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Ada Blenkhorn • English
Luke 9:57
‘Tis the Savior speaks unto you today, “Child of mine, follow me;” Listen to His voice and without delay, Answer, I will follow Thee. O hear the voice of Jesus calling now, “Follow me, follow me,” And ready be to answer to His call, My Savior I will follow Thee. Where the Savior…
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William Stevenson (1880) • English
Matthew 4:18-22
"Follow me," the Master said: we will follow Jesus. By his word and Spirit led, we will follow Jesus. Still for us he lives to plead, at the throne doth intercede, offers help in time of need; we will follow Jesus. Should the world and sin oppose, we will follow Jesus. He is grea…
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W. O. Cushing (1878) • English
Deuteronomy 31:8
Down in the valley with my Saviour I would go, where the flowers are blooming and the sweet waters flow, everywhere he leads me I would follow, follow on, walking in his footsteps till the crown be won. Follow, follow, I would follow Jesus, anywhere, everywhere, I would follow on…
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Laura E. Newell • English
Galatians 3:23
As we journey on to the land of song, Where the pure in heart abide, Let us follow Christ for his blood sufficed, He would be our strength, our Guide. We’ll follow the Master, home thro’ the night, We will walk where he leads, And we’ll list when he pleads, Till his palace is in…
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C. R. Blackall • English
Psalm 25:10
Follow the path of Jesus, Walk where His footsteps lead; Keep in His beaming presence, Ev'ry counsel heed; Watch, while the hours are flying, Ready some good to do; Quick, while His voice is calling, Yield obedience true! Cling to the hand of Jesus, All through the day and night;…
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Mary B. C. L. Slade • English
Matthew 4:19
If I, like Galilee fishers, Were mending my nets by the main, And Jesus, coming, should call me, He never should call in vain. We'll follow the summons of Jesus, Wherever, however it falls; When high up the pathway he sees us, And "Follow thou me!" he calls. If I were dwelling in…
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Charles M. Fillmore • English
Luke 9:23
Following Jesus day by day, Following Him—His will obey, Following Him, I cannot stray, I’ll follow Him all the way. Following Him, following Him, Following Him by night and by day; Following Him, following Him, I’ll follow Him all the way. Following Him through all the night, Fo…
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Barney Elliott Warren • English
John 8:12
Following Jesus, following Jesus, Gently He leads me in the heavenly way; Watching and praying, trusting, obeying, He will restrain me from going astray. Following Jesus, following Jesus, Following Jesus by day and by night; Watching and praying, trusting, obeying, He is my helpe…
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Psalm 53
Fools in their heart have said, There is no God of might; Corrupt are they and base their deeds, In evil they delight. God looked from heaven above On all the human race, To see if any understood, If any sought His face. They all are gone aside, Corruption doth abound; There is n…
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John Barnard • English
Psalm 53
Fools, in their heart, say there's no God; They so corrupt and base are grown; They scatter loathsome sin abroad; Among them that doth good, there's none. The Lord looked down from heaven above, On sons of men, with strict survey, To see if reason they approve, And seek the Lord,…
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M. B. C. Slade (1871) • English
Matthew 8:19
Sweetly, Lord, have we heard Thee calling, "Come, follow Me!" And we see where Thy footprints falling, lead us to Thee. Footprints of Jesus that make the pathway glow; we will follow the steps of Jesus where’er they go. Though they lead o’er the cold dark mountains, seeking His s…
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Reginald Heber • English
Deuteronomy 32:3
O God, by whom the seed is given, By whom the harvest blest; Whose word, like manna showered from heaven, Is planted in our breast; Preserve it from the passing feet, And plunderers of the air; The sultry sun’s intenser heat, And weeds of worldly care! Though buried deep, or thin…
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Philip Doddridge • English
Psalm 33:12
