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Benjamin Beddome (1787) • English
Jeremiah 17:9
Astonished and distressed, I turn my eyes within; My heart with loads of guilt oppressed The source of every sin. What crowds of evil thoughts, What vile affections there! Envy and pride, deceit and guile, Distrust and slavish fear. Almighty King of saints! These tyrant lusts sub…
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Isaac Watts • English
Job 38:7
When the great Builder arched the skies, And formed all nature with a word, The joyful cherubs tuned his praise, And every bending throne adored. High in the midst of all the throng, Satan, a tall archangel, sat; Amongst the morning stars he sung, Till sin destroyed his heav'nly…
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Anne Steele • English
Psalm 18:44
Now let us raise our cheerful strains, And join the blissful choir above; There our exalted Saviour reigns, And there they sing His wondrous love. Jesus, who once upon the tree In agonizing pains expired, To save us rebels,--yes, 'tis He! How bright, how lovely, how admired! Jesu…
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Psalm 150
Praise ye the Lord, His saints Who throng His courts below, And ye, His hosts in heaven above, His glorious praises show. Let all His creatures join To praise His holy Name; Let all that breathe, their Maker bless And celebrate His fame.
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Isaac Watts • English
Matthew 13:44-46
Laden with guilt, and full of fears, I fly to Thee, my Lord, And not a ray of hope appears But in Thy written word. The volume of my Father's grace Does all my fried assuage; Here I behold my Saviour's face In almost every page. This is the field where hidden lies The pearly of p…
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Psalm 145
My God, I will extol Thee And ever bless Thy Name; Each day will I give thanks to Thee And all Thy praise proclaim. Great is the Lord and mighty, And highly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable, Above our knowledge raised. To every generation Thy glory shall be told, Thy…
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Daniel Turner • English
Psalm 84
Lord of Hosts, how lovely fair, E’en on earth Thy temples are; Here Thy waiting people see Much of heav’n and much of Thee. From Thy gracious presence flows Bliss that softens all our woes; While Thy Spirit’s holy fire Warms our hearts with pure desire. Here we supplicate Thy thr…
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Anne Steele (1760) • English
Psalm 19:8
Father of mercies, in your Word What endless glory shine! Forever be your name adored For these celestial lines. Here may the lost and hungry come, And light and food receive; Here shall the lowest guest have room, And taste, and see, and live. Here springs of consolation rise To…
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Isaac Watts (1709) • English
Genesis 3:8
Let everlasting glories crown Thy head, my Saviour and my Lord; Thy hands have brought salvation down, And writ the blessing in Thy Word. In vain our trembling conscience seeks Some solid ground to rest upon; With long despair our spirit breaks, Till we apply to Thee alone. How w…
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J. J. Maxfield • English
Jeremiah 45:5
I do not ask for earthly store Beyond a day’s supply; I only covet, more and more, The clear and single eye, To see my duty face to face, And trust the Lord for daily grace. Then shall my heart keep singing, While to the cross I cling; For rest is sweet at Jesus’ feet, While home…
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W. G. Higgins • English
Matthew 21:28
We’re a faithful little band, And we’re marching to that land, That land of God on high; We will march at his command, And will reach the promised land, We will anchor by and by. We’re marching, We’re marching to that land of God on high; Then we’ll march at God’s command, And we…
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Frances R. Havergal (1872) • English
John 14:16
To thee, O Comforter divine, for all thy grace and power benign, sing we alleluia! Alleluia! To thee, whose faithful love had place in God's great covenant of grace, sing we alleluia! Alleluia! To thee, whose faithful power doth heal, enlighten, sanctify, and seal, sing we allelu…
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Laura E. Newell • English
Psalm 31:3
I am nearing scenes celestial, And rejoicing I go, To the smiling fields of Eden, Bliss immortal to know, There is one who ever guides me, In His love all the way, Oh! no evil shall betide me, And I never will stray. He is faithful who hath promised, Still my Pilot to be, He will…
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Paul Henkel • English
Psalm 57
The faithful servants of the Lord, Who teach the plain and simple word Are always tempted, always tried, Distress'd and vext on ev'ry side. Such was the first Apostl's fate, As sacred writings do relate; And all their faithful partners meet, The like reward and equal treat. Oftim…
