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The Christian Race

Isaac Watts (1707) • English

Deuteronomy 32:11

Awake, our souls; away, our fears; let every trembling thought be gone; awake and run the heavenly race, and put a cheerful courage on. True, 'tis a strait and thorny road, and mortal spirits tire and faint; but they forget the mighty God that feeds the strength of every saint: T…

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The Christian Soldier

Charles Wesley • English

Deuteronomy 34:1

Oh, glorious hope of perfect love! It lifts me up to things above; It bears on eagles' wings. It gives my ravished soul a taste, And makes me for some moments feast With Jesus' priests and kings, With Jesus' priests and kings. Rejoicing now in earnest hope, I stand, and from the…

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The Christian sufferings here below

Paul Henkel • English

Psalm 126

The christian suff'rings here below, Do not deserve to be compar'd! Unto the joys God will bestow, To those who trust unto his word. On this sure promise they may build! They never need to doubt or fear-- Such glories are in them reveal'd, Which will repay their suff'rings here.…

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The Christian Warfare

Isaac Watts • English

2 Chronicles 13:12

Stand up, my soul; shake off your fears, and gird the gospel armor on; march to the gates of endless joy, where your great Captain Savior's gone. Hell and your sins resist your course; but hell and sin are vanquished foes: your Jesus nailed them to the cross, and sang the triumph…

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The Christian warrior

James Montgomery • English

Psalm 4

The Christian warrior,--see him stand In the whole armour of his God: The Spirit's sword is in his hand; His feet are with the gospel shod; In panoply of truth complete, Salvation's helmet on his head: With righteousness, a breastplate meet; And faith's broad shield before him sp…

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The Christian Warrior Animated and Crowned

Philip Doddridge • English

Revelation 2:10

Hark! 'tis our heav'nly Leader's voice From the bright realms above; Amidst the war's tumultuous rage, A voice of pow'r and love. "Maintain the fight, my faithful band, Nor fear the mortal blow; He, that in such a warfare dies, Shall speedy vict'ry know. "I have my days of combat…

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The Christian's Goodnight

Sarah Doudney • English

1 Thessalonians 4:16

Sleep on, beloved, sleep, and take thy rest; Lay down thy head upon thy Saviour's breast; We love thee well, but Jesus loves thee best-- Good-night! Good-night! Good-night! Calm is thy slumber as an infant's sleep; But thou shalt wake no more to toil and weep: Thine is a perfect…

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The Christian's Guide

Maggie W. Stratton • English

John 16:13

Holy Bible, how I love it! How it doth my bosom cheer, When through trials and temptations It has always been so near! It will surely guide my footsteps In the strait and narrow way, If in trust I read its contents, If I always watch and pray. Holy Bible, how I love thee! Safest…

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The Christian's noblest resolution

Anne Steele • English

Joshua 24:15

Ah, wretched souls, who strive in vain, Slaves to the world, and slaves to me! A nobler toil may I sustain, A nobler satisfaction win. I would resolve with all my heart, With all my pow'rs to serve the Lord, Nor from his precepts e'er depart, Whose service is a rich reward. Oh, b…

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The Christian's Rest

William Hunter • English

John 14:2

In the Christian's home in glory There remains a land of rest; And my Savior's gone before me To fulfill my soul's request. There is rest for the weary, There is rest for the weary, There is rest for the weary, There is rest for you. On the other side of Jordan, In the sweet fiel…

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The Christian's Spiritual Voyage

Augustus Toplady • English

Psalm 107:30

Jesus at thy command I launch into the deep And leave my native land, Where sin lulls all asleep; For thee I would the world resign, And sail to heaven with thee and thine. Thou art my Pilot, wise, My compass in thy word; My soul each storm defies, While I have such a Lord; I'll…

