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Bless'd be the everlasting God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 189 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-5 Lyrics: Bless’d be the everlasting God, the Father of our Lord; Be his abounding mercy praised, his majesty adored. When from the dead he raised his Son, and called him to the sky, He gave our souls a lively hope that they should never die. To an inheritance divine he taught our hearts to rise; ’Tis uncorrupted, undefiled, unfailing in the skies. Saints by the pow’r of God are kept till the salvation come: We walk by faith as strangers here; but Christ shall call us home.

Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee

Author: Edward Caswall Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,024 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:8 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, the very thought of thee with sweetness fills my breast; but sweeter far thy face to see, and in thy presence rest. 2 No voice can sing, no heart can frame, nor can the mind recall a sweeter sound than thy blest name, O Savior of us all! 3 O hope of every contrite heart, O joy of all the meek, to those who ask, how kind thou art, how good to those who seek! 4 But what to those who find? Ah, this no tongue or 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; in thee be all our glory now, and through eternity. Topics: Jesus Christ Beauty; Aspiration; Jesus Christ Beauty; Jesus Christ Joy; Jesus Christ Names; Jesus Christ Presence of; Praise of Jesus Christ Used With Tune: ST. AGNES Text Sources: from Latin, 12th C.

Jesus, These Eyes Have Never Seen

Author: Ray Palmer Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 240 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:8 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, these eyes have never seen that radiant form of thine; the veil of sense hangs dark between thy blessèd face and mine. 2 I see thee not, I hear thee not, yet art thou oft with me; and earth hath ne'er so dear a spot as where I meet with thee. 3 Yet, though I have not see, and still must rest in faith alone; I love thee, dearest Lord, and will, unseen, but not unknown. 4 When death these mortal eyes shall seal, and still this throbbing heart, the rending veil shall thee reveal, all glorious as thou art. Used With Tune: NUN DANKET ALL' (GRÄFENBERG)

Joy Unspeakable

Author: Barney E. Warren, 1867-1951 Appears in 87 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:8 First Line: I have found his grace is all complete, Refrain First Line: It is joy unspeakable and full of glory, Topics: Rejoicing Used With Tune: [I have found his grace is all complete]

O Savior, Precious Savior

Author: Frances R. Havergal Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 244 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:8 Lyrics: 1 O Saviour, precious Saviour, whom yet unseen we love, O Name of might and favor, all other names above; we worship you, we bless you, to you alone we sing; we praise you, and confess you our holy Lord and King. 2 O bringer of salvation, who wondrously have wrought, yourself the revelation of love beyond our thought; we worship you, we bless you, to you alone we sing; we praise you, and confess you our gracious Lord and King. 3 In you all fulness dwelling, all grace and pow'r outpours; the glory all-excelling, O Son of God, is yours; we worship you, we bless you, to you alone we sing; we praise you, and confess you our glorious Lord and King. 4 O grant the consummation of this our song above in endless adoration, and everlasting love; then shall we praise and bless you where perfect praises ring, and evermore confess you our Savior and our King. Topics: Jesus Christ The Only Mediator and Redeemer; Christ Deity of; Christ Kingly Office of; Christ Name of ; Christ Praise of Used With Tune: MEIRIONYDD

How Firm a Foundation

Author: "K" Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 2,127 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:7 First Line: How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord Lyrics: 1 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in God's excellent Word! What more can be said than to you God hath said, to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? 2 "Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed, for I am thy God, and will still give thee aid; I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. 3 "When through the deep waters I call thee to go, the rivers of sorrow shall not overflow; for I will be near thee, thy troubles to bless, and sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. 4 "When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, my grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply; the flame shall not hurt thee; I only design thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine. 5 "The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose, I will not, I will not desert to its foes; that soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake." Topics: Assurance; Comfort; Community in Christ; Faith; Grace; Scripture; The Word; Trusting in the Promises of God Used With Tune: FOUNDATION Text Sources: “K” in John Rippons’s A Selection of Hymns, 1787, alt.