Eternal Source of every joy, Well may Thy praise our lips employ, While in Thy temple we appear, Whose goodness crowns the circling year. Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days, Demand successive songs of praise; Still be the cheerful homage paid With opening light and evening…
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Anne Steele • English
2 Chronicles 7:14
Almighty Lord, before Thy throne Thy mourning people bend; 'Tis on Thy grace in Christ alone Our failing hopes depend. Dark judgments from Thy heavy hand Thy dreadful pow'r display; Yet mercy spares this guilty land, And still we live to pray. How changed, alas, are truths divine…
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P. H. Brown • English
1 Kings 19:12
O Lord, thy work revive, In Zion's gloomy hour, And make her dying graces live By thy restoring power. Awake thy chosen few To fervent earnest prayer; Again may they their vows renew, Thy blessed presence share. Thy Spirit then will speak Through lips of feeble clay, And hearts o…
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William Walsham How (1864) • English
2 Samuel 22:1-4
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! Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress and their Might; Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight; Thou, in the darkness dr…
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Richard Mant (1837) • English
Nahum 1:15
For all Thy saints, O Lord, Who strove in Thee to live, Who followed Thee, obeyed, adored, Our grateful hymn receive. For Thy dear saints, O Lord, Who strove in Thee to die, Who counted Thee their great reward, Accept our thankful cry. Thine earthly members fit To join Thy saints…
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Charles Wesley • English
Psalm 37
Jesus, Thy wandering sheep behold! See, Lord, with tender pity see Poor souls that cannot find the fold, Till sought and gathered in by Thee. Lost are they now, and scattered wide, In pain, and weariness, and want: With no kind Shepherd near to guide The sick and spiritless and f…
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Charles Wesley (1742) • English
Matthew 9:37-38
Lord of the harvest, hear Thy needy servants’ cry; Answer our faith’s effectual prayer, And all our needs supply. On Thee we humbly wait, Our wants are in Thy view, The harvest, truly, Lord, is great, The laborers are few. Anoint and send forth more Into Thy Church abroad And let…
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Roy A. Cheville • English
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
For bread before us broken, for wine before us poured, for words which you have spoken, we give you thanks, O Lord. In prayer that we'll be strengthened and be again restored, in faith that you will aid us, we seek your table, Lord. We join in solemn promise, here at this holy bo…
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Psalm 74:12-17
For certainly God is my king, even from the times of old, working in midst of all the earth salvation manifold. The sea, by thy great power, to part asunder thou didst make; and thou the dragons’ heads, O Lord, didst in the waters break. The heads of the leviathan thou brakest, a…
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Eliza E. Hewitt • English
Romans 13:11
"For Christ and the church" let our voices ring, Let us honor the name of our own blessed King; Let us work with a will in the strength of youth, And loyally stand for the kingdom of truth. For Christ, our dear Redeemer, For Christ, the crucified; For the church His blood hath pu…
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Thomas Cradock • English
Psalm 107
For ever lasts the mercy of the Lord; His name in pious anthems be ador'd; Yes; praise him, all, who from th' oppressor's chain Have ask'd redemption, and not ask'd in vain. Whom, when with cruel hate their foes distrest, His gracious goodness with deliv'rance blest. From all the…
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Psalm 119:89-96
For ever and for ever, Lord, Unchang'd thou dost remain; Thy word establish'd in the heav'ns, Does all their orbs sustain. Through circling ages, Lord, thy truth, Immoveable shall stand, As doth the earth, which thou uphold'st By thy Almighty hand. All things the course by thee o…
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Charles Wesley • English
Romans 10:2
Jesus, I fain would find Thy zeal for God in me, Thy yearning pity for mankind, Thy burning charity. In me thy Spirit dwell, In me thy mercies move, So shall the fervour of my zeal Be the pure flame of love.