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The Church

Charles W. Naylor (1900) • English

Acts 20:28

The church of God from heaven came, Jesus, her glorious Founder, Hath dressed her in celestial robes, Girded His truth around her, Clothed her in wonderful beauty, Taught her the pathway of duty, Keeps her each moment securely, Her foes He casts down to the ground. As wide as ear…

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The Church a Garden

Isaac Watts • English

Psalm 33

Christ hath a garden walled around, A Paradise of fruitful ground, Chosen by love and fenced by grace From out the world's wide wilderness. Like trees of spice his servants stand, There planted by his mighty hand; By Eden's gracious streams, that flow To feed their beauty where t…

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The Church is God's House and Care

Isaac Watts • English

Psalm 135

Praise ye the Lord, exalt his name, While in his holy courts ye wait, Ye saints, that to his house belong, Or stand attending at his gate. Praise ye the Lord, the Lord is good; To praise his name is sweet employ: Isr'el he chose of old, and still His church is his peculiar joy. T…

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The Church Is Moving On

Donald Sharp • English

Daniel 2:44

Free from every carnal pleasure, free from all formality, She is guided without measure, for the Son has made her free. On the Rock she stands forever, against the gale of sin and wrong, Because she’s on the Rock of Ages; still the Church is moving on. Glory, glory, hallelujah! f…

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The Church Is Our Safe Haven

Mary Nelson Keithahn (1997) • English

Psalm 46:1

The church is our safe haven, a refuge in the storm, where we can come when troubles have left our hearts forlorn and find a gracious welcome, compassion, love, and care, among your people gathered for story, song, and prayer. Since they, too, have known winters of doubt, despair…

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The Church is the Garden of God

Isaac Watts • English

Psalm 92

Lord, it’s a pleasant thing to stand in gardens planted by your hand; that is the place I would be seen like palm or cedar, fresh and green. There grow your saints in faith and love, blessed with your influence from above; not Lebanon, with all its trees, yields such a comely sig…

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The Church is the Honor and Safety of a Nation

Isaac Watts • English

Deuteronomy 32:3

Great is the LORD, our God, and let His praise be great; He makes His churches His abode, His most delightful seat. These temples of His grace, how beautiful they stand, the honors of our native place and bulwarks of our land! Oft have our fathers told, our eyes have often seen,…

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The Church Militant

Charles Wesley • English

Matthew 11:12

Urge on your rapid course, Ye blood-besprinkled bands; The heavenly kingdom suffers force; 'Tis seized by violent hands. See there the starry crown That glitters through the skies; Satan, the world, and sin tread down, And take the glorious prize. Through much distress and pain,…

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The Church of Christ, That He Hath Hallowed

August Gottlieb Spangenberg (1745) • Catherine Winkworth (1863) • English

Romans 12

The church of Christ, which he has hallowed here to be his house, is scattered far and near in north, and south, and east, and west abroad; and yet in earth and heav'n, thro' Christ, her Lord, the church is one. One member may not know another here, and yet their fellowship is tr…

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The Church of God

A. J. Kilpatrick • English

Ephesians 2:19-22

I love the church of God, The house that Jesus built, And purchased by the precious blood, For us He freely spilt. Upon the sure foundation, Not laid by human hand, The glorious Rock, Christ Jesus, The church shall ever stand. Thou blessed bride of Christ! Oh, lovely one, so pure…

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The Church of God a Kingdom Is

Lionel Muirhead • English

Ezekiel 47:12

The church of God a kingdom is, where Christ in power doth reign; where spirits yearn till, seen in bliss, their Lord shall come again. Glad companies of saints possess this church below, above; and God’s perpetual calm doth bless their paradise of love. An altar stands within th…

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The church of God believes it right

John Winebrenner • English

Matthew 3:15

The Church of God believes it right, To think and do as Jesus bade, When on that dark and doleful night He gave His law, and plainly said:— Mark the example which I give: Keep it, and show your mutual love My precepts do, and you shall live, In bliss below, and heaven above. Then…

