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Blessed Hope

Daniel Webster Whittle (1877) • English

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Blessèd hope that in Jesus is given, In our sorrow to cheer and sustain, That soon in the mansions of Heaven, We shall meet with our loved ones again. Blessèd hope, blessèd hope, We shall meet with our loved ones again; Blessèd hope, blessèd hope, We shall meet with our loved one…

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Blessed in Him with all Spiritual Blessings

James Relly • English

Psalm 72:17

What blessings in the Lamb abound! To all who know the joyful sound; Thy countenance, O Lord, shall shine On them with brightness all divine. The grievances which them oppress'd, In Jesus now they see redress'd; This mercy we thy Worms now prove, And bless thy grace, thou God of…

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Blessed Is Each One That Fears the Lord

English

Psalm 128

Bless’d is each one that fears the Lord, and walketh in his ways; For of thy labour thou shalt eat, and happy be always. Thy wife shall as a fruitful vine by thy house’ sides be found: Thy children like to olive-plants about thy table round. Behold, the man that fears the Lord, t…

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Blessed Is He

English

Psalm 41

Blessed is he that considereth the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing, Thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. Amen…

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Blessed is he that wisely doth

English

Psalm 41

Blessed is he that wisely doth the poor man’s case consider; For when the time of trouble is, the Lord will him deliver. God will him keep, yea, save alive; on earth he bless’d shall live; And to his enemies’ desire thou wilt him not up give. God will give strength when he on bed…

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Blessed Is the Man

Paul Gerhardt • Carl Doving • English

Psalm 1

Blessed is the man that never Doth in godless counsel meet; Nor in sinners' way stands ever, Nor sits in the scorner's seat, But on God's all-perfect law Meditates with holy awe; Day and night he delves for treasure In the Word--'tis all his pleasure. As a tree that has been plan…

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Blessed Jesus, at Thy word

Tobias Clausnitzer (1663) • Catherine Winkworth (1858) • English

Exodus 35:20-35

Blessed Jesus, at your word we are gathered all to hear you. Let our hearts and souls be stirred now to seek and love and fear you. By your gospel pure and holy, teach us, Lord, to love you solely. All our knowledge, sense, and sight lie in deepest darkness shrouded, till your Sp…

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Blessed Jesus, Here We Stand

Benjamin Schmolck (1704) • Catherine Winkworth • English

Matthew 18:3

Dearest Jesus, we are here, gladly your command obeying; with this child we now draw near in response to your own saying that to you it shall be given as a child and heir of heaven. Lord, your Word is clear and plain, and we would obey it duly: "He who is not born again, heart an…

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Blessed Jesus, Keep Me White

Anonymous • English

Psalm 121:5

Blessed Jesus, Thou art mine, All I have is wholly Thine; Thou dost dwell within my heart, Make me clean in every part. Blessed Jesus, keep me white, Keep me walking in the light, All I have is wholly Thine, Blessed Jesus, Thou art mine. I am safe within the fold, All my cares on…

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Blessed Jesus, we are here, At thy call, Thy presence owning

Tobias Clausnitzer • George Ratcliffe Woodward • English

Deuteronomy 13:3-4

Dearest Jesu, we are here, at thy call, thy presence owning; pleading now in holy fear that great sacrifice atoning: Word incarnate, much in wonder on this mystery deep we ponder. Jesu, strong to save — the same yesterday, today, for ever — make us fear and love thy name, serving…

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Blessed Lord, in Thee Is Refuge

Herbert Booth • English

Psalm 62:7

Blessed Lord, in thee is refuge, safety for my trembling soul: pow'r to lift my head when drooping 'midst the angry billow's roll. I will trust thee, I will trust thee, I will trust thee, all my life thou shalt control; all my life thou shalt control. In the past, too, unbelievin…

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Blessed Martha love and joy expressed