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Barney Elliott Warren (1893) • English
2 Thessalonians 3:3
Oh, look at the faithfulness of Christ, our Lord, How He saves and keeps the soul; Who trusts in His majesty and standeth on His word, Shall be safe while the billows roll. Oh, trust in God, Oh, trust in God, Oh, trust in God, Oh, trust in the faithful God. Oh, look at the univer…
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Isaac Watts (1707) • English
Genesis 1:6-8
Begin, my soul, some heavenly theme, awake, my voice, and sing the mighty works, or mightier name, Of our eternal King. Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, And sound his power abroad; sing the sweet promise of his grace, the quickening word of God. Engraved as in eternal brass, th…
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Anne Steele (1760) • English
Isaiah 54:10
Almighty Sov'reign, gracious Lord, How full, how firm, thy royal word! Thy love, how condescending and how kind! Nor can the pow'r of language more, With all its force, with all its store, Confirm the sacred deed, or more securely bind. Sooner the mountains shall depart, And from…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 84:11
How long the race of David held The promised Jewish throne! But there's nobler cov'nant sealed To David's greater Son. His seed forever shall possess A throne above the skies; The lowest subject of his grace Shall to that glory rise. His cov'nant stands forever fast; His promises…
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Isaac Watts • English
Genesis 3:1
Deceived by subtle snares of hell, Adam, our head, our father, fell; When Satan, in the serpent hid, Proposed the fruit that God forbid. Death was the threat'ning: death began To take possession of the man His unborn race received the wound, And heavy curses smote the ground. But…
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Psalm 120
I cried to God in my distress, And by the Lord my prayer was heard; O save me, Lord, from lying lips And from the false, deceitful word. What woe for falsehood can atone, Or punish the deceitful tongue, The tongue whose speech consumes like fire, Whose words like deadly shafts ar…
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Philip Doddridge • English
Isaiah 60
Ye golden lamps of heav’n farewell, With all your feeble light; Farewell thou ever-changing moon, Pale empress of the night, Pale empress of the night. And thou refulgent orb of day, In brighter flames arrayed; My soul, that springs beyond thy sphere, No more demands thy aid, No…
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James Relly • English
Romans 8:32
The Father's holy Eye Behold his Son in Blood, With Pleasure infinitely high, Peculiar to a God. Nor did (when Time began) That work pronounc'd so good, Appear so pleasing as this Man, Adorn'd with Wounds and Blood. This Sign and Token giv'n, Sufficiently doth prove, Without anot…
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William Cushing • English
John 14:2
O wand’rer, come to the Father’s home! Why wilt thou further roam? There’s joy and rest for the weary breast In the Father’s home. Then come to the Father’s home; No longer sadly roam; There’s joy and rest for the weary breast In the Father’s home. Why linger away on the mountain…
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Paul Henkel • English
Psalm 113
The Feast of Easter was enjoin'd To keep our Saviour Christ in mind; He was our great Passover slain, Who once was dead but lives again. That Paschal Lamb the Jews did eat, Pre-figur'd Christ our Lord complete! The whole of what it typified, Was all complete when Jesus died. We a…
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James Merrick • English
Psalm 122
The festal morn, my God, is come That calls me to Thy hallowed dome, Thy presence to adore; My feet the summons shall attend, With willing steps Thy courts ascend, And tread the sacred floor. And now we greet with raptured eyes, Fair Zion towering to the skies; Within her gates w…
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Mrs. C. H. Morris (1905) • English
Romans 8:31
The fight is on, the trumpet sound is ringing out, The cry "To arms!" is heard afar and near; The Lord of hosts is marching on to victory, The triumph of the Christ will soon appear. The fight is on, O Christian soldier, And face to face in stern array, With armor gleaming, and c…
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Charles Wesley • English
2 Thessalonians 1:7-8
Stand, th' Omnipotent decree, Jehovah's will be done! Nature's end we wait to see, And hear her final groan. Let this earth dissolve, and blend In death the wicked and the just; Let those pond'rous orbs descend, And grind us into dust. Rests secure the righteous man; At his Redee…
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Charles Wesley • English
Romans 8:37
Thou, Lord, on whom I still depend, Shall keep me faithful to the end; I trust Thy truth and love and power Shalt save me ’til my latest hour; And when I lay this body down, Reward with an immortal crown.