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The church of God below

Henry Francis Lyte • English

Psalm 87

The Church of God below, Is like His church above, Safe shielded from her every foe, By heavenly power and love. On high and holy ground, Her deep foundations rest; And God within her courts is found, An omnipresent Guest. God loves her sacred gates, Her solemn praise and prayer;…

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The Church of the Living God

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Psalm 48

Within Thy temple, Lord, We think on mercies past; Let earth all praise accord, Long as Thy Name shall last; The righteous judgments of her King Let Zion and her daughters sing. About Mount Zion go, Her towers and ramparts tell; That ye her strength may know, Mark her defenses we…

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The Church Pleading with God under Sore Persecution

Isaac Watts • English

Psalm 74

Will God forever cast us off? His wrath forever smoke Against the people of His love, His little chosen flock. Think of the tribes so dearly bought With the Redeemer’s blood, Nor let Thy Zion be forgot, Where once Thy glory stood. Where once Thy churches prayed and sang Thy foes…

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The Church the Bride of Christ

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Psalm 45

O royal bride, give heed, And to my words attend; For Christ the King forsake the world And every former friend. Thy beauty and thy grace Shall then delight the King; He only is the rightful Lord, To Him thy worship bring. To thee, since thou art His, Great honor shall be shown;…

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The Church the Dwelling of God

Isaac Watts • English

Psalm 132

The Lord in Zion placed His name, His ark was settled there; To Zion the whole nation came To worship thrice a year. But we have no such lengths to go, Nor wander far abroad; Where'er Thy saints assemble now, There is a house for God. Here, mighty God! accept our vows; Here let T…

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The Church Triumphant

D. S. Warner (1893) • English

Daniel 2:44

Men speak of “a church triumphant” As something on earth unknown, They think us beneath the tyrant Until we shall reach our home. Thank God for a church triumphant, All pure in this world below! For the kingdom that Jesus founded Does triumph o’er every foe. Oh, cannot the great…

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The Church's Complaint in Persecution

Isaac Watts • English

Psalm 44

Lord, we have heard Thy works of old, Thy works of pow­er and grace, When to our ears our fa­thers told The won­ders of their days. How You did build Thy church­es here, And make Thy Gos­pel known; Amongst them did Your arm ap­pear, Thy light and glo­ry shone. In God they boast­e…

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The Church's one foundation

S. J. Stone (1866) • English

Job 19:26-27

The Church's one foundation Is Jesus Christ her Lord; She is his new creation, By water and the word; From Heav'n he came and sought her To be his holy bride; With his own blood he bought her, And for her life he died. Elect from ev'ry nation, Yet one o'er all the Earth, Her char…

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The Church's Prayer under Affliction; or, The Vineyard of God Wasted

Isaac Watts • English

Psalm 80

Great Shepherd over Israel, Who did between the cherubs dwell, And led the tribes, your chosen sheep, Safe thru' the desert and the deep. Your Church is in the desert now; Shine from on high and guide us through; Turn us to you, your love restore; We shall be saved and sigh no mo…

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The Church's Safety and Triumph Among National Desolations

Isaac Watts (1719) • English

Deuteronomy 23:14

God is the refuge of His saints, when storms of sharp distress invade; ere we can offer our complaints behold Him present with His aid. Let mountains from their seats be hurled down to the deep, and buried there, convulsions shake the solid world, our faith shall never yield to f…

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The Circumcision

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Joshua 5:9

See, my soul, with wonder see Th' incarnate deity: Human nature he assumes, He to ransom sinners comes. He was not conceiv'd in sin, He was infinitely clean; Him no sinful spot disguis'd, Yet, lo! he was circumcis'd. He fulfil'd all righteousness, Standing in our legal place, Fro…

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The City of God

Samuel Johnson (1860) • English

Psalm 48:1-2

City of God, how broad and far outspread thy walls sublime! The true thy chartered freemen are of every age and clime: One holy church, one army strong, one steadfast, high intent; one working band, one harvest-song, one King omnipotent. How purely hath thy speech come down from…