John Newton • English

Luke 10:38-42

Blessed Martha love and joy expressed, To entertain her heavenly guest; While Mary, ravished with her Lord, Sat at his feet, and heard his word. True love divine, in both the same, Let each to glorify his name; Each met her Lord with joyful heart, "But Mary chose the better part.…

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Blessed Quietness

M. P. Ferguson • English

1 Kings 19:12

Joys are flowing like a river since the Comforter has come, who abides with us forever, makes the trusting heart a home. Blessed quietness, holy quietness what assurance in my soul! On the stormy sea speaking peace to me how the billows cease to roll! Like the rain that falls fro…

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Blessed Redeemer

Avis B. Christiansen (1920) • English

Isaiah 49:26

Up Calv'ry's mountain one dreadful morn Walked Christ, my Savior, weary and worn; Facing for sinners death on the cross, That He might save them from endless loss. Blessed Redeemer! Precious Redeemer! Seems now I see Him on Calvary's tree; Wounded and bleeding, for sinners pleadi…

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Blessed River

Horatius Bonar • English

Psalm 46:4

Fresh from the throne of glory, Bright in its crystal gleam, Bursts out the living Fountain, Swells on the living Stream. Holy River, I would ever Draw my life from thee; Mighty River, I will never Cease to sing of thee. Stream full of life and gladness, Spring of all health and…

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Blessed Rock

Fanny J. Crosby • English

1 Corinthians 10:4

’Mid the wild and fearful blast, I have reached the Rock at last; Helpless, weak and sore dismayed, To the cross I’ll cling for aid. Blessèd Rock, whose love divine, Fills with joy this heart of mine; Cross of Him who died for me, Evermore I’ll cling to Thee. Wrecked by sin, by t…

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Blessed Sabbath Home

Jennie Wilson • English

John 14:1

Blessed Sabbath Home, within thy walls We have meet to worship now; Here love’s gifts we bring to our Savior, King, At whose holy feet we bow. Blessed Sabbath Home, happy Sabbath home! Here we meet in bonds divine; Blessed Sabbath Home; happy Sabbath Home, What a hallowed peace i…

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Blessed Savior, Hear My Prayer

Fred. H. Jacobs • English

Psalm 55:1

Blessèd Savior, hear my prayer, As I kneel before Thee, Pleading for Thy love and care; Spread Thy mantle o’er me; I have wandered from Thy fold, And my heart is weary, Traveling thro’ the storm and cold Of this desert dreary. All unworthy though I be, Grant me, Lord, Thy favor,…

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Blessed Savior, Thee I Love

George Duffield (1851) • English

Romans 8:35-39

Blessed Savior, Thee I love All my other joys above; All my hopes in Thee abide, Thou my Hope, and naught betide; Ever let my glory be, Only, only, only Thee. Once again beside the cross, All my gain I count but loss; Earthly pleasures fade away, Clouds they are that hide my day;…

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Blessed Shepherd

J. H. Boyet • English

John 10:14

Blessed Shepherd of my soul, Let me in Thy presence be; If in sorrow I should wander, Blessed Shepherd be with me. Blessed Shepherd ever lead me, By my comfort day by day; Till this weary life is ended, And these tears are wiped away. Mighty Shepherd of my life, In Thy arms I hel…

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Blessed Shepherd

Eliza E. Hewitt • English

Psalm 23:1

Blessed Shepherd, gently leading All Thy flock with tender care, Let us evermore be feeding In Thy pastures green and fair. Shepherd of the flock, be near us; In Thy tender mercy hear us; With thy blessed comfort cheer us, Shepherd of the ransom’d flock. Lead us by the sparkling…

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Blessed Spirit

J. B. Atchinson • English

1 Corinthians 14:16

Blessed Spirit, rest, we pray, In our Sunday School today; Teachers now and scholars bless, Clothe us with Thy righteousness. While we read Thy word divine, Lord, to Thee our hearts incline; May we long to know and see, Blessed Saviour, more of Thee. While our cheerful songs we r…