My Jesus, I Love Thee

Author: William R. Featherstone Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 1,080 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:8 First Line: My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine Lyrics: 1 My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine; for thee all the follies of sin I resign; my gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou; if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now. 2 I love thee because thou hast first loved me and purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree; I love thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow; if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now. 3 I'll love thee in life, I will love thee in death, and praise thee as long as thou lendest me breath, and say when the deathdew lies cold on my brow: If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now. 4 In mansions of glory and endless delight, I'll ever adore thee in heaven so bright; I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow: If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now. Topics: Biblical Names & Places Calvary; Funerals; Love Our Love to God; Suffering of Christ; Walk with God; Biblical Names & Places Calvary; Funerals; Love Our Love to God; New Creation; Suffering of Christ; Walk with God Used With Tune: GORDON

Blessed Assurance: Jesus Is Mine

Author: Fanny J. Crosby; Marie J. Post Meter: 9.10.9.9 with refrain Appears in 1,059 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:8 Refrain First Line: This is my story, this is my song Lyrics: 1 Blessed assurance: Jesus is mine! Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of his Spirit, washed in his blood. Refrain: This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long; this is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long. [St. 2 copyrighted] 3 Perfect submission: all is at rest, I in my Savior am happy and blest; watching and waiting, looking above, filled with his goodness, kept in his love. (Refrain) Topics: Praise & Adoration; Redemption; Assurance; Praise & Adoration; Redemption; Walk with God Used With Tune: ASSURANCE

Heavenly rest in anticipation

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,228 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:4 First Line: When I can read my title clear Topics: Duties and Trials The Warfare Used With Tune: KERNON

Hymn 108

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 114 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:5 First Line: Now with our mortal eyes Lyrics: Now with our mortal eyes Have we beheld the Lord; Yet we rejoice to hear his name, And love him in his word. On earth we want the sight Of our Redeemer's face; Yet, Lord, our inmost thoughts delight To dwell upon thy grace. And when we taste thy love, Our joys divinely grow Unspeakable, like those above, And heav'n begins below.

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Author: Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby (1820-1915) Meter: 11.11.11.11 with refrain Appears in 223 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:8 First Line: To God be the glory, great things he has done! Lyrics: 1 To God be the glory, great things he has done! So loved he the world that he gave us his Son, who yielded his life an atonement for sin, and opened the life-gate that all may go in. [Refrain:] Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the earth hear his voice! Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the people rejoice! Oh, come to the Father, through Jesus the Son, and give him the glory! Great things he has done! 2 O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood, to every believer the promise of God; for every offender who truly believes, that moment from Jesus a pardon receives. [Refrain] 3 Great things he has taught us, great things he has done, and great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son: but purer, and higher, and greater will be our joy and our wonder, when Jesus we see. [Refrain] Topics: Life in Christ Our Response to Christ - In Discipleship; Adoration Of God; Salvation and Redemption Used With Tune: TO GOD BE THE GLORY

Hark! the herald angels sing

Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D with refrain Appears in 1,326 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3 Lyrics: 1 Hark! the herald angels sing, 'Glory to the new-born King, peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!' Joyful, all ye nations, rise, join the triumph of the skies, with the angelic hosts proclaim, 'Christ is born in Bethlehem'. [Refrain:] Hark! the herald angels sing, 'Glory to the newborn King'. 2 Christ, by highest heaven adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord, late in time behold him come, offspring of a virgin's womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see: hail, the incarnate Deity, pleased as Man with man to dwell, Jesus, our Immanuel! [Refrain] 3 Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace! Hail, the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, risen with healing in his wings. Mild he lays his glory by, born that man no more may die, born to raise the sons of earth, born to give them second birth: [Refrain] Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany; Angels Used With Tune: MENDELSSOHN (BETHLEHEM)

I know that my Redeemer lives! What comfort this sweet sentence gives!

Author: Medley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 470 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:5 Lyrics: 1 I know that my Redeemer lives! What comfort this sweet sentence gives! He lives, he lives, who once was dead; He lives--my ever-living head. 2 He lives, to bless me with his love; He lives, to bleed for me above; He lives, my hungry soul to feed; He lives, to help in time of need. 3 He lives, and grants me daily breath; He lives, and I shall conquer death; He lives, my mansion to prepare-- He lives, to bring me safely there. 4 He lives--all glory to his name! He lives--my Jesus, still the same; Oh, the sweet joy this sentence gives, I know that my Redeemer lives! Topics: The Christian Life Growth in Grace; I Know that my Redeemer Liveth

Thou hidden source of calm repose

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 166 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:8 Lyrics: 1 Thou hidden source of calm repose, thou all-sufficient love divine, my help and refuge from my foes, secure I am, if thou art mine: and lo, from sin, and grief, and shame, I hide me, Jesus, in thy name. 2 Thy mighty name salvation is, and keeps my happy soul above; comfort it brings, and power, and peace, and joy, and everlasting love: to me, with thy dear name, are given pardon, and holiness, and heaven. 3 Jesus, my all in all thou art: my rest in toil, my ease in pain, the medicine of my broken heart, in war my peace, in loss my gain, my smile beneath the tyrant's frown, in shame my glory and my crown; 4 In want my plentiful supply, in weakness my almighty power, in bonds my perfect liberty, my light in Satan's darkest hour, in grief my joy unspeakable, my life in death, my heaven in hell. Used With Tune: MELITA