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Philip Doddridge • English
Matthew 25:34
Attend, my ear; my heart rejoice, While Jesus from his throne, Before the bright angelic hosts Makes his last sentence known. When sinners, cursed from his face, To raging flames are driv'n; His voice, with melody divine, Thus calls his saints to heav'n. "Bless'd of my father, al…
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K. (1787) • English
Genesis 15:1-18
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in God's excellent Word! What more can be said than to you God hath said, to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? "Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed, for I am thy God, and will still give thee aid; I…
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Matthew 22:37-38
The first and great command, we own, Is the pure love of God alone: First in antiquity, obeyed In Heav’n, before this Earth was made: And when the world began below, Congenial with the human soul, Deep in our inmost essence found, Engraved on an eternal ground. How great in excel…
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Isaac Watts • English
Romans 5:12-19
Deep in the dust before Thy throne, Our guilt and our disgrace we own; Great God! we own th'unhappy name Whence sprung our nature and our shame. But whilst our spirits, filled with awe, Behold the terrors of Thy law, We sing the honors of Thy grace, That sent to save our ruined r…
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Fanny J. Crosby • English
Exodus 20:3
Father, lead Thy little children Very early to Thy throne; We will have no gods before Thee; Thou art God and Thou alone. Lead, O lead Thy little children Very early to Thy throne; We will have no gods before Thee; Thou art God and Thou alone. In the Bible Thou hast taught us All…
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Anonymous (1833) • English
Matthew 1:1-12
The first Nowell the angel did say was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay, in fields where they lay keeping their sheep, on a cold winter’s night that was so deep. Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, born is the King of Israel. They looked up and saw a star shining in th…
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Benjamin Beddome (1787) • English
Genesis 3:15
When, by the tempter's wiles betray'd, Adam our head and parent fell; Unknown before, a pleasure spread Thro' all the mazy deeps of hell. Infernal powers rejoic'd to see The new-made world destroy'd, undone; But God proclaims his great decree, Pardon and mercy thro' his Son. Serp…
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Psalm 1
How blest is he, who ne'er consents by ill advice to walk, Nor stands in sinners ways, nor fits where men profanely talk; But makes the perfect law of God his bus'ness and delight; Devoutly reads therein by day, and meditates by night. Like some fair tree, which, fed by streams,…
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Wesley Nehf • English
Matthew 4:19
“Follow Me,” saith the Lord, “Follow Me,” saith the Lord, “And I will make you, and I will make you, Fishers, fishers of men.”
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W. C. Macurdy • English
Revelation 22:1
O the stream of living water! From the stricken Rock, it flows, Free to ev'ry son and daughter-- Cure for all our sins and woes! O the water, flowing water, All the thirsty to relieve; Free to ev'ry son and daughter-- Come to Jesus, and receive! Thro' the wilderness, we're going,…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 14
Are sinners now so senseless grown That they the saints devour? And never worship at thy throne, Nor fear thine awful pow'r? Great God, appear to their surprise; Reveal thy dreadful name; Let them no more thy wrath despise, Nor turn our hope to shame. Dost thou not dwell among th…
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Joel Barlow • English
Psalm 52
Why should the haughty hero boast His vengeful arm, his warlike host? While blood defiles his cruel hand, And desolation wastes the land. He joys to hear the captive's cry, The widow's groan, the orphan's sigh; And when the weary'd sword would spare, His falsehood spreads the fat…
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John Barnard • English
Psalm 14
The fool, in's heart, saith, there's no God; They so corrupt are grown: Abominable works they do. That doth good there is none. The Lord on sons of men, looked down. From Heaven, his high abode; To see if reason bore the sway, And led them up to God. But lo! they all were gone as…
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W. T. Dale • English
Zechariah 13:1
There is a fountain opened wide, Whence streams of living waters flow; ’Twas opened when Immanuel died, To cleanse from sin and save from woe. Oh, precious fountain, Oh, crimson fountain, ’Tis flowing free for you and me; O come, and drink and live. The dwellers of Jerusalem, The…
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O. A. Pratt • English
Zechariah 13:1
Oh, come to the fountain of cleansing, Dear sinner, why longer delay? The Savior is earnestly pleading, The fountain is open today. Then come, sinner, come To the fountain so full and so free; Be cleansed from your sin, Be made pure within, The fountain is open for thee. Thy sins…
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Harriet E. Jones • English
John 5:4