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Blessed Sunshine

Robert H. Walton • English

2 Corinthians 9:6

Scatter smiles and sunshine In some gloomy place; Fill each passing moment With some kindly grace; Many hearts are aching, Many homes are sad: With your smiles and sunshine You can make them glad. Scatter the blessed sunshine, Scatter its light along; It will cheer and brighten A…

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Blessed Words of Jesus

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Matthew 19:13

Jesus when he lived on earth, Little children blest, Took them in his loving arms, Laid them on his breast. Still are true his blessed words, Ne'er to be forgot; Suffer each to come to me, And forbid them not. Then to him I'll gladly come, And will humbly pray, Jesus take me for…

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Blessedness of Adoption

Anne Steele • English

Jeremiah 3:4

And can my heart aspire so high To say—My Father, God? Lord, at Thy feet, I fain would lie, And learn to kiss the rod. I would submit to all Thy will, For thou art good and wise; Let each rebellious thought be still, Nor one faint murmur rise. Thy love can cheer the darkest gloom…

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Blessedness of Gospel Times

Isaac Watts • English

2 Samuel 23:1-7

How beauteous are their feet, who stand on Sion's hill, who bring salvation on their tongues and words of peace reveal! How happy are our ears that hear this happy sound, which kings and prophets waited for, and sought, but never found! How blessèd are our eyes that see this heav…

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Blessedness of Instructing the Young

Joseph Straphan • English

Matthew 21:16

Delightful work! young souls to win, And turn the rising race From the deceitful paths of sin, To seek redeeming grace. Children our kind protection claim, And God will well approve When infants learn to lisp his name, And their Redeemer love. Be ours the bliss, in wisdom's way T…

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Blessing and Honor and Glory and Power

Horatius Bonar (1858) • English

Isaiah 6:3

Blessing and honor and glory and pow'r, wisdom and riches and strength evermore give ye to him who our battle hath won, whose are the kingdom, the crown, and the throne. Soundeth the heav'n of the heav'ns with his name; ringeth the earth with his glory and fame; ocean and mountai…

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Blessing God for His Goodness to Soul and Body

Isaac Watts (1719) • English

Psalm 103

Bless, O my soul, the living God, Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad, Let all the pow'rs within me join In work and worship so divine, In work and worship so divine. Bless, O my soul, the God of grace; His favours claim thy highest praise: Why should the wonders He hath wrou…

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Blessing, honor, thanks and praise

Charles Wesley • English

1 Corinthians 15:57

Blessing, honor, thanks and praise, Pay we, gracious God, to Thee: Thou in Thine abundant grace Givest us the victory. True and faithful to Thy word, Thou hast glorified Thy Son: Jesus Christ, our dying Lord, Has for us the vict'ry won. Happy are the faithful dead, Blèssed who in…

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Blessings

H. H. Green • English

Romans 8:28

Ask me not to count my blessings, Tell them over one by one; For they come in show’rs upon me, As the raindrops ‘neath the sun. Father, how thy precious blessings Cheer me on my pilgrim way; How they lighten ev’ry burden, Brighten ev’ry passing day. Multitudes of precious blessin…

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Blessings of the Gospel

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1 Chronicles 29:11

Oh Jesu, our Lord, Thy Name be ador'd, For all the rich Blessings convey'd by thy Word. In Spirit we trace Thy Wonders of Grace, And chearfully join in a Concert of Praise. The Ancient of Days His Glory displays, And shines on his chosen with cherishing Rays. The Trumpet of God I…

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Blest are the sons of peace

Isaac Watts • English

Psalm 133

God, bless the ones of peace, whose hearts and hopes are one, whose kind designs to serve and please bear witness to your Son. Blest is the pious house where zeal and friendship meet; their songs of praise, their mingled vows, make their communion sweet. Thus on your heavenly hil…

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Blest be the Lord my strength, that doth