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The City of God

Horatius Bonar • English

Psalm 87:3

Bathed in unfallen sunlight, Itself a sunborn gem, Fair gleams the glorious city, The new Jerusalem. City of fairest, Splendor rarest, Let me, Let me, gaze on thee. Calm in her queenly glory, She sits all joy and light, Pure in her bridal beauty, Her raiment festal white. Home of…

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The City of God

Charles Price Jones • English

Psalm 46

There is a river, there is a river, There is a river, the streams where of shall make glad the city of God, the city of our God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. the city of our God. God is in the midst of her, God is in the midst of her, God is in the midst of…

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The City of Gold

Adger M. Pace (1929) • English

Revelation 21:18

In the Bible we read of a city Where the faithful shall never grow old; I have heard that its wonderful roadways Are built of the purest gold. I long for that city, Its walls are of jasper I'm told; I'm bound for that city, That beautiful city of God. On the Island of Patmos John…

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The City of Light

Aldine S. Kieffer • English

Hebrews 12:22

There’s a city of light 'mid the stars, we are told, Where they know not a sorrow or care; And the gates are of pearl, and the streets are of gold, And the building exceedingly fair. Let us pray for each other, nor faint by the way In this sad world of sorrow and care, For that h…

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The Clanging Bells of Time

Ellen M. H. Gates • English

Psalm 79:47

O the clanging bells of Time! Night and day they never cease; We are wearied with their chime, For they do not bring us peace; And we hush our breath to hear, And we strain our eyes to see, If thy shores are drawing near,— Eternity! If thy shores are drawing near,— Eternity! O th…

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The Cleansing Act

Charles Wesley • English

Mark 1:23

Come, O my God, the promise seal, This mountain, sin, remove; Now in my waiting soul reveal The virtue of thy love. Send sanctifying power, Lord, Come quickly from above; Burn out the dross of base desire, Fill me with perfect love. I want Thy life, Thy purity, Thy righteousness,…

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The Cleansing Stream

Barney Elliott Warren • English

2 Thessalonians 2:13

We’re living by faith in the Savior alone, Who suffered on Calv’ry for sin to atone; He’s fully redeemed us from Satan’s domain, By raising us up to this glorious plane. Oh, that stream so deep and wide, Flowing from the Savior’s side; Oh, that stream so deep and wide, ’Tis flowi…

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The Cleansing Wave

Phoebe Palmer • English

Zechariah 13:1

Oh, now I see the crimson wave! The fountain deep and wide; Jesus, my Lord, mighty to save, Points to His wounded side. The cleansing stream I see, I see! I plunge, and, oh, it cleanseth me! Oh, praise the Lord, it cleanseth me! It cleanseth me, yes, cleanseth me. I see the new c…

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The Cleft of the Rock

Samuel E. Good • English

Psalm 27:5

There's a cleft in the Rock of Ages, Where my soul may safely hide While the storms of life are raging And the billows roll o'er the tide. Oh, the cleft of the Rock, Where my soul may hide, While the storms of life are raging, And the billows roll o'er the tide. There is peace fo…

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The Clefted Rock

Nancy Byers • English

Luke 6:48

In the clefted Rock I hide, Savior, let me here abide; Sheltered from each stormy gale, All secure within the vale. Blessed Rock, on Thee I build, Ever be my sun and shield; Help me labor, watch, and pray, Ready for the crowning day. Tempest-tossed I came to Thee, Precious shelte…

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The Co-Eternal three

Charles Wesley • English

Isaiah 6:1-7

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God the Father, and the Word, God the Comforter, receive Blessings more than we can give, Blessings more than we can give. One, inexplicably three, Three, in simplest unity; God, incline thy gracious ear, Us thy lisping creatures, hear. Thee while man, the…