The fountain of healing is open, The waters are troubled to-night; And all who shall plunge ’neath the billows May rise in the raiment of white. Then come to this fountain of healing, Step into the waters of love; Be clothed in the garment of beauty, Be heir to the riches above.…
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Charles Wesley • English
Isaiah 52:11
A fountain of life and of grace In Christ our Redeemer we see; For us who His offers embrace, For all it is open and free! Jehovah Himself doth invite To drink of His pleasures unknown, The streams of immortal delight, That flow from His heavenly throne. As soon as in Him we beli…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 90
Lord, what a feeble piece Is this our mortal frame! Our life, how poor a trifle 'tis, That scarce deserves the name! Alas! 'twas brittle clay That built our body first! And every month and every day 'Tis mouldering back to dust. Our moments fly apace, Our feeble powers decay; Swi…
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Isaac Watts • English
Luke 14:22
Jesus, thy blessings are not few, Nor is thy gospel weak; Thy grace can melt the stubborn Jew, And heal the dying Greek. Wide as the reach of Satan's rage, Doth thy salvation flow; 'Tis not confin'd to sex or age, The lofty or the low. While grace is offer'd to the prince, The po…
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Robert Davis • English
Matthew 1:23
Jesus, our brother, strong and good, was humbly born in a stable rude, and the friendly beasts around Him stood, Jesus, our brother, strong and good. “I,” said the donkey, shaggy and brown, “I carried His mother uphill and down, I carried His mother to Bethlehem town; I,” said th…
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Psalm 25
The man that fears the Lord God's way shall understand; His soul shall ever dwell at ease, His children rule the land. The friendship of the Lord Is ever with His own, And unto those that fear His Name His faithfulness is shown. My eyes are evermore Toward Thee, O Lord, Whose car…
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Galatians 5:22-23
For the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; for such there is no law.
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Galatians 5:22-25
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. This is the fruit of the Spirit.
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Psalm 24
The Fullness which the World affords, The Earth and People are the LORD's; By him assign'd their Habitation: Establish'd on teh Seas it stands, The Floods by his Almighty Hands, For ever fixt a sure Foundation. Oh! who shall to that Hill ascend, And low before thy Footstool bend;…
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John Fawcett • English
John 1:16
A fulness resides in Jesus our Head, And ever abides to answer our need; The Father’s good pleasure has laid up in store A plentiful treasure, to give to the poor. Whate’er be our wants, we need not to fear; Our numerous complaints his mercy will hear; His fulness shall yield us…
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Charles Wesley • English
Matthew 3:12
Come, thou omniscient Son of man, Display thy sifting power; Come, with thy Spirit's winn'wing fan, And thoroughly purge thy floor. The chaff of sin, th' accursed thing, Far from our souls be driven; The wheat into thy garner bring, And lay us up for heaven. Whate'er offends thy…
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Josiah Conder • English
Psalm 29:9
O thou god, who hearest prayer Every hour and everywhere, For His sake, whose blood we plead, Hear us in our hour of need; Only hide not now thy face, God of all-sufficient grace. Hear and save us, gracious Lord, For our trust is in thy word; cleanse us from the stain of sin That…
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Charles Wesley • English
Romans 5:17
I ask the gift of righteousness, The sin-subduing power, Power to believe, and go in peace, And never grieve Thee more. I ask the blood-bought pardon sealed, The liberty from sin, The grace infused, the love revealed, The kingdom fixed within. Thou hearest me for salvation pray,…
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Charles Wesley • English
John 14:16-17
Father of our dying Lord, Remember us for good; Oh, fulfill his faithful word, And hear his speaking blood. Give us that for which he prays: Father, glorify thy Son; Show his truth, and power, and grace, And send the promise down. True and faithful Witness, thou, O Christ, the Sp…
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Albert B. Simpson • English
1 Thessalonians 4:15-17
I am longing for the gath’ring Of the ransomed over there; I am waiting for the coming Of the Bridegroom in the air; I am putting on the garments Which the heav’nly bride shall wear; For the glad home coming draweth nigh. I am letting go the pleasures And the treasures worldlings…
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George Matheson (1890) • English
Isaiah 40:4
There are coming changes great In the glad new time; Trust in God and watch and wait For the glad new time; Mountain fears shall prostrate lie, Vales of hope be lifted high; Trembling earth embrace the sky, In the glad new time. There shall meet the great and small In the glad ne…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 3:8