Thomas Norton • English

Psalm 144

Blest be the Lord my strength, that doth instruct my hands to fight, The Lord that doth my fingers frame to battle by his might. He is my hope, my fort, and tow'r, deliverer and shield; In him I trust, my people he subdues to me to yield. O Lord, what thing is man, that him thou…

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Blest be the Lord, even Israel's God

John Barnard • English

Luke 1:68-79

Blessed be the Lord, e'en Israel's God, Praise be our constant theme; Who came to visit his poor flock, And them with price redeem. He our salvation's horn hath raised. His servant David's heir: As, by his holy prophets mouth, He did from first declare. That we should, from our e…

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Blest Be the Tie That Binds

John Fawcett (1782) • English

Genesis 31:49

Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above. Before our Father's throne we pour our ardent prayers; our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, our comforts and our cares. We share our mutual woes, our mutual burdens…

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Blest Be Thou

Henry Ustick Onderdonk • English

1 Chronicles 29:10-13

Blest be thou, O God of Israel, Thou, our Father and our Lord! Blest thy majesty forever; Ever be thy name adored! Thine, O Lord, are power and greatness; Glory, victory are thine own; All is thine in earth and heaven; Over all thy boundless throne. Riches come of thee, and honor…

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Blest Feast of Love Divine!

Edward Denny (1839) • English

Matthew 26:26-28

Sweet feast of love divine: ’Tis grace that makes us free To feed upon this bread and wine, In memory, Lord, of Thee. Here every welcome guest Waits, Lord, from Thee to learn The secrets of Thy Father’s breast, And all Thy grace discern. Here conscience ends its strife, And faith…

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Blest he who wisely helps the poor

English

Psalm 41

Blest he who wisely helps the poor, In trouble he shall help secure: The Lord shall keep him, he shall live, And blessing on the earth receive. Thou wilt not give him to the will Of foes that seek to do him ill. When laid upon the bed of pain, The Lord with strength will him sust…

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Blest hour, when mortal man retires

Thomas Raffles • English

Genesis 28:17

Blest hour, when mortal man retires To hold communion with his God, To send to heaven his warm desires, And listen to the sacred word. Blest hour, when earthly cares resign Their empire o'er his anxious breast; While all around, the calm divine Proclaims the holy day of rest. Ble…

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Blest instructor, from thy ways

James Merrick • English

Psalm 19

Blest Instructor! from Thy ways, Who can tell how oft he strays! Save from error's growth my mind; Leave not, Lord, one root behind. Purge me from guilt, that lies Wrapt within my heart's disguise; Let me thence, by Thee renewed, Each presumptuous sin exclude. Let my tongue, from…

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Blest Is He Who Cries To Heaven

P. C. Paulsen (1926) • English

Psalm 32

Blest is he who cries to heaven In the dark and evil day, Whose transgressions are forgiven And whose sins are washed away; Blest, when God to him imputeth Not iniquity nor sin, And no hidden guile polluteth Spirit, heart, and soul within. Long I kept in silence groaning, While m…

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Blest Is He Who Loves God's Precepts

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Psalm 1

Blest is he who loves God's precepts, Who from sin restrains his feet, He who will not stand with sinners, He who shuns the scorner's seat. Blest is he who makes the statutes Of the Lord his chief delight, In God's law, divinely perfect, Meditating day and night. He is like a tre…

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Blest is the man whose heart is kind

Isaac Watts • English

Psalm 41:1-3

Blest is the man, whose heart is kind And melts with pity to the poor; Who, with a sympathizing mind, Feels what his fellowmen endure. His heart contrives for their relief More good than his own hands can do; He in the time of gen'ral grief Shall find, the Lord hath pity too. Thi…

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Blest is the man, supremely blest

Charles Wesley • English

Psalm 32

Blest is the soul, supremely blest, Whose wickedness is all forgiv’n, Who finds in Jesu’s wounds sweet rest And sees the smiling face of Heav’n. The guilt and pow’r of sin is gone From those who do in Christ believe; Covered it lies, and still kept down, And buried in the Savior’…