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The Comforter

English

John 14:16-18

Jesus, we hang upon the word, Our longing souls have heard from thee; Be mindful of thy promise Lord, Thy promise made to such as me, To such as Sion's paths pursue, And would believe that God is true. Thou say's, "I will the father pray, "And he the comforter shall give, "Shall…

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The Comforter Has Come

Francis Bottome • English

Malachi 4:2

O spread the tidings 'round, wherever man is found, Wherever human hearts and human woes abound; Let ev'ry Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound: Our Lord is Lord of lords. Of lords, He is the Lord! Divine, the living Word! His name, the sweetest heard; His will redemption b…

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The Coming Millennium

Benjamin Gough (1865) • English

Isaiah 52:1-2

Awake, awake, O Zion, Put on thy strength divine, Thy garments bright in beauty, The bridal dress be thine: Jerusalem the holy, To purity restored; Meek Bride all fair and lowly, Go forth to meet thy Lord. From henceforth pure and spotless, All glorious within, Prepared to meet t…

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The Coming of Christ to Judgment

Joseph Swain • English

Jude 1:14

Lo! he comes, arrayed in vengeance, Riding down the heavenly road; Floods of fury roll before him; Who can meet an angry God? Tremble, sinners; Who can stand before his rod? Lo! he comes in glory shining; Saints, arise and meet your King! “Glorious Captain of Salvation, Welcome,…

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The Commission

Isaac Watts • English

Jeremiah 23:28-29

“Go, preach My gospel,” saith the Lord. “Bid the whole earth My grace receive. Explain to them My sacred word; Bid them believe, obey, and live. “I’ll make My great commission known, And ye shall prove My gospel true By all the works that I have done And all the wonders ye shall…

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The Completing of the Spiritual Temple

Philip Doddridge • English

Zechariah 4:7

Sing to the Lord above, Who deigns on earth to raise A temple of his love, A monument to praise: Ye saints around, thro' all its frame, Harmonious sound the builder's name. Beneath his eye and care The edifice shall rise Majestic strong and fair, And shine above the skies: There…

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The Conqueror's Song

Isaac Watts • English

Psalm 18

To thine almighty arm we owe The triumphs of the day; Thy terrors, Lord, confound the foe, And melt their strength away. 'Tis by thine aid our troops prevail, And break united powers, Or burn their boasted fleets, or scale The proudest of their towers. How have we chased them thr…

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The Consequences of Election

Benjamin Beddome (1787) • English

Romans 8:33-39

Who shall condemn to endless flames The chosen people of our God; Since in the book of life their names Are fairly writ in Jesu's blood. He, for the sins of his elect, hath a complete atonement made: Stern Justice views without defect The work he wrought, the price he paid. Not t…

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The Consumption Decree

Author Unknown • English

Isaiah 1:25-28

The prophetic days of burning, Lo, in wonder we behold; And the flames are now consuming Everything but purest gold. Fire! fire! hallelujah! Fire breaks from Heaven’s throne: Fire testing and revealing Who will be for God alone. We have reached the days of Daniel And Messiah’s wo…

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The Converted Thief

Samuel Stennett • English

Luke 23:39-43

As on the cross the Savior hung, And wept, and bled, and died; He poured salvation on a wretch That languished at His side. His crimes, with inward grief and shame, The penitent confessed, Then turned his dying eyes to Christ, And thus his prayer addressed. “Jesus Thou Son and he…

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The Coronation Day

Julia H. Johnston • English

1 Peter 5:4

Lift your hearts, redeem’d ones, tho’ the way be long, Cheer the desert journey with a triumph song; Wait your coronation, daily drawing near, When the great Chief Shepherd shall in clouds appear. Crowns of glory we shall wear, Palms of victory we shall bear; Sing the story all t…

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The Coronation of Jesus Christ

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Psalm 21

The King rejoiceth in Thy strength, In Thy salvation, Lord Most High, For Thou hast filled His heart's desire, His prayer Thy love doth not deny. A kingly crown Thou givest Him, Thy blessings meet Him on His ways; He asked for life, and unto Him Thou gavest endless length of days…