Salvation! O the joyful sound! What pleasure to our ears! A sovereign balm for every wound, A cordial for our fears. Salvation! let the echo fly The spacious earth around, While all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound. Salvation! O Thou bleeding Lamb! To Thee the pr…
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Samuel Prideaux Tregelles • English
Job 37:21
The gloomy night will soon be past, The morning will appear, The rays of blessed light at last Each eye will cheer. Thou bright and morning Star, thy light Will to our joy be seen; Thou, Lord, wilt meet our longing sight; No cloud between. Thy love sustains us on our way While pi…
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Isaac Watts (1709) • English
Leviticus 19:2
Behold what wondrous grace The Father hath bestowed On sinners of a mortal race, To call them sons of God! Nor doth it yet appear How great we must be made; But when we see our Savior here, We shall be like our Head. If in my Father's love I share a filial part, Send down thy Spi…
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James Montgomery • English
Exodus 15:11
Servants of God, in joyful lays Sing ye the Lord Jehovah's praise; His glorious name let all adore, From age to age, forevermore. Who is like God? so great, so high, He bows himself to view the sky; And yet, with condescending grace, Looks down upon the human race. He hears the u…
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Isaac Watts • English
Job 26:14
Father, how wide Thy glories shines. How high Thy wonders rise! Known through the earth by thousand signs, By thousands through the skies. Those mighty orbs proclaim Thy power; Their motions speak Thy skill: And on the wings of every hour We read Thy patience still. But when we v…
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Unknown • English
Revelation 22:4
It may be far, it may be near, There is a hope, there is a fear, But in the future waiting I Shall Jesus see, yes, "by and by." By and by, yes, by and by, By and by, yes, by and by, By and by, yes, by and by; But in the future waiting, I Shall Jesus see, yes, "by and by." Impatie…
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Psalm 118
The glorious gates of righteousness throw open unto me, and I will enter them with praise, O LORD, my God, to Thee, and I will enter them with praise, O LORD, my God, to Thee. This is Thy temple gate, O LORD, the just shall enter there. My Savior, I will give Thee thanks, O Thou…
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Charles Wesley • English
1 Timothy 1:17
Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Whom one all-perfect God we own, Restorer of Thine image lost, Thy various offices make known; Display, our fallen souls to raise, Thy whole economy of grace. Jehovah in Three Persons, come, And draw, and sprinkle us, and seal Poor, guilty, dyin…
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Samuel Stennett • English
Isaiah 49:15
What wisdom, majesty, and grace Through all the gospel shine! ’Tis God that speaks, and we confess The doctrine most divine. Down from his shining throne on high The Almighty Saviour comes, Lays his bright robes of glory by, And feeble flesh assumes. The mighty debt his chosen ow…
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William Hunter • English
1 Corinthians 6:14
Soon shall we see the glorious morning! Saints, arise! Saints, arise! Sinners, attend the notes of warning! Saints, arise! Saints, arise! The resurrection day draws near, The King of saints shall soon appear, And high His royal standard rear: Saints, arise! Saints, arise! Hear ye…
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Samuel Stennett • English
Matthew 18:20
Where two or three, with sweet accord, Obedient to their sovereign Lord, Meet to recount his acts of grace, And offer solemn prayer and praise. There, says the Saviour, will I be, Amid this little company; To them unvail my smiling face, And shed my glories round the place. We me…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 10
Lo! what a glorious sight appeared before admiring eyes: the former things all passed away, the former earth and skies. From heav’n the new Jerus'lem came, for Christ, as bride prepared. A voice resounding from the throne these wondrous things declared: "Now God has come to dwell…
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Thomas Cradock • English
Psalm 89
The glorious subject of my tuneful song Be thou, O God—--to thee my strains belong. While lasts the sun, while times to times succeed, Thy goodness in my numbers shall be read. For sure the orbs in yon etherial plain To their primoeval nought return again, Ere thou the wonders of…
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J. S. Torbett • English
Proverbs 8:20
I’m in the way, the bright and shining way, I’m in the glory-land way; Telling the world that Jesus saves today, Yes, I’m in the glory-land way. I’m in the glory-land way; I’m in the glory-land way; Heaven is nearer, and the way groweth clearer, For I’m in the glory-land way. Lis…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 45
Now be my heart inspir'd to sing The glories of my Saviour King; Jesus the Lord; how heav’nly fair His form! how bright his beauties are! O’er all the sons of human race He shines with a superior grace, Love from His lips divinely flows, And blessings all his state compose. Dress…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 45
My Savior and my King, Thy beauties are divine; Thy lips with blessings overflow, And every grace is thine. Now make thy glory known, Gird on thