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Wonderful Peace
Author: Rev. W. D. Cornell Appears in 211 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Peace; Living His Life Peace; Living His Life Peace First Line: Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight Refrain First Line: Peace! peace! wonderful peace Lyrics: 1 Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight,
Rolls a melody sweeter than psalm;
In celestial like strains it unceasingly falls
O'er my soul like an infinite calm.
Chorus:
Peace! peace! wonderful peace,
Coming down from the Father above;
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray,
In fathomless billows of love.
2 What a treasure I have in this wonderful peace,
Buried deep in my innermost soul;
So secure that no power can mine it away,
While the years of eternity roll! [Chorus]
3 I am resting to-night in this wonderful peace,
Resting sweetly in Jesus' control;
I am kept from all danger by night and by day,
And his glory is flooding my soul. [Chorus]
4 I believe when I rise to that city of peace,
Where the Author of peace I shall see,
That one strain of the song which the ransomed will sing,
In that heavenly kingdom will be, [Chorus]
5 Weary soul, without gladness or comfort or rest,
Passing down the rough pathway of time!
Make the Saviour your friend ere the shadows grow dark;
O accept of this peace so sublime. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight]
Wonderful Peace
Only Trust Him
Author: J. H. Stockton Appears in 861 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Trusting; Living His Life Trusting; Living His Life Trusting First Line: Come, ev'ry soul by sin oppressed Refrain First Line: Only trust him, only trust him Lyrics: 1 Come, ev'ry soul by sin oppressed,
There's mercy with the Lord,
And he will surely give you rest,
By trusting in his word.
Chorus:
Only trust him, only trust him,
Only trust him now;
He will save you, he will save you,
He will save you now.
2 For Jesus shed his precious blood
Rich blessings to bestow;
Plunge now into the crimson flood
That washes white as snow. [Chorus]
3 Yes, Jesus is the Truth, the Way,
That Leads you into rest;
Believe in him without delay,
And you are fully blest. [Chorus]
4 Come, then, and join this holy band,
And on to glory go,
To dwell in that celestial land,
Where joys immortal flow. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Come, ev'ry soul by sin oppressed]
Only Trust Him
Away from Care
Author: Phoebe H. Brown Appears in 632 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer First Line: I love to steal awhile away Lyrics: 1. I love to steal awhile away
From ev'ry cumb'ring care,
And spend the hours of setting day
In humble, grateful prayer.
2. I love in solitude to shed
The penitential tear;
And all His promises to plead,
Where none but God can hear.
3. I love to think on mercies past,
And future good implore;
And all my cares and sorrows cast
On Him whom I adore.
4. I love by faith to take a view
Of brighter scenes to come;
The prospect doth my strength renew
While here away from home. Used With Tune: BROWN
Away from Care
The Rock That Is Higher
Author: E. Johnson Appears in 282 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Trusting; Living His Life Trusting; Living His Life Trusting First Line: O sometimes the shadows are deep 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, how often they sweep
Like tempests down over the soul!
Chorus:
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 heavy my feet;
But toiling in life's dusty way,
The Rock's blessed shadow, how sweet! [Chorus]
3 O near to the Rock let me keep,
Or blessings or sorrows prevail;
Or climbing the mountain way steep,
Or walking the shadowy vale. [Chorus]
Used With Tune: [O sometimes the shadows are deep]
The Rock That Is Higher
Pilot Me
Author: Edward Hopper Appears in 1,192 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Voyagers; Living His Life Voyagers; Living His Life Voyagers First Line: Jesus, Saviour, pilot me Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Saviour, pilot me
Over life's tempestuous sea;
Unknown waves before me roll,
Hiding rock and treach'rous shoal;
Chart and compass came from thee;
Jesus, Saviour, pilot me.
2 As a mother stills her child,
Thou canst calm the ocean wild;
Boist'rous waves obey thy will
When thou say'st to them, "Be still!"
Wond'rous Sov'reign of the sea,
Jesus, Saviour, pilot me.
3 When at last I near the shore,
And the fearful breakers roar
'Tween me and the peaceful rest,
Then, while leaning on thy breast,
May I hear thee say to me,
"Fear not, I will pilot thee." Used With Tune: GOULD
Pilot Me
Seeking the Lost
Author: W. A. O. Appears in 152 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Winning Souls; Living His Life Winning Souls; Living His Life Winning Souls First Line: Seeking the lost, yes, kindly entreating Refrain First Line: Going afar, upon the mountain Lyrics: 1 Seeking the lost, yes, kindly entreating
Wanderers on the mountains astray,
"Come unto me," his message repeating,
Words of the Master speaking today.
Chorus:
Going afar, afar upon the mountain,
Bringing the wand'rers, the wand'rers back again,
Into the fold, the fold of my Redeemer
Jesus the Lamb, the Lamb for sinners slain.
2 Seeking the lost, and pointing to Jesus
Souls that are weak and hearts that are sore,
Leading them forth in ways of salvation,
Showing the path to life evermore. [Chorus]
3 Thus would I go, for Jesus hath call'd me,
Him would I follow day unto day;
Care for the dying, raise up the fallen,
Pointing the lost to Jesus the way. [Chorus]
Used With Tune: [Seeking the lost, yes, kindly entreating]
Seeking the Lost
Speak, That I May Speak
Author: F. E. Havergal Appears in 459 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Winning Souls; Living His Life Winning Souls; Living His Life Winning Souls First Line: Lord, speak to me, that I may speak Lyrics: 1. Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
In living echoes of Thy tone;
As Thou hast sought, so let me seek
Thy erring children lost and lone.