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The Counsels of Redeeming Love

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Psalm 33:11

Th' Eternal speaks: All heav'n attends: Who that unhappy race defends, While justice aims the blow? See nature tremble at their fates: Death with his iron sceptre waits: Hell opes her adamantine gates, And triumphs at their woe. Which of the bright celestial throng, With Love so…

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The Covenant Made with Christ; or, The True David

Isaac Watts • English

Psalm 89

For ever shall my song record The truth and mercy of the Lord; Mercy and truth for ever stand, Like heav'n, established by his hand. Thus to his Son he sware, and said, "With thee my cov'nant first is made; In thee shall dying sinners live, Glory and grace are thine to give. "Be…

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The Covenant of Grace Unchangeable; or, Affliction without Rejection

Isaac Watts • English

Psalm 89:30-52

"Yet," saith the Lord, "if David's race, The children of my Son, Should break my laws, abuse my grace, And tempt mine anger down; "Their sins I'll visit with the rod And make their folly smart; But I'll not cease to be their God, Nor from my truth depart. "My cov'nant I will ne'e…

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The Covenant with Abraham

Isaac Watts • English

Genesis 7:7

How large the promise, how divine, To Abram and his seed! "I'll be a God to thee and thine, Supplying all their need." The words of his extensive love From age to age endure; The Angel of the cov'nant proves, And seals the blessing sure. Jesus the ancient faith confirms, To our g…

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The Covert of His Wings

Mary D. James • English

Psalm 91:4

Under his wings I am hiding, Till all the storms be o’erpast; Safe ‘neath his shadow abiding, While life’s cold winter shall last. Under his wings, under his wings, Safely I’m hiding under his wings; Hiding, Hiding, under his wings. Calm in this covert reposing, Here I am finding…

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The Creation of Adam

George Richards • English

Genesis 1:2

In thine own image, Father, God, That image Christ the Lord display'd; A present twain— yet future one, Was Adam, male and female made. Here first the truth divne was shown, On which is bas'd Salvation's plan: Flesh of his flesh— and bone of bone, Man dwells in God— and God in ma…

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The Creation of Man; or God the Searcher of the Heart

Thomas Blacklock • English

Psalm 139

Lord, thy pervading knowledge strikes Through nature's inmost gloom: And in thy circling arms I lay A slumberer in the womb. Thee will I honor, for I stand A volume of thy skill, Stupendous are thy works, and they My contemplations fill. Thine eye beheld me when the speck Of enti…

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The Creation of the World

Isaac Watts • English

Genesis 1

"Now let a spacious world arise," Said the Creator Lord: At once th'obedient earth and skies Rose at his sov'reign word. Dark was the deep; the waters lay Confus'd and drown'd the land: He call'd the light; the new-born day Attends on his command. He bids the clouds ascend on hig…

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The Crimson Cross

Silas G. Odell (1911) • English

Colossians 1:20

See the cross, the cross of Jesus, Crimson with His own life’s blood; Thus He dide, lest we should perish, Wondrous love! Thou Son of God. He will save you, trembling sinner, Hasten to the crimson cross; Oh, believe Him, He will save you, Save you at the shelt’ring cross. Dreadfu…

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The Crimson Wave Is Flowing

Fanny Crosby • English

Colossians 1:14

O the crimson wave, hallelujah! Now is flowing full and free; Brother, come, while yet there’s pardon, And the Saviour pleads with thee. O the crimson wave now is flowing, Blessed crimson wave, life bestowing; Hear the voice that pleads with thy heart today, Come and wash thy sin…

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The Cross

Lucy M. Lewis • English

1 Corinthians 1:18

Oh, the cross! the precious cross! ’Twas there I counted all but loss; ’Twas there I gave my heart to God, ’Twas there He washed me in His blood, And spake the words, Thy sins forgiv’n, And filled my soul with peace from Heav’n. Oh, the cross! the precious cross! The only way for…