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Anna Hoppe • English
Luke 19:41
O’er Jerusalem Thou weepest In compassion, dearest Lord, Love divine, of love the deepest, O’er Thine erring Israel poured, Crieth out in bitter moan: "O loved city, hadst thou known This thy day of visitation, Thou wouldst not reject salvation." By the love Thy tears are telling…
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Jean-Baptiste de Santeul • Isaac Williams • English
Mark 8:38
For man the Savior shed His all atoning blood, And, oh, shall ransomed man refuse To suffer for his God? Ashamed who now can be To own the Crucified? Nay, rather be our glory this, To die for Him who died? So felt Thy martyr, Lord; By Thy right hand sustained, He waged for Thee t…
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John Long • English
Hebrews 13:12
Under an eastern sky, Amid a rabble’s cry A Man went forth to die, For me, for me. Thorn-crowned His blessed head, Blood-stained His ev'ry tread; Cross-laden, on He sped For me, for me. Pierced His hands and feet, Three hours o’er Him beat Fierce rays of noon-tide heat, For me, f…
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Mrs. T. Wheeler • English
1 John 3:21
No sigh nor a tear since my Jesus is here, In His presence securely I dwell; I hear His sweet voice, and it makes me rejoice, I know that for me all is well. ’Tis well with my soul since the Lord made me whole, And His smiles all my sorrows dispel; On His bosom I rest, in His lov…
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Edward Henry Bickersteth (1899) • English
Leviticus 25:9-10
'For my sake and the gospel's, go and tell redemption's story'; his heralds answer, 'Be it so, and thine, Lord, all the glory!' They preach his birth, his life, his cross, the love of his atonement, for whom they count the world but loss, his Easter, his enthronement. Hark! hark!…
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Charles Wesley • English
Luke 13:6
The Lord of earth and sky, The God of ages praise! Who reigns enthroned on high, Ancient of endless days; Who lengthens out our trial here, And spares us yet another year. Barren and withered trees, We cumbered long the ground; No fruit of holiness On our dead souls was found; Ye…
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Simon Browne • English
Hebrews 13:14
And now my soul, another year Of thy short life is past; I cannot long continue here, And this may be my last. Awake, my soul! with utmost care Thy true condition learn: What are thy hopes? how fair? What is thy great concern? Behold, another year begins! Set out afresh for heave…
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Charles Wesley • English
Psalm 27:14
I want an Heart to pray; To pray, and never cease: Never to Murmur at thy Stay, Or with my Suff'rings less. This Blessing above all, Always to pray, I want; Out of the Deep on thee to call, And never, never faint. I want a true Regard, A single, steady Aim, (Unmov'd by Threatning…
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Charles Wesley • English
Isaiah 33:14
Light of Life, Seraphic Fire, Love divine, thyself impart; Ev’ry fainting soul inspire; Shine in ev’ry drooping heart! Ev’ry mournful sinner cheer; Scatter all our guilty gloom; Son of God, appear! appear! To thy human temples come. Come, in this accepted hour; Bring thy heav’nly…
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Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (1864) • English
Genesis 1-2
For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies. Christ, our Lord, to you we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise. For the wonder of each hour of the day and of the night, hill and vale and tree and flower, sun…
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E. A. Barnes • English
1 Timothy 6:17
For the blessings that we share, Give thanks to the Lord; For the tokens of his love and care, Give thanks to the Lord. Give thanks to him, Give thanks to him, Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy, Give thanks to him. For the Gospel and its call, Give thanks to the Lord; For…
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Horatius Bonar • English
Matthew 26:24-29
For the bread and for the wine, for the pledge that seals him mine, for the words of love divine, we give you thanks, O Lord. For the feast of love and peace, bidding all our sorrows cease, foretaste of the kingdom's bliss, we give you thanks, O Lord. This the bread and this the…
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Louis F. Benson (1924) • English
Psalm 145:18
For the bread, which you have broken For the cup, which you have poured, For the words, which you have spoken, Now we give you thanks, O Lord. By this pledge that you do love us, By the gift of peace restored, By your call to Heav'n above us, Hallow all our lives, O Lord. With ou…
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Joel Barlow • English
Psalm 79
Behold, O God, what cruel foes, Thy peaceful heritage invade; Thy holy temple stands defil'd, In dust thy sacred walls are laid. Wise o'er the valleys, drench'd in blood, Thy people fall'n in death remain; The fowls of heav'n their flesh devour, And savage beasts divide the slain…