2. O lead me, Lord, that I may lead
The wand'ring and the wav'ring feet;
O feed me, Lord, that I may feed
Thy hung'ring ones with manna sweet.
3. O strengthen me, that while I stand
Firm on the Rock, and strong in Thee,
I may stretch out a loving hand
To wrestlers with the troubled sea. Used With Tune: CANONBURY
Speak, That I May Speak
The Spreading Gospel
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 594 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Teaching the Gospel; Living His Life Teaching the Gospel; Living His Life Teaching the Gospel First Line: The heav'ns declare Thy glory, Lord Lyrics: 1 The heav'ns declare Thy glory, Lord,
In ev'ry star Thy wisdom shines,
But viewing Christ within Thy word,
We read Thy love in clearer lines.
2 The rolling sun, the changing light,
And nights and days, Thy pow'r confess;
But the blest volume Thou didst write,
Reveals Thy justice and Thy grace.
3 Wide be Thy spreading gospel preached
Till thro' the world Thy truth has run,
Till Christ has all the nations reached,
That see the light, or feel the sun.
4 Great Sun of Righteousness, arise;
Bless the dark world with heav'nly light:
Thy gospel makes the simple wise,
Thy laws are pure, Thy judgments right. Used With Tune: GERMANY
The Spreading Gospel
Work Till Jesus Comes
Author: Mrs. E. Mills Appears in 604 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Winning Souls; Living His Life Winning Souls; Living His Life Winning Souls First Line: O land of rest, for thee I sigh Refrain First Line: We'll work till Jesus comes Lyrics: 1. O land of rest, for thee I sigh;
When will the moment come
When I shall lay my armor by,
And dwell with Christ at home?
Chorus:
We'll work till Jesus comes,
We'll work till Jesus comes,
We'll work till Jesus comes,
And we'll be gathered home.
2. No tranquil joys on earth I know,
No peace, shelt'ring dome;
This world's a wilderness of woe,
This world is not my home.
3. When by affliction sharply tried,
Faith tells of scenes to come,
Those endless joys prepared above,
And then I sigh for home. Used With Tune: LAND OF REST
Work Till Jesus Comes
Victory Through Grace
Author: S. Martin Appears in 113 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Warfare and Victory; Living His Life Warfare and Victory; Living His Life Warfare and Victory First Line: Conquering now and still to conquer Refrain First Line: Not to the strong is the battle Lyrics: 1 Conquering now and still to conquer,
Rideth a King in His might,
Leading the host of all the faithful
Into the midst of the fight;
See them with courage advancing,
Clad in their brilliant array;
Shouting the name of their Leader,
Hear them exultingly say.
Chorus:
Not to the strong is the battle,
Not to the swift is the race,
Yet to the true and the faithful
Vict'ry is promised through grace.
2 Conquering now and still to conquer,
Who is this wonderful King?
Whence all the armies which He leadeth,
While of His glory they sing?
He is our Lord and Redeemer,
Saviour and Monarch divine,
They are the stars that forever
Bright in His kingdom will shine. [Chorus]
3 Conquering now and still to conquer,
Jesus, Thou Ruler of all,
Thrones and their scepters all shall perish,
Crowns and their splendor shall fall,
Yet shall the armies Thou leadest,
Faithful and true to the last,
Find in Thy mansions eternal
Rest when their warfare is past. [Chorus]
Used With Tune: [Conquering now and still to conquer]
Victory Through Grace
Thy Life Within Me
Author: F. R. Havergal Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Consecration; Living His Life Consecration First Line: Live out Thy life within me Lyrics: 1 Live out Thy life within me,
O Jesus, King of kings!
Be Thou Thyself the answer
To all my questionings;
Live out Thy life within me,
In all things have Thy way!
I, the transparent medium
Thy glory to display.
2 The temple has been yielded,
And purified of sin;
Let Thy Shekinah glory
Now shine forth from within,
And all the earth keep silence,
The body henceforth be
Thy silent, gentle servant,
Moved only as by Thee,
3 Its members ev'ry moment
Held subject to Thy call,
Ready to have Thee use them,
Or not be used at all;
Held without restless longing,
Or strain, or stress, or fret,
Or chafings at Thy dealings,
Or tho'ts of vain regret;
4 But restful, calm and pliant,
From bend and bias free,
Awaiting Thy decision,
When thou hast need of me.
Live out Thy life within me,
O Jesus, King of kings!
Be Thou the glorious answer
To all my questionings.
Used With Tune: AURELIA
Thy Life Within Me
All For Jesus
Author: Mary D. James Appears in 250 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Consecration; Living His Life Consecration First Line: All for Jesus, all for Jesus! Lyrics: 1 All for Jesus, all for Jesus!
All my being's ransomed 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!]
All For Jesus
Our Surest Stay
Author: F. E. B. Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer First Line: When softly falls the twilight hour Lyrics: 1 When softly falls the twilight hour,
O'er moor and mountain, field and flow'r,
How sweet to leave a world of care,
And lift to heav'n the voice of pray'r!
2 In solemn midnight's silence deep,
When Nature's voice is hush'd in sleep,
Then heavy hearts with grief oppress'd
May find in pray'r the sweetest rest.
3 And when with red'ning blush of morn
The newborn day begins to dawn,
Then upward to the mercy-seat
Let pray'r ascend like incense sweet.
4 When midday's burning heat we feel,
When daily cares our hearts would steal,
O, then to heav'n we look away,
And find in pray'r our surest stay. Used With Tune: BRADBURY
Our Surest Stay
My Redeemer Lives
Author: C. Wesley Appears in 380 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Assurance First Line: I know that my Redeemer lives Lyrics: 1. I know that my Redeemer lives,
And ever prays for me;
A token of his love he gives,
A pledge of liberty.
2. Joyful in hope, my spirit soars
To meet thee from above;
Thy goodness thankfully adores,
And tastes thy precious love.
3. When God is mine, and I am his,
Of paradise possessed,
I taste unutterable bliss,
And everlasting rest.
Used With Tune: BRADFORD
My Redeemer Lives
The Mercy Seat
Author: Stowell Appears in 1,287 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer First Line: From every stormy wind that blows Lyrics: 1. From every stormy wind that blows,
From ev'ry swelling tide of woes,
There is a calm, a sure retreat;
'Tis found above the mercy seat.
2. There is a scene where spirits blend,
Where friend holds fellowship with friend;
Though sundered far, by faith they meet
Around one common mercy seat.
3. Ah! whither should we flee for aid,
When tempted, desolate, dismayed?
Or how the hosts of sin defeat,
Had suff'ring saints no mercy seat?
Used With Tune: RETREAT
The Mercy Seat
Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus
Author: F. R. Havergal Appears in 320 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Trusting; Living His Life Trusting; Living His Life Trusting First Line: I am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus Lyrics: 1 I am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus,
Trusting only Thee;
Trusting Thee for full salvation,
Great and free.
2 I am trusting Thee for pardon;
At Thy feet I bow;
For Thy grace and tender mercy,
Trusting now.
3 I am trusting Thee to guide me;
Thou alone shalt lead,
Ev'ry day and hour supplying
All my need.
4 I am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus;
Never let me fall;
I am trusting Thee forever,
And for all. Amen. Used With Tune: BULLINGER
Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus
Be on Thy Guard
Author: George Heath Appears in 1,371 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Warfare and Victory; Living His Life Warfare and Victory; Living His Life Warfare and Victory First Line: My soul, be on thy guard! Lyrics: 1. My soul, be on thy guard!
Ten thousand foes arise;
The hosts of sin are pressing hard
To draw thee from the skies.
2. O watch, and fight, and pray!
The battle ne'er give o'er;
Renew it boldly ev'ry day
And help divine implore.
3. Ne'er think the vict'ry won,
Nor lay thine armor down;
Thy arduous task will not be done
Till thou obtain the crown. Used With Tune: LABAN
Be on Thy Guard
Prayer
Author: J. Montgomery Appears in 850 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer First Line: Pray'r is the soul's sincere desire Lyrics: 1 Pray'r is the soul's sincere desire,
Unuttered or expressed;
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.
2 Pray'r is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear,
The upward glancing of an eye,
When none but God is near.
3 Pray'r is the simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;
Pray'r the sublimest strains that reach
The Majesty on high. Used With Tune: NAOMI
Prayer
The Gospel Lived Out
Author: Anon. Appears in 492 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Christian Character; Living His Life Love First Line: So let our lips and lives express Lyrics: 1. So let our lips and lives express
The holy gospel we profess;
So let our works and virtues shine,
To prove the doctrine all divine.
2. Thus shall we best proclaim abroad
The honors of our gracious Lord,
When his salvation reigns within,
And grace subdues the pow'r of sin.
3. Our flesh and sense must be denied,
Passion and envy, lust and pride;
While justice, temp'rance, truth, and love,
Our inward piety approve.
Used With Tune: CRASSELIUS
The Gospel Lived Out
Entire Consecration
Author: F. R. Havergal; W. J. K. Appears in 1,214 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Consecration; Living His Life Consecration First Line: Take my life, and let it be Refrain First Line: Wash me in the Saviour's precious blood 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.
Chorus:
Wash me in the Saviour's precious blood
Cleanse me in its purifying flood
Lord, I give to Thee, my life and all, to be,
Thine, henceforth eternally.
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. [Chorus]
3 Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages for Thee;
Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold. [Chorus]
4 Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in endless praise;
Take my intellect, and use,
Ev'ry pow'r as thou shalt choose. [Chorus]
5 Take my will, and make it Thine;
It shall be no longer mine!
Take my heart, it is thine own,
It shall be Thy royal throne. [Chorus]
6 Take my love, my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store;
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Take my life, and let it be]
Entire Consecration
Salvation Free
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 1,798 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Joy of Salvation First Line: Come, ye that love the Lord Lyrics: 1 Come, ye that love the Lord,
And let your joy be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.
Chorus:
I'm glad salvation's free,
I'm glad salvation's free;
Salvation's free for you and me;
I'm glad salvation's free.
2 Let those refuse to sing
Who never knew our God;
But servants of the heav'nly King
May speak their joys abroad. [Chorus]
3 Then let our songs a bound,
And ev'ry tear be dry;
We're marching thro' Immanuel's ground
To fairer worlds on high. [Chorus]
Used With Tune: NO SORROW
Salvation Free
The Call for Reapers
Author: J. O. Thompson Appears in 201 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Call to Activity First Line: Far and near the fields are teeming Refrain First Line: Lord of harvest, send forth reapers! Lyrics: 1 Far and near the fields are teeming
With the sheaves of ripened grain;
Far and near their gold is gleaming
O'er the sunny slope and plain.
Chorus:
Lord of harvest, send forth reapers!
Hear us, Lord, to thee we cry;
Send them now the sheaves to gather,
Ere the harvest time pass by.
2 Send them forth with morn's first beaming,
Send them in the noontide's glare;
When the sun's last rays are streaming,
Bid them gather ev'rywhere. [Chorus]
3 O thou whom thy Lord is sending,
Gather now the sheaves of gold,
Heav'nward then at evening wending
Thou shalt come with joy untold. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Far and near the fields are teeming]
The Call for Reapers
Forward! Our Watchword
Author: Henry Alford Appears in 343 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Call to Activity First Line: Forward! be our watchword Refrain First Line: Forward! in the conflict Lyrics: 1 Forward! be our watchword,
Steps and voices joined;
Seek the things before us,
Not a look behind;
Burns the fiery pillar,
At our army's head,
Who shall dream of shrinking,
By our Captain led?
Refrain:
Forward! in the conflict,
Thro' the toil and fight,
Foes must fall before us,
God will speed the right.
2 Forward out of error,
Leave behind the night;
Forward thro' the darkness,
Forward into light!
Glories upon glories
Hath our God prepared,
By the souls that love Him
One day to be shared! [Refrain]
3 Far o'er yon horizon
Rise the city towers,
Where our God abideth;
That fair home is ours!
Thither, onward thither,
In the Spirit's might,
Lovers of your country,
Forward into light! [Refrain]
Used With Tune: ST. ALBAN
Forward! Our Watchword
Is My Name Written There?
Author: Mrs. M. A. Kidder Appears in 408 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Consecration First Line: Lord, I care not for riches Refrain First Line: Is my name written there Lyrics: 1. Lord, I care not for riches,
Neither silver nor gold;
I would make sure of heaven,
I would enter the fold;
In the book of thy kingdom,
With its pages so fair,
Tell me, Jesus, my Saviour,
Is my name written there?
Chorus:
Is my name written there,
On the page white and fair?
In the book of thy kingdom,
Is my name written there?
2. Lord, my sins they are many,
Like the sands of the sea,
But thy blood, O my Saviour,
Is sufficient for me;
For thy promise is written
In bright letters that glow,
"Tho' your sins be as scarlet,
I will make them like snow." [Chorus]
3. O that beautiful city,
With its mansions of light,
With its glorified beings
In pure garments of white!
Where no evil thing cometh
To despoil what is fair,
Where the angels are watching,
Is my name written there? [Chorus]
Used With Tune: [Lord, I care not for riches]
Is My Name Written There?
Our Exiled Fathers
Author: Rev. Leonard Bacon Appears in 285 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Loyalty to Christ First Line: O God, beneath thy guiding hand Lyrics: 1. O God, beneath thy guiding hand,
Our exiled fathers cross the sea;
And when they trod the wintry strand,
With pray'r and psalm they worshiped thee.
2. Truth, freedom, justice, faith in God,
Came with those exiles o'er the waves;
And where their pilgrim feet have trod,
The God they trusted guards their graves.
3. And here thy name, O God of love,
May we, their children, still adorn,
Till these eternal hills remove,
And spring adorns the earth no more. Used With Tune: HAMBURG
Our Exiled Fathers
Rescue the Perishing
Author: Fanny J. Crosby Appears in 785 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Call to Activity Lyrics: 1 Rescue the perishing,
Care for the dying,
Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;
Weep o'er the erring one,
Lift up the fallen,
Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save.
Chorus:
Rescue the perishing,
Care for the dying;
Jesus is merciful,
Jesus will save.
2 Tho' they are slighting him,
Still he is waiting,
Waiting the penitent child to receive.
Plead with them earnestly,
Plead with them gently;
He will forgive if they only believe. [Chorus]
3 Down in the human heart,
Crush'd by the tempter,
Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;
Touched by a loving heart,
Wakened by kindness,
Chords that were broken will vibrate once more. [Chorus]
4 Rescue the perishing,
Duty demands it,
Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;
Back to the narrow way
Patiently win them;
Tell the poor wand'rer a Saviour has died. [Chorus]
Used With Tune: [Rescue the perishing]
Rescue the Perishing
Standing on the Promises
Author: R. K. C. Appears in 460 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Faith; Living His Life Faith First Line: Standing on the promises of Christ my King Refrain First Line: Standing, Standing Lyrics: 1 Standing on the promises of Christ my King,
Thro' eternal ages let his praises ring,
Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing.
Standing on the promises of God.
Chorus:
Standing, Standing,
Standing on the promises of God
Standing, Standing,
I'm standing on the promises of God.
2 Standing on the promises that cannot fail,
When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail,
By the living Word of God I shall prevail,
Standing on the promises of God. [Chorus]
3 Standing on the promises I now can see
Perfect, present cleansing in the blood for me;
Standing in the liberty where Christ makes free,
Standing on the promises of God. [Chorus]
4 Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord,
Bound to him eternally by love's strong cord,
Overcoming daily with the Spirit's sword,
Standing on the promises of God. [Chorus]
5 Standing on the promises I cannot fall,
List'ning ev'ry moment to the Spirit's call,
Resting in my Saviour, as my all in all.
Standing on the promises of God. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Standing on the promises of Christ my King]
Standing on the Promises
The Night Is Coming
Author: Sidney Dyer Appears in 1,179 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Call to Activity First Line: Work, for the night is coming Lyrics: 1 Work, for the night is coming,
Work thro' the morning hours;
Work while the dew is sparkling,
Work 'mid springing flow'rs.
Work when the day grows brighter,
Work in the glowing sun;
Work, for the night is coming,
When man's work is done.
2 Work, for the night is coming,
Work thro' the sunny noon;
Fill brightest hours with labor;
Rest comes sure and seen.
Give ev'ry flying minute
Something to keep in store;
Work, for the night is coming,
When man works no more.
3 Work, for the night is coming
Under the sunset skies;
While their bright tints are glowing
Work, for daylight flies.
Work till the last beam fadeth,
Fadeth to shine no more;
Work while the night is dark'ning,
When man's work is o'er. Used With Tune: WORK
The Night Is Coming
Yield Not to Temptation
Author: H. R. P. Appears in 737 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Loyalty to Christ Refrain First Line: Ask the Savior to help you Lyrics: 1 Yield not to temptation,
For yielding is sin,
Each vict'ry will help you
Some other to win;
Fight manfully onward,
Dark passions subdue.
Look ever to Jesus,
He'll carry you through.
Chorus:
Ask the Saviour to help you,
Comfort, strengthen, and keep you;
He is willing to aid you,
He will carry you through.
2 Shun evil companions,
Bad language disdain,
God's name hold in rev'rence,
Nor take it in vain;
Be thoughtful and earnest,
Kindhearted and true,
Look ever to Jesus,
He'll carry you through. [Chorus]
3 To him that o'ercometh,
God giveth a crown,
Through faith we shall conquer,
Tho' often cast down;
He who is our Saviour,
Our strength will renew.
Look ever to Jesus,
He'll carry you through. [Chorus]
Used With Tune: [Yield not to temptation]
Yield Not to Temptation
A Child of the King
Author: Hattie E. Buel Appears in 387 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Assurance; Living His Life Joy of Salvation First Line: My Father is rich in houses and lands Refrain First Line: I'm a child of the King Lyrics: 1 My Father is rich in houses and lands,
He holdeth the wealth of the world in his hands!
Of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold,
His cotters are full, he has riches untold.
Chorus:
I'm a child of the King,
a child of the King!
With Jesus, my Saviour,
I'm a child of the King!
2 My Father's own Son, the Saviour of men,
Once wandered on earth as the poorest of them;
But now he is pleading for sinners on high,
And will give me a home when he comes by and by. [Chorus]
3 I once was an outcast, a stranger on earth,
A sinner by choice, and an alien by birth!
But I've been adopted, my name's written down,
An heir to a mansion, a robe, and a crown. [Chorus]
4 A tent or a cottage, O why should I care?
They're building a palace for me over there!
Tho' exiled from home, yet still I may sing:
"All glory to God, I'm a child of the King." Used With Tune: [My Father is rich in houses and lands]
A Child of the King
Fling Out the Banner!
Author: G. W. Doane Appears in 494 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Called to Activity; Living His Life Call to Activity Lyrics: 1 Fling out the banner! let it float
Skyward and seaward, high and wide;
Our glory only in the cross;
Our only hope, the Crucified.
2 Fling out the banner! angels bend
In anxious silence o'er the sign,
And vainly seek to comprehend
The wonder of the love Divine.
3 Fling out the banner! sin-sick souls,
That sink and perish in the strife,
Shall touch in faith its radiant hem,
And spring immortal into life.
4 Fling out the banner! wide and high,
Seaward and skyward, let it shine:
Nor skill, nor might, nor merit ours;
We conquer only in that sign. Used With Tune: WALTHAM
Fling Out the Banner!
Blessed Hour of Prayer
Author: Fanny J. Crosby Appears in 222 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer and Testimony Meeting; Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer and Testimony Meeting; Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer and Testimony Meeting First Line: 'Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when our hearts lowly bend Lyrics: 1 'Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when our hearts lowly bend,
And we gather to Jesus, our Saviour and Friend;
If we come to Him in faith, His protection to share,
What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!
Chorus: Blessed hour of prayer,
Blessed hour of prayer,
What a balm for the weary!
O how sweet to be there!
2 'Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when the Saviour draws near,
With a tender compassion His children to hear;
When He tells us we may cast at His feet ev'ry care,
What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there! [Chorus]
3 'Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when the tempted and tried
To the Saviour who loves them their sorrows confide;
With a sympathizing heart He removes ev'ry care;
What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there! [Chorus]
4 At the blessed hour of prayer, trusting Him we believe
That the blessings we're needing we'll surely receive,
In the fulness of this trust we shall lose ev'ry care;
What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there! [Chorus] Used With Tune: ['Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when our hearts lowly bend]
Blessed Hour of Prayer
Spend And Be Spent
Author: H. Bonar Appears in 441 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Call to Activity; Living His Life Call to Activity First Line: Go, labor on; spend and be spent Lyrics: 1. Go, labor on; spend and be spent,
Thy joy to do the Father's will;
It is the way the Master went;
Should not the servant tread it still?