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Blest is the man, to whom the God of heaven

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Psalm 32

Blest is the Man, to whom the GOD of Heaven, All his Transgressions freely hath forgiven: Whose Guilt is cover'd, and shall not appear; At GOD's Tribunal to condemn him there. Thrice bless'd is he, who as he has transgressed, With contrite Heart hath all his Crimes confessed; To…

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Blest is the man, who'll not the poor despise

Thomas Cradock • English

Psalm 41

Blest is the man, who'll not the poor despise, But to his aid with swift companion flies; Him with abundant mercy will repay Th' all-high, and chase his sorrows far away. From foes, from perils he'll his soul defend, And grant him joys, that but with life will end, In peace, in o…

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Blest is the man, whose honest soul disdains

Thomas Cradock • English

Psalm 1

Blest is the man, whose honest soul disdains To tread the path where impious counsel reigns; That in the way of sinners has not stood, Nor fill'd the chair of the imperious proud. But makes Jehovah's law his dear delight, And meditates thereon by day, by night. Like some fair tre…

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Blest is the man, whose softening heart

Mrs. Barbauld • English

Psalm 41

Blest is the man whose softening heart Feels all another's pain; To whom the supplicating eye Was never raised in vain: Whose breast expands with generous warmth A stranger's woes to feel; And bleeds in pity o'er the wound He wants the power to heal. He spreads his kind supportin…

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Blest is the penitent, who feels

Henry F. Lyte (1836) • English

Psalm 32

Blest are the penitent, who feel Their sins are all forgiv'n; Thrice blest the souls whom Jesus heals And fills with hopes of Heav'n. Before his feet in dread despair A culprit long I lay, But when I prayed he heard my pray'r And turned my night to day. O seek him, all ye sinners…

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Blest Jesus, Grant Us Strength

William Walsham How • English

Psalm 86:16

Blest Jesus, grant us strength to take Our daily cross, whate’er it be, And gladly, for Thine own dear sake, In paths of duty follow Thee. And day by day, we humbly ask That holy mem’ries of Thy cross May sanctify each common task, And turn to gain each earthly loss. Help us, dea…

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Blest Jesus, when my soaring thoughts

Ottiwell Heginbotham • English

1 Peter 2:7

Blest Jesus! when my soaring thoughts O’er all Thy graces rove, How is my soul in transport lost-- In wonder, joy, and love! Not softest strains can charm mine ears, Like Thy belovèd name; Nor aught beneath the skies inspire My heart with equal flame. Where’er I look, my wonderin…

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Blest the Man That Fears Jehovah

English

Psalm 128

Blessed the man that fears Jehovah, walking ever in His ways, by thy toil thou shalt be prospered and be happy all thy days. In thy wife thou shalt have gladness, she shall fill thy home with good, happy in her loving service and the joys of motherhood. Joyful children, sons and…

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Blest's the man, whose upright walking

Paul Gerhardt • Johann Christian Jacobi • English

Psalm 1

Blest's the Man, whose upright Walking Contradicts ill Counselors; Nor gives Ear to Sinners Talking, But their wicked Ways abhors; Who removes with Care his Feet From the Place where Scoffers meet; And whose Heart is wholly given To obey the Laws of Heaven. Blessed, who with cons…

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Blind Man Stood On The Way And Cried

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Joshua 3:17

Blind man stood on the road and he cried. Blind man stood on the road and he cried. Blind man stood on the road and he cried saying, "Ah! Show me the way. Show me the way. Show me the way, the way to go home." Jesus stood on the road and replied, Jesus stood on the road and repli…

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Blood of the Lamb

Knowles Shaw • English

Psalm 51:2

I am sinful, Lord, to Thee, In my anguish I would flee; To the fountain let me go, Make me whiter than the snow. Blind and lost I call for aid, Let Thy hand on me be laid; Only Thou canst, Lord, I know, Make me whiter than the snow. Cleanse me in Thy precious blood, Love's pure c…