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Charles Wesley • English
Psalm 43:3
Messiah, full of grace, Redeem'd by thee, we plead The promise, made to Abrah'm's race, To souls for ages dead. Their bones, as quite dri'd up, Throughout the vale appear; Cut off and lost their last faint hope To see thy kingdom here. Open their graves, and bring The outcasts fo…
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Charles Wesley • English
Psalm 63:1
Head of Thy church, whose Spirit fills And flows through every faithful soul, Unites in mystic love, and seals Them one, and sanctifies the whole; Come, Lord, Thy glorious Spirit cries, And souls beneath the altar groan; Come, Lord, the bride on earth replies, And perfect all our…
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Isaac Watts (1719) • English
Psalm 4:3-5
Lord, in the morning you shall hear my voice ascending high; to you I will direct my prayer, to you lift up my eye. O may your spirit guide my feet to go in righteous ways! God, make my path of duty straight and plain before my face. The ones who love your glorious name shall see…
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Psalm 3:5
My God was with me all the night, And gave me sweet repose; His angels watched me while I slept, Or I had never rose. Now for the mercies of the night, My humble thanks I'll pay; And unto God I'll dedicate, The first fruits of the day. In midst of dangers, fear and death, Thy goo…
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Charles Wesley • English
Psalm 122:6
O Thou, our Savior, brother, friend, Behold a cloud of incense rise; The prayers of saints to Heaven ascend, Grateful, accepted sacrifice. Regard our prayers for Zion’s peace; Shed in our hearts Thy love abroad; Thy gifts abundantly increase; Enlarge, and fill us all with God. Be…
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Phoebe H. Brown • English
Psalm 107:23
We come, O Lord, before Thy throne, And, with united plea, We meet and pray for those who roam Far off upon the sea. Oh, may the Holy spirit bow The sailor's heart to Thee, Till tears of deep repentance flow Like rain-drops on the sea. Then may a Saviour's dying love Pour peace i…
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Jonathan Evans • English
Matthew 13:19
Come, thou soul-transforming Spirit, Bless the sower and the seed; Let each heart thy grace inherit; Raise the weak, the hungry feed! From the gospel Now supply thy people's need. Oh, may all enjoy the blessing Which thy word's designed to give; Let us all, thy love possessing, J…
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Felicia D. H. Brown • English
Psalm 95:1-7
For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers’ God; Thou hast made thy children mighty By the touch of the mountain sod. Thou hast led thy chosen Israel To freedom’s last abode; For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers’ God. At the han…
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Ellen M. H. Gates • English
Hebrews 2:18
For the tempted, Lord, we pray; For the souls that go astray; Weak and weary, tempest-tost, Stars all hid, and compass lost; Sailors on the dang’rous seas,— God of love, we pray for these. For the tempted, Lord, we pray; Thou didst make them, Thine are they: When alluring forms a…
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Charles Wesley • English
Jeremiah 2:13
Fountain of life, to all below Let thy salvation roll, Water, replenish, and o'erflow Every believing soul. Into that happy number, Lord, Us weary sinners take, Jesus, fulfil thy gracious word, For thy own mercy's sake. Turn back our nature's rapid tide, And we shall flow to thee…
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Bernard, of Cluny (1145) • J. M. Neale (1858) • English
Psalm 16:11
For thee, O dear country, Mine eyes their vigils keep; For very love beholding Thy holy name, they weep. The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest O one, O only mansion! O Paradise of joy! Where tears are ever banish…
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Psalm 65
For Thee, O God, our constant praise In Sion waits, Thy chosen seat; Our promised altars there we'll raise, And all our zealous vows complete. Thou, Who to every humble prayer Dost always bend Thy listening ear, To Thee shall all mankind repair, An at Thy gracious throne appear.…
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Matthew 6:13
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
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William Charter Piggott (1931) • English
Isaiah 64:4
For those we love within the veil, Who once were comrades of our way, We thank thee, Lord; for they have won To cloudless day. And life for them is life indeed, The splendid goal of earth’s strait race; And where no shadows intervene They see thy face. Free from the fret of morta…
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2 Corinthians 5:16-18
For thy gracious blessing we give thanks, O Lord. For thy lovingkindness we give thanks, O Lord.