2. Go, labor on; 'tis not for naught;
Thine earthly loss is heav'nly gain:
Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not:
The Master praises, what are men?
3. Toil on, and in thy toil rejoice;
For toil comes rest; for exile, home;
Soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom's voice,
The midnight peal: "Behold, I come!" Used With Tune: ALL SAINTS
Spend And Be Spent
Draw Me Nearer
Author: Fanny J. Crosby Appears in 695 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Nearer to God; Living His Life Nearer to God First Line: I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice Refrain First Line: Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord Lyrics: 1 I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith,
And be closer drawn to Thee.
Refrain:
Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.
2 Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the pow'r of grace divine;
May my soul look up with a steadfast hope
And my will be lost in Thine. [Refrain]
3 O the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in pray'r, and with Thee, my God,
I commune as friend with friend! [Refrain]
4 There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice]
Draw Me Nearer
I My Cross Have Taken
Author: Henry F. Lyte Appears in 1,311 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Following Jesus; Living His Life Following Jesus First Line: Jesus, I my cross have taken Lyrics: 1 Jesus, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow thee;
All things else I have forsaken,
Thou henceforth my all shalt be;
Perish ev'ry fond ambition,
All I've sought or hoped or known;
Yet how much is my condition,
God and heav'n are still my own.
2 Let the world despise and leave me,
They have left my Saviour, too;
Human hearts and looks deceive me;
Thou art faithful, thou art true;
And, while thou dost smile upon me,
God of wisdom, love and might,
Foes may hate, and friends may shun me;
Show thy face, and all is bright.
3 Hast'ning on from grace to glory,
Arm'd by faith and wing'd by pray'r;
Heav'n's eternal day's before me,
God's own hand is guiding there.
Soon shall close my earthly mission,
Swift shall pass these pilgrim days,
Hope shall change to glad fruition,
Faith to sight, and prayer to praise. Used With Tune: ELLESIDE
I My Cross Have Taken
More Love to Thee
Author: Mrs. E. Prentiss Appears in 829 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Nearer to God; Living His Life Nearer to God First Line: More love to thee, O Christ! Refrain First Line: More love, O Christ, to thee Lyrics: 1 More love to thee, O Christ!
More love to thee;
Hear thou the pray'r I make
On bended knee.
This is my earnest plea,
More love, O Christ, to thee,
More love to thee!
More love to thee!
2 Once earthly joy I craved,
Sought peace and rest;
Now thee alone I seek,
Give what is best.
This all my pray'r shall be,
More love, O Christ, to thee,
More love to thee!
More love to thee!
3 Let sorrow do its work,
Send grief or pain;
Sweet are thy messengers,
Sweet their refrain,
When they can sing with me,
More love, O Christ, to thee,
More love to thee!
More love to thee!
3 Then shall my latest breath,
Whisper thy praise;
This be the parting cry
My heart shall raise,
This still its pray'r shall be:
More love, O Christ, to thee,
More love to thee!
More love to thee! Used With Tune: [More love to thee]
More Love to Thee
The Hour of Prayer
Author: Charlotte Elliott Appears in 288 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer; Living His Life Prayer First Line: My God, is any hour so sweet Lyrics: 1 My God, is any hour so sweet,
From blush of morn to evening star,
As that which calls me to Thy feet,
The hour of pray'r?
2 No words can tell what sweet relief
Here for my ev'ry want I find;
What strength for warfare, balm for grief,
What peace of mind.
3 Hush'd is each doubt, gone evry fear;
My spirit seems in heav'n to stay;
And e'en the penitential tear
Is wiped away.
4 Lord, till I reach that blissful shore,
No privilege so dear shall be
As thus my inmost soul to pour
In pray'r to Thee. Used With Tune: ALMSGIVING
The Hour of Prayer
A Closer Walk
Author: Cowper Appears in 1,373 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Nearer to God; Living His Life Nearer to God First Line: O, for a closer walk with God! Lyrics: 1 O, for a closer walk with God!
A calm and heav'nly frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb.
2 Return, O holy Dove! return,
Sweet Messenger of rest;
I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.
3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!
How sweet their mem'ry still!
But they have left an aching void
The world can never fill.
4 The dearest idol I have known,
Whate'er that idol be,
Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee. Used With Tune: MANOAH
A Closer Walk
Love at Home
Author: J. H. M. Appears in 132 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Love in the Home First Line: There is beauty all around Refrain First Line: Love at home, love at home Lyrics: 1 There is beauty all around,
When there's love at home;
There is joy in ev'ry sound,
When there's love at home.
Peace and plenty here abide,
Smiling fair on ev'ry side;
Time doth softly, sweetly glide,
When there's love at home.
Chorus:
Love at home, love at home;
Time doth softly, sweetly glide,
When there's love at home.
2 In the cottage there is joy,
When there's love at home;
Hate and envy ne'er annoy,
When there's love at home.
Roses blossom 'neath our feet,
All the earth's a garden sweet,
Making life a bliss complete,
When there's love at home; [Chorus]
3 Kindly heaven smiles above,
When there's love at home;
All the earth is fill'd with love,
When there's love at home.