All praise to our redeeming Lord

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 142 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:8 Lyrics: 1 All praise to our redeeming Lord, who joins us by his grace, and bids us, each to each restored, together seek his face. 2 He bids us build each other up; and, gathered into one, to our high calling’s glorious hope we hand in hand go on. 3 The gift which he on one bestows, we all delight to prove; the grace through every vessel flows, in purest streams of love. 4 Ev'n now we think and speak the same, and cordially agree; concentred all, through Jesus’ name, in perfect harmony. 5 We all partake the joy of one, the common peace we feel, a peace to sensual minds unknown, a joy unspeakable. 6 And if our fellowship below in Jesus be so sweet, what heights of rapture shall we know when round his throne we meet! Used With Tune: ST. STEPHEN

All my hope on God is founded

Author: Joachim Neander (1650-1680); Robert Bridges (1844-1930) Meter: 8.7.8.7.3.3.7 Appears in 69 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:5 Lyrics: 1 All my hope on God is founded, all my trust he will renew; safe through change and chance he guides me, only good and only true. God unknown, he alone calls my heart to be his own. 2 Human pride and earthly glory, sword and crown betray God's trust; though with care and toil we build them, tower and temple fall to dust. But God's power, hour by hour, is my temple and my tower. 3 God's great goodness lasts for ever, deep his wisdom passing thought: splendour, light, and life attend him, beauty springing out of naught. Evermore, from his store new-born worlds rise and adore. 4 Day by day the mighty Giver showers gifts on us below; his desire our souls delight in, pleasure leads us where we go. See love stand at his hand, joy awaits at his command! 5 Still from earth to God in heaven sacrifice of praise be done, high above all praises praising for the gift of Christ his Son. Hear Christ call one and all: those who follow shall not fall. Topics: Our Response to God in adoration and gratitude; Change; Hope; Providence Used With Tune: MICHAEL

Without Seeing You

Author: David Haas, b. 1957 Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:8 First Line: We return to you deep within Refrain First Line: Without seeing you, we love you Topics: Shepherd Used With Tune: [We return to you deep within]

What a friend we have in Jesus

Author: Joseph Scriven (1819-1886) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,692 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:6 Lyrics: 1 What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! Oh, what peace we often forfeit, oh, what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer! 2 Have we trials and temptations, is there trouble anywhere? We should never be discouraged: take it to the Lord in prayer. Can we find a friend so faithful, who will all our sorrows share? Jesus knows our every weakness: take it to the Lord in prayer. 3 Are we weak and heavy-laden, cumbered with a load of care? Jesus is our only refuge: take it to the Lord in prayer. Do your friends despise, forsake you? Take it to the Lord in prayer! In his arms he'll take and shield you; you will find a solace there. Topics: Life in Christ Our Response to Christ - In Devotion; Assurance; Grief; Prayer; Temptation Used With Tune: CONVERSE

For All the Saints

Author: William Walsham How Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluias Appears in 570 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-5 First Line: For all the saints who from their labors rest Lyrics: 1 For all the saints who from their labors rest, who thee by faith before the world confessed, thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia! Alleluia! 2 Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might; thou, Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight; thou, in the darkness drear, their one true light. Alleluia! Alleluia! 3 O blest communion, fellowship divine! We feebly struggle; they in glory shine; yet all are one in thee, for all are thine. Alleluia! Alleluia! 4 And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long, steals on the ear the distant triumph song, and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. Alleluia! Alleluia! 5 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Alleluia! Alleluia! Topics: Christian Year All Saints; The Church; Community in Christ; Death; Dying in Christ; Eternal Life; Funeral Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE

O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts

Author: Ray Palmer Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 558 hymnals Scripture: 1 Peter 1:8 Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, joy of loving hearts, the fount of life, the light of men, from fullest bliss that earth imparts we turn unfilled to you again. 2 Your truth unchanged has ever stood; you save all those who on you call. To those who seek you, you are good; to those who find you, all in all. 3 We taste you, ever-living Bread, and long to feast upon you still; we drink of you, the fountainhead, our thirst to quench, our souls to fill. 4 Our restless spirits yearn for you where'er our changeful lot is cast; glad when you smile on us anew, blest that our faith can hold you fast. 5 O Jesus, ever with us stay; make all our moments calm and bright! Chase the dark night of sin away; shed o'er the world your holy light! Topics: Bread of Life; Lord's Supper; Bread of Life; Joy; Light; Lord's Supper; Word of God Used With Tune: QUEBEC Text Sources: Latin, 12th Cent.

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