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The Cross and Crown

Thomas Shepherd • English

Luke 23:26

Must Simon bear his cross alone, And all the world go free? No! there's a cross for every one, And there's a cross for me. Yes, there's a cross on Calvary, Through which by faith the crown I see; To me 'tis pardon bringing: O, that's the cross for me, O, that's the cross for me,…

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The Cross Is Not Greater

Ballington Booth (1892) • English

Mark 8:34

The cross that He gave may be heavy, But it ne’er outweighs His grace; The storm that I feared may surround me, But it ne’er excludes His face. The cross is not greater than His grace, The storm cannot hide His blessed face; I am satisfied to know That with Jesus here below, I ca…

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The Cross My Boast

Vivian A. Dake • English

Psalm 34:2

What on earth have I to boast of? Why are gifts so glorious mine? God and heav’n am I the heir of; Why dos Thou, Lord, claim me Thine? Jesus hung on Calv’ry’s mountain, Cried and groaned, and bled for me, And from out the cleansing fountain Poured the stream that sets me free. Je…

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The Cross Shall Be Triumphant

Jennie Wilson • English

Isaiah 52:7

Be faithful, Christian soldiers, And forward bravely go The Cross shall be triumphant, And vanquish ev’ry foe. The Cross shall be triumphant, And Christ supreme will reign; All glory, praise and honor To Him who once was slain. The brightness of salvation Shall banish sin’s dark…

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The Crown

Thomas P. Westendorf • English

James 1:2

There’s a crown of gold awaiting me In the land where my Savior reigns, And when that blessed prize I see, I’ll be free from my earthly pains. The crown which the Lord has promised to them that love Him, The crown which the Lord has promised to them that love Him. ‘Tis a crown of…

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The Crown

B. B. Edmiaston • English

Revelation 2:10

O what love the Savior for my soul has shown, Gladly I will labor for Him; For awaiting me I know there is a crown, In the new Jerusalem. There's a bright crown waiting, waiting for me, There's a bright crown waiting, waiting for me, There's a bright crown waiting, waiting for me…

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The Crown of Thorns

John R. Clements • English

Isaiah 53

Despised and rejected; Acquainted with grief; In sorrow He suffered To bring man relief; His pathway was sorrow, His pillow was thorns, And these make the crown that His forehead adorns, And these make the crown that His forehead adorns. O love all surpassing, Amazing to see; To…

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The Crowning Day

D. W. Whittle • English

Matthew 24:30

Our Lord is now rejected, And by the world disowned, By the many still neglected, And by the few enthroned, But soon He'll come in glory, The hour is drawing nigh, For the crowning day is coming by and by. Oh, the crowning day is coming, Is coming by and by, When our Lord shall c…

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The Crucifixion

Samuel Wesley • English

Matthew 27:51

From whence these direful omens round, Which heav'n and earth amaze? Wherefore do earthquakes cleave the ground? Why hides the sun his rays? Well may the earth astonish'd shake, And nature sympathize! The sun as darkest night be black! Their Maker, Jesus, dies! Behold, fast strea…

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The Crucifixion

Paul Gerhardt • John Wesley • English

Isaiah 53:5

Extended on a cursed tree, Besmeared with dust, and sweat, and blood, See there, the King of Glory see! Sinks and expires the Son of God. Who, who, my Savior, this hath done? Who could Thy sacred body wound? No guilt Thy spotless heart hath known, No guile hath in Thy lips been f…

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The Crucifixion

Henry Hart Milman • English

Mark 15:25

Bound upon th'accursed tree, Faint and bleeding, who is He? By the eyes so pale and dim, Streaming blood and writhing limb, By the flesh with scourges torn, By the crown of twisted thorn, By the drooping, death-dewed brow, Son of Man, 'tis Thou! 'tis Thou! Bound upon th'accursed…

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