, things that are nobler, These have allured my sight. Refrain: I will hasten to Him, Hasten so glad and free; Jesus, Greatest, Highest, I will come to Thee. 2 I am resolved to go to the Saviour, Leaving my sin and strife; He is the true One, He is the just One, He hath the words of life. (Refrain) 3 I am resolved to follow the Saviour, Faithful and true each day; Heed what He sayeth, do what He willeth, He is the living way. (Refrain) 4 I am resolved to enter the Kingdom, Leaving the paths of sin; Friends may oppose me, foes may beset me, Still will I enter in. (Refrain) Used With Tune: [I am resolved no longer to linger]

Jesus, My Saviour, Look on Me

Author: Charlotte Elliott, 1789-1871 Appears in 126 hymnals Topics: The Christian Way of Life Comfort and Encouragement Lyrics: 1 Jesus, my Saviour, look on me, For I am weary and opprest; I come to cast myself on Thee: Thou art my Rest. 2 Look down on me, for I am weak, I feel the toilsome journey's length; Thine aid omnipotent I seek: Thou art my Strength. 3 I am bewildered on my way, Dark and tempestuous is the night; O send Thou forth some cheering ray! Thou art my Light. 4 When Satan flings his fiery darts, I look to Thee, my terrors cease; Thy Cross a hiding-place imparts: Thou art my Peace. 5 Standing alone on Jordan's brink, In that tremendous latest strife, Thou wilt not suffer me to sink: Thou art my Life. 6 Thou wilt my every want supply E'en to the end, whate'er befall; Through life, in death, eternally, Thou art my All. Amen. Used With Tune: HANFORD

Hiding in Thee

Author: William O. Cushing, 1823-1902 Appears in 232 hymnals Topics: The Christian Way of Life Assurance and Trust First Line: O safe to the Rock that is higher than I 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) Used With Tune: [O save to the Rock that is higher than I]

Nearer, My God, to Thee

Author: Sarah F. Adams, 1805-1848 Appears in 2,559 hymnals Topics: The Christian Way of Life Aspiration and Consecration Lyrics: 1 Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee. 2 Though like the wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone; Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee. 3 There let the way appear Steps unto heaven; All that Thou sendest me In mercy given; Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee. 4 Then, with my waking thoughts Bright with Thy praise, Out of my stony griefs, Bethel I'll raise; So by my woes to be Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee. 5 Or if on joyful wing, Cleaving the sky, Sun, moon, and stars forgot, Upwards I fly, Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee. Amen. Used With Tune: BETHANY

Where He Leads Me

Author: E. W. Blandy, 19th Century Appears in 811 hymnals Topics: The Christian Way of Life Aspiration and Consecration First Line: I can hear my Saviour calling Refrain First Line: Where He leads me I will follow Lyrics: 1 I can hear my Saviour calling, I can hear my Saviour calling, I can hear my Saviour calling, “Take thy cross and follow, follow Me.” Refrain: Where He leads me I will follow, Where He leads me I will follow, Where He leads me I will follow, I’ll go with Him, with Him all the way. 2 I’ll go with Him through the garden, I’ll go with Him through the garden, I’ll go with Him through the garden, I’ll go with Him, with Him all the way. (Refrain) 3 I’ll go with Him through the judgment, I’ll go with Him through the judgment, I’ll go with Him through the judgment, I’ll go with Him, with Him all the way. (Refrain) 4 He will give me grace and glory, He will give me grace and glory, He will give me grace and glory, And go with me, with me all the way. (Refrain) Used With Tune: [I can hear my Savior calling]

In Heavenly Love Abiding

Author: Anna L. Waring, 1820-1910 Appears in 586 hymnals Topics: The Christian Way of Life Assurance and Trust Lyrics: 1 In heavenly love abiding, No change my heart shall fear; And safe is such confiding, For nothing changes here. The storm may roar without me, My heart may low be laid, But God is round about me-- And can I be dismayed? 2 Wherever He may guide me, No want shall turn me back; My Shepherd is beside me, And nothing can I lack. His wisdom ever waketh, His sight is never dim; He knows the way He taketh, And I will walk with Him. 3 Green pastures are before me, Which yet I have not seen; Bright skies will soon be o'er me, Where darkest clouds have been. My hope I cannot measure; The path to life is free; My Saviour has my treasure, And He will walk with me. Amen. Used With Tune: SEASONS

Trust and Obey

Author: John H. Sammis, 1846-1919 Appears in 471 hymnals Topics: The Christian Way of Life Assurance and Trust First Line: When we walk the Lord Refrain First Line: Trust and obey, for there's no other way Lyrics: 1 When we walk with the Lord In the light of His Word, What a glory He sheds on our way! While we do His good will, He abides with us still, And with all who will trust and obey. Refrain: Trust and obey, for there’s no other way To be happy in Jesus, But to trust and obey. 2 Not a shadow can rise, Not a cloud in the skies, But His smile quickly drives it away; Not a doubt or a fear, Not a sigh nor a tear, Can abide while we trust and obey. (Refrain) 3 But we never can prove The delights of His love Until all on the altar we lay; For the favor He shows And the joy He bestows, Are for them who will trust and obey. (Refrain) 4 Then in fellowship sweet We will sit at His feet, Or we’ll walk by His side in the way; What He says we will do, Where He sends we will go-- Never fear, only trust and obey. (Refrain) Used With Tune: [When we walk with the Lord]

Take My Life, and Let It Be

Author: Frances R. Havergal, 1836-1879 Appears in 1,247 hymnals Topics: The Christian Way of Life Aspiration and Consecration Lyrics: 1 Take my life and let it be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee; Take my hands, and let them move At the impulse of Thy love, At the impulse of Thy love. 2 Take my feet, and let them be Swift and beautiful for Thee; Take my voice, and let me sing Always, only, for my King, Always, only, for my King. 3 Take my lips, and let them be Filled with messages from Thee: Take my silver and my gold, Not a mite would I withhold, Not a mite would I withhold. 4 Take my love, my Lord, I pour At Thy feet its treasure store; Take myself, and I will be Ever, only, all, for Thee, Ever, only, all, for Thee. Amen. Used With Tune: HENDON

All for Jesus

Author: Mary D. James, 19th Century Appears in 254 hymnals Topics: The Christian Way of Life Aspiration and Consecration First Line: All for Jesus, all for Jesus! Refrain First Line: All for Jesus, all for Jesus! Lyrics: 1 All for Jesus, all for Jesus! All my being's ransom'd pow'rs: All my tho'ts and words and doings, All my days and all my hours. All for Jesus! all for Jesus! All my days and all my hours; All for Jesus! all for Jesus! All my days and all my hours. 2 Let my hands perform His bidding, Let my feet run in His ways; Let my eyes see Jesus only, Let my lips speak forth His praise. All for Jesus! all for Jesus! Let my lips speak forth His praise; All for Jesus! all for Jesus! Let my lips speak forth His praise. 3 Since my eyes were fixed on Jesus, I've lost sight of all beside; So enchained my spirit's vision, Looking at the Crucified. All for Jesus! all for Jesus! Looking at the Crucified; All for Jesus! all for Jesus! Looking at the Crucified. 4 Oh, what wonder! how amazing! Jesus, glorious King of kings, Deigns to call me His beloved, Lets me rest beneath His wings. All for Jesus! all for Jesus! Resting now beneath His wings; All for Jesus! all for Jesus! Resting now beneath His wings. Used With Tune: [All for Jesus, all for Jesus!]