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Henry Downton (1841) • English
Exodus 33:15
For thy mercy and thy grace, faithful through another year, hear our song of thankfulness; Jesus, our Redeemer, hear. In our weakness and distress, rock of strength, be thou our stay; in the pathless wilderness be our true and living Way. Who of us death's awful road in the comin…
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George Frederick Handel • English
Isaiah 9
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, unto us a Son is given: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
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William Hiley Bathurst (1831) • English
Job 13:15
Oh, for a faith that will not shrink Though pressed by many a foe, That will not tremble on the brink Of poverty or woe: It will not murmur nor complain Beneath the chast'ning rod, But in the hour of grief or pain Can lean upon its God: A faith that shines more bright and clear W…
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Caroline Fry • English
Psalm 119:67
For what shall I praise thee, my God and my King, For what blessings the tribute of gratitude bring? Shall I praise thee for pleasure, for health, or for ease, For the sunshine of youth, for the garden of peace? For this I should praise; but if only for this, I should leave half…
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Numbers 6:24-26
For your gracious blessing, for your wondrous word, for your loving kindness, we give thanks, O God.
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Ada R. Habershon • English
Proverbs 20:12
Have you seen the cross of Calv’ry, Have you met the One who died, Have you learnt the deeper meaning, And by faith been justified? You must see it for yourself, You must see it for yourself, No one else can see it for you, You must see it for yourself. Have you heard Christ’s in…
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Thomas Hastings • English
Mark 10:14
"Forbid them not," the Saviour cried, "But suffer them to come;" Ah, then maternal tears were dried, And unbelief was dumb. Lord, we believe, and we obey; We bring them at thy word; Be thou our children's strength and stay, Their portion and reward. Let not earth's pleasures draw…
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Leland Bryant Ross (1995) • English
Matthew 1:3-16
Foremothers of Christ, courageous five, We sing you songs of grateful praise. And you without names, your memory's alive: To you likewise our thanks we raise — Tamar and Rahab, Ruth and Bathsheba, Mary, and all of you nameless ones!
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Philip Doddridge • English
Hebrews 6:19-20
Jesus the Lord, our souls adore, A painful sufferer now no more; High on his Father's throne he reigns O'er earth and heav'ns extensive plains. His race for ever is complete, Forever undisturb'd his seat; Myriads of angels round him fly, And sing his well-gain'd victory. Yet 'mid…
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John Barnard • English
Psalm 144
Forever blessed be the Lord, My Rock; who doth instruct me right, To guide the war; and strength affords My hands, when I engage in fight. My goodness he, safeguard, and tower, My great deliverer, and my shield, In whom I trust; who, to my power, Makes tribes submit, and nations…
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Psalm 144
For ever bless'd be God the Lord, Who does his needful aid impart; At once both strength and skill affords To wield my arms with warlike art. His goodness is my fort and tow'r, My strong deliv'rance and my shield; In him I trust, whose matchless pow'r Makes to my sway fierce nati…
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Psalm 119
Forever settled in the heav'ns, Thy word, O LORD, shall firmly stand; Thy faithfulness shall never fail; The earth abides at Thy command. Thy word and works unmoved remain, Thine every purpose to fulfill; All things are Thine and Thee obey, And all as servants wait Thy will. I sh…
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Elisha A. Hoffman • English
1 Peter 1:5
Lord, how very often must this heart of mine, With its falls and stumblings, wound Thy heart divine! Pardon me, and own me still a child of Thine, O Thou heart divine. More and more I feel it, that this heart of mine Wounds the Christ who bought me by His love divine. Yet, O prec…
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Psalm 37
Forever trusting in the Lord, Take heed to do His will; So shall you dwell within the land, And He your needs shall fill. Delight thee in the Lord, and He Will grant thy heart's request; To Him commit thy way in faith, And thus thou shalt be blessed. And He shall make your righte…