Sweeter sings the brooklet by,
Brighter beams azure sky;
O, there's One who smiles on high
When there's love at home. [Chorus]
4 Jesus, make me wholly thine,
Then there's love at home;
May thy sacrifice be mine,
Then there's love at home.
Safely from all harm I'll rest,
With no sinful care distress'd,
Thro' thy tender mercy blessed,
When there's love at home. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [There is beauty all around]
Love at Home
I Have Promised
Author: John E. Bode Appears in 628 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Consecration; Living His Life Consecration First Line: O Jesus, I have promised Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, I have promised
To serve Thee to the end;
Be Thou forever near me,
My Master and my Friend;
I shall not fear the battle
If Thou art by my side,
Nor wander from the pathway
If Thou wilt be my Guide.
2 O let me feel Thou near me,
The world is ever near;
I see the sights that dazzle,
The tempting sounds I hear;
My foes are ever near me,
Around me and within;
But, Jesus, draw Thou nearer,
And shield my soul from sin.
3 O Jesus, Thou hast promised
To all who follow Thee
That where Thou art in glory
There shall Thy servant be;
And, Jesus, I have promised
To serve Thee to the end;
O give me grace to follow
My Master and my Friend. Used With Tune: ANGEL'S STORY
I Have Promised
Who Follows?
Author: Reginald Heber Appears in 840 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Warfare and Victory; Living His Life Warfare and Victory; Living His Life Warfare and Victory; Living His Life Call to Activity First Line: The Son of God goes forth to war Lyrics: 1 The Son of God goes forth to war,
A kingly crown to gain;
His blood-red banner streams afar;
Who follows in His train?
Who best can drink His cup of woe,
Triumphant over pain;
Who patient bears His cross below,
He follows in His train.
2 The martyr first, whose eagle eye
Could pierce beyond the grave,
Who saw His Master in the sky,
And called on Him to save;
Like Him, with pardon on His tongue
In midst of mortal pain,
He pray'd for them that did the wrong:
Who follows in His train?
3 A glorious band, the chosen few
On whom the spirit came,
Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew,
And mocked the cross and flame:
They met the tyrant's brandished steel,
The lion's gory mane;
They bowed their necks the death to feel;
Who follows in their train?
4 A noble army, men and boys,
The matron and the maid;
Around the Saviour's throne rejoice,
In robes of light arrayed:
They climb'd the steep ascent of heav'n
Thro' peril, toil, and pain:
O God, to us may grace be giv'n
To follow in their train.
Used With Tune: CUTLER
Who Follows?
We Have an Anchor
Author: Priscilla J. Owens Appears in 148 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Voyagers; Living His Life Voyagers; Living His Life Voyagers; Living His Life Assurance First Line: Will your anchor hold in the storm of life Refrain First Line: We have an anchor that keeps the soul Lyrics: 1 Will your anchor hold in the storm 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 If 'tis safely moor'd, 'twill the storm withstand,
For 'tis well secured by the Saviour's hand;
And the cables, pass'd from his heart to thine,
Can defy the blast, thro' strength divine. [Refrain]
3 It will firmly hold in the straits of Fear,
When the breakers tell that the reef is near,
Tho' the tempest rave and the wild winds blow,
Not an angry wave shall our bark o'erflow. [Refrain]
4 It will surely hold in the floods of death,
When the waters cold chill our latest breath,
On the rising tide it can never fail,
While our hopes abide within the veil. [Refrain]
5 When our eyes behold, in the dawning light,
Shining gates of pearl, our harbor bright,
We shall anchor fast to the heav'nly shore,
With the storms all past forevermore. [Refrain}
Used With Tune: [Will your anchor hold in the storm of life]
We Have an Anchor
By Faith Alone
Author: A. M. Toplady Appears in 240 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Trust in Trouble; Living His Life Trust in Trouble; Living His Life Trust in Trouble; Living His Life Faith First Line: If, through unruffled seas Lyrics: 1 If, through unruffled seas,
Calmly to'ard heav'n we sail,
With grateful hearts, O God, to thee,
We'll own the fav'ring gale.
With grateful hearts, O God, to thee,
We'll own the fav'ring gale.
2 But should the surges rise,
And rest delay to come,
Blest be the sorrow, kind the storm,
Which drives us nearer home.
Blest be the sorrow, kind the storm,
Which drives us nearer home.
3 Soon shall our doubts and fears
All yield to thy control;
Thy tender mercies shall illume
The midnight of the soul.
Thy tender mercies shall illume
The midnight of the soul.
4 Teach us in ev'ry state,
To make thy will our own,
And when the joys of sense depart,
To live by faith alone.
And when the joys of sense depart,
To live by faith alone.
Used With Tune: SELVIN
By Faith Alone
Toiling On
Author: Fanny Crosby Appears in 230 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Winning Souls; Living His Life Winning Souls; Living His Life Winning Souls; Living His Life Call to Activity First Line: To the work! to the work! we are servants of God Refrain First Line: Toiling on, toiling on Lyrics: 1 To the work! to the work! we are servants of God,
Let us follow the path that our Master has trod;
With the word of his counsel our strength to renew,
Let us do with our might what our hands find to do.
Chorus:
Toiling on, toiling on,
Toiling on, toiling on,
Let us hope, let us watch,
And labor till the Master comes.