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Blow the Trumpet

Henry L. Gilmour • English

Ezekiel 33:4-5

Watchman, blow the gospel trumpet, Every soul a warning give; Whosoever hears the message May repent, and, turn and live. Blow the trumpet, trusty watchman, Blow it loud o’er land and sea; God commissions, sound the message! Every captive may be free. Sound it loud oér every hill…

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Boast Not Thyself of Tomorrow

M. Wilkes • English

Proverbs 27:1

Why should we boast of time to come, Though but a single day? This hour may fix our final doom, Though strong, and young, and gay. The present we should now redeem; This only is our own; The past, alas! is all a dream; The future is unknown. O think what vast concerns depend Upon…

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Bondage and death the cup contains

Lucius Manlius Sargent • English

Proverbs 23:32

Bondage and death the cup contains, Dash to the earth the poisoned bowl! Softer than silk are iron chains, Compared with those that chafe the soul. Hosannas, Lord, to Thee we sing, Whose power the giant fiend obeys; What countless thousands tribute bring, For happier home and bri…

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Bondage and Deliverance

Isaac Watts • English

Psalm 114

When Israel out of Egypt went, from people of a speech unknown, the LORD among His people dwelt, and there He set His royal throne. The sea beheld and fled away, the Jordan's waters backward turned, the lofty mountains and the hills with trembling awe our God discerned. What aile…

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Bonum est

John Hopkins • English

Psalm 92

It is a thing both good and meet to praise the highest Lord, And to thy Name, O thou most High, to sing with one accord: To shew the kindness of the Lord, before the day be light, And to declare his truth abroad, when it doth draw to night, On a ten stringed instrument, on lute a…

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Bonum Est Confiteri

English

Psalm 92

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most High; To show forth Thy loving-kindness in the morning, and Thy faithfulness every night. Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the psaltery, upon the harp with a solemn sound. For Tho…

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Book of Books, Our People's Strength

Percy Dearmer (1925) • English

Romans 15:4

Book of books, our people's strength, statesman's, teacher's, hero's treasure, bringing freedom, spreading truth, shedding light that none can measure — wisdom comes to those who know you, all the best we have we owe you. Thank we those who toiled in thought, many diverse scrolls…

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Book of God's word and Nature

Anne Steele • English

John 5:39

Thou lovely Source of true delight, Whom I unseen adore! Unvail thy beauties to my sight, That I may love thee more. Thy glory o'er creation shines;-- But in thy sacred word, I read, in fairer, brighter lines, My bleeding, dying Lord. 'Tis here, whene'er my comforts droop, And si…

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Book of Grace

Thomas MacKellar (1843) • English

Psalm 119:105

Book of grace and book of glory, Gift of God to age and youth, Wondrous is thy sacred story, Bright, bright with truth. Book of love in accents tender Speaking unto such as we; May it lead us, Lord, to render All, all to Thee.

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Born Again

Peter Vogel • English

John 3:7

Long was I a wand'rer, Jesus now is mine; Yes, I've found a Savior, Human and divine, High He lives in glory, Low to earth He came, Told the wondrous story, Life in Jesus' name. Then praise the Lord, my Savior, Oh, praise His holy name; I'll sing His praise forever, For I am born…

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Boundless Salvation!

William Booth • English

Isaiah 48:18

O boundless salvation! deep ocean of love, O fulness of mercy, Christ brought from above, The whole world redeeming, so rich and so free, Now flowing for all men, come, roll over me! My sins they are many, their stains are so deep, And bitter the tears of remorse that I weep; But…

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Bounteous in Mercy and Goodness

Anne Steele • English

Psalm 116:12

My Maker and my King, To thee my all I owe; Thy constant goodness is the spring Whence all my blessings flow. The creature of thy hand, On thee alone I live; Thy countless benefits demand More praise than I can give. O let thy grace inspire My soul with strength divine! Let all m…

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Bow Down Thine Ear, O Lord, and Hear