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Margaret E. M. Sangster • English
1 Samuel 12:23
Forget them not, O Christ, who stand Thy vanguard in the distant land. In flood, in flame, in dark, in dread, Sustain, we pray, each lifted head. Exalt them over every fear, In peril come Thyself more near. Thine is the work they strive to do, Their foes so many, they so few. Be…
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Cecil Frances Alexander • English
Luke 23:34
'Forgive them, O my Father, they know not what they do:' the Saviour spoke in anguish, as the sharp nails went through. No word of anger spake he to them that shed his blood, but prayer and tenderest pity large as the love of God. For me was that compassion, for me that tender ca…
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Bertha Mason • English
Daniel 9:19
Youthful hearts, with music ringing, Come today; Grateful souls, their tribute bringing, Humbly pray. Forgive us, dear Father, O her our earnest prayer; Forgive us, forgive us, And take us in Thy care. Youthful hearts, with pleasure glowing, Come today; Grateful souls, their love…
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Thomas Hastings • English
Matthew 6:12
Forgive us, Lord! to thee we cry; Forgive us thro' thy matchless grace, On thee alone our souls rely; Be thou our strength and righteousness. Forgive thou us, as we forgive The ills we suffer from our foes; Restore us, Lord, and bid us live; O! let us in thine arms repose. Forgiv…
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John Greenleaf Whittier (1883) • English
Ephesians 4:4-6
Forgive, O Lord, our severing ways, The rival altars that we raise, The wrangling tongues that mar Thy praise. Thy grace impart; in time to be Shall one great temple rise to Thee— One Church for all humanity. White flowers of love its walls shall climb, Soft bells of peace shall…
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Psalm 25
My griefs of heart abound, Relieve my sore distress, See my affliction and my pain, Forgive my sinfulness. Consider Thou my foes, So many and so bold, For cruel is the hatred, Lord, Which they against me hold. Defend, and keep my soul, From foes deliver me, And let me not be brou…
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Charles Wesley • English
Psalm 130:7
How shall a lost sinner in pain, Recover his forfeited peace? When brought into bondage again, What hope of a second release? Will mercy itself be so kind To spare such a rebel as me? And O, can I possibly find Such plenteous redemption in thee? O Jesus, of thee I require, If sti…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 32
O blessed souls are they, whose sins are covered o’er! Divinely blest, to whom the Lord imputes their guilt no more! They mourn their follies past, and keep their hearts with care; their lips and lives, without deceit, shall prove their faith sincere. Let sinners learn to pray; l…
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John Peacock • English
Psalm 103:3
What saving pow'r, what grace divine, To Jesus doth belong; Jesus the most delightful theme Of each believer's song 'Tis the divine prerogative Of him, whom we adore: Pardon and endless life to give, To souls condemn'd before. His miracles, his pow'r proclaim; His grace in them e…
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Cecil Frances Alexander (1875) • English
Psalm 23:2
Forsaken once, and thrice denied, the risen Lord gave pardon free, stood once again at Peter’s side, and asked him, 'Lovest thou me?' How many times with faithless word have we denied his holy name, how oft forsaken our dear Lord, and shrunk when trial came! Saint Peter, when the…
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Reginald Heber (1807) • English
Isaiah 32:2
Forth from the dark and stormy sky, Lord, to Thine altar's shade we fly; Forth from the world, its hope and fear, Saviour, we seek Thy shelter here: Weary and weak, Thy grace we pray: Turn not, O Lord! Thy guests away. Long have we roamed in want and pain, Long have we sought Thy…
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Charles Wesley (1749) • English
Genesis 5:22-24
Forth in your name, O Lord, I go, my daily labor to pursue, determined only you to know in all I think or speak or do. The task your wisdom has assigned, O let me cheerfully fulfill; in all my works your presence find, and prove your good and perfect will. May I find you at my ri…
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