2 To the work! to the work! let the hungry be fed;
To the Fountain of Life let the weary be led;
In the cross and its banner our glory shall be,
While we herald the tidings, "Salvation is free!" [Chorus]
3 To the work! to the work! there is labor for all,
For the kingdom of darkness and error shall fall;
And the name of Jehovah exalted shall be
In the loud swelling chorus, "Salvation is free!" [Chorus]
4 To the work! to the work! pressing on to the end,
For the harvest will come, and the reapers descend;
And the home of the ransom'd our dwelling will be,
And our chorus forever, "Salvation is free!" [Chorus] Used With Tune: [To the work! to the work! we are servants of God]
Toiling On
My Safety
Author: James G. Deck Appears in 161 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Trusting; Living His Life Trusting; Living His Life Trusting; Living His Life Dependence First Line: O Lamb of God! still keep me Lyrics: 1 O Lamb of God! still keep me
Near to Thy wounded side;
'Tis only there in safety
And peace I can abide!
What foes and snares surround me,
What doubts and fears within!
The grace that sought and found me,
Alone can keep me clean.
2 'Tis only in Thee hiding
I know my life secure
Only in Thee abiding,
The conflict can endure:
Thine arm the victory gaineth
O'er ev'ry hateful foe;
Thy love my heart sustaineth
In all its care and woe.
3 Soon shall my eyes behold Thee,
With rapture, face to face;
One half hath not been told me
Of all Thy pow'r and grace.
Thy beauty, Lord, and glory,
The wonders of Thy love,
Shall be the endless story
Of all the saints above. Used With Tune: CHENIES
My Safety
Throw Out the Life-Line
Author: Rev. U. S. Ufford Appears in 368 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Call to Activity First Line: Throw out the Life-Line across the dark wave Refrain First Line: Throw out the Life-Line! Throw out the Life-Line! Lyrics: 1 Throw out the Life-Line across the dark wave,
There is a brother whom some one shall save;
Somebody's brother! oh, who then, will dare
To throw out the Life-Line his peril to share?
Chorus:
Throw out the Life-Line! Throw out the Life-Line!
Some one is drifting away;
Throw out the Life-Line! Throw out the Life-Line!
Some one is sinking today.
2 Throw out the Life-Line, With hand quick and strong,
Why do you tarry, why linger so long?
See! he is sinking; oh, hasten today
And out with the Life-Boat! away, then, away! [Chorus]
3 Throw out the Life-Line to danger-fraught men,
Sinking in anguish where you've never been:
Winds of temptation and billows of woe
Will soon hurl them out where the dark waters flow. [Chorus]
4 Soon will the season of rescue be o'er,
Soon will they drift to eternity's shore,
Haste, then, my brother, no time for delay,
But throw out the Life-Line and save them today. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Throw out the Life-Line across the dark wave]
Throw Out the Life-Line
Conformed to Thee
Author: C. Wesley Appears in 111 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Christian Character; Living His Life Nearer to God; Living His Life Christian Character; Living His Life Nearer to God First Line: When, my Savior, shall I be Lyrics: 1 When, my Saviour, shall I be
Perfectly conformed to thee?
Poor and vile in my own eyes,
Only in thy wisdom wise;
2 Only thee content to know,
Ignorant of all below;
Only guided by thy light,
Only mighty in thy might?
3 Fully in my life express
All the hights of holiness;
Sweetly let my spirit prove
All the depths of humble love. Used With Tune: HOLLEY
Conformed to Thee
On Presentation of Offering
Appears in 129 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Consecration; Living His Life Giving; Living His Life Consecration; Living His Life Giving First Line: All things come of Thee, O Lord Lyrics: All things come of Thee, O Lord;
and of Thine own have we given Thee.
Amen. Used With Tune: [All things come of Thee, O Lord]
On Presentation of Offering
Courageous Lives
Author: Anon. Appears in 238 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Loyalty to Christ First Line: Father, hear the prayer we offer! Lyrics: 1 Father, hear the prayer we offer!
Not for ease that prayer shall be,
But for strength that we may ever
Live our lives courageously.
2 Not forever by still waters
Would we idly, quiet stay,
But would smite the living fountains
From the rocks along our way.
3 Be our strength in hours of weakness,
In our wand'rings be our guide;
Thro' endeavor, hardships, danger,
Father, be Thou at our side.
4 Ours to sow the seed in sorrow,
Thine to bid it spring and grow;
And the golden days of autumn
Will a precious harvest show. Used With Tune: STOCKWELL
Courageous Lives
Wonderful Words of Life
Author: P. P. B. Appears in 574 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Teaching the Gospel; Living His Life Teaching the Gospel; Living His Life Teaching the Gospel First Line: Sing them over again to me Refrain First Line: Beautiful words, wonderful words Lyrics: 1 Sing them over again to me,
Wonderful words of Life;
Let me more of their beauty see,
Wonderful words of Life;
Words of life and beauty,
Teach me faith and duty,
Refrain:
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of Life;
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of Life.
2 Christ, the blessed One, gives to all,
Wonderful words of Life;
Sinner, list to the loving call,
Wonderful words of Life;
All so freely given,
Wooing as to heaven, [Refrain]
3 Sweetly echo the gospel call,
Wonderful words of Life;
Offer pardon and peace to all,
Wonderful words of Life;
Jesus, only Saviour,
Sanctify forever. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Sing them over again to me]
Wonderful Words of Life
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