English

Psalm 86

Bow down Thy ear, O LORD, and hear, for I am poor and great my need; preserve my soul, for Thee I fear; O God, Thy trusting servant heed. O Lord, be merciful to me, for all the day to Thee I cry; rejoice Thy servant, for to Thee I lift my soul, O Lord Most High. For Thou, O Lord,…

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Bow down, O Lord, thine ear, hear me

John Barnard • English

Psalm 86

Bow down, O Lord, thine ear, hear me; Oppressed, and poor, am I. Keep thou my righteous soul, which doth On thee, my God, rely. To thee, I daily make my prayer; Have mercy, Lord, on me, Joy, to thy servant's soul, restore; Who lifts his heart to thee. For thou, O Lord, art good a…

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Bowed with a burden none can weigh save Thee

Anna Letitia Waring • English

1 Corinthians 1:6

Bowed with a burden none can weigh save Thee, Strength of my life, on Thee I cast my care; My heart must prove its own infirmity, But what shall move me, if my God be there? O for a thankful song with every breath, While amid fading flowers and withering grass, I, with Thee, thro…

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Bread of Heaven

T. R. Birks (1874) • English

Romans 15:33

O gentle Saviour, from Thy throne on high Look down in love and hear our humble cry. Go where we go, abide where we abide, In life, in death, our comfort, strength and guide. O lead us daily with Thine eye of love, And bring us safely to our home above.

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Bread of Heaven, On Thee We Feed

Josiah Conder (1824) • English

Exodus 16:2-15

Bread of heaven, on thee we feed, for thy flesh is meat indeed; ever may our souls be fed with this true and living bread; day by day with strength supplied through the life of him who died. Vine of heaven, thy blood supplies this blest cup of sacrifice; Lord, thy wounds our heal…

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Bread of Life

John Fawcett • English

John 6:35

Depraved minds on ashes feed, Nor love, nor seek for heavenly bread; They chuse the husks which swine do eat, Or manly crave the serpent's meat. Jesus, thou art the living bread, By which our need souls are fed: In thee alone thy children find Enough to fill the empty mind. Witho…

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Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light

Johann von Rist (1641) • John Troutbeck • English

Genesis 3:8-15

Break forth, O beauteous heav'nly light, and usher in the morning. O shepherds, shrink not with affright, but hear the angel's warning: this child, now weak in infancy, our confidence and joy shall be, the pow'r of Satan breaking, our peace eternal making. Break forth, O beauteou…

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Break Thou the Bread of Life

Mary A. Lathbury (1877) • English

Deuteronomy 8:3

Break now the bread of life, dear Lord, to me, as once you broke the loaves beside the sea. Beyond the sacred page I seek you, Lord; my spirit waits for you, O living Word. Bless your own word of truth, dear Lord, to me, as when you blessed the bread by Galilee. Then shall all bo…

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Break thro' the clouds, dear Lord, and shine

John Newton • English

Hebrews 12:5-11

Break through the clouds, dear Lord, and shine, Let us perceive thee nigh! And to each mourning child of thine, These gracious words apply. "Let not my children slight the stroke, I for chastisement send; Nor faint beneath my kind rebuke, For I am still their friend. "The wicked…

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Break, day of God, O break, The night has lingered long

Henry Burton • English

Psalm 30

Break, day of God, O break! The night has lingered long, our hearts with sighing wake; we weep for sin and wrong: O bright and Morning star, draw near; O Sun of Righteousness, appear. Break, day of God, O break! The earth with strife is worn; the hills with thunder shake, hearts…

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Breast the Wave, Christian

Joseph Stammers (1830) • English

1 Timothy 6:12

Breast the wave, Christian, When it is strongest; Watch for day, Christian, When the night's longest; Onward and onward still Be Thine endeavour; The rest that remaineth Will be for ever. Fight the fight, Christian, Jesus is o'er thee; Run the race, Christian, Heaven is before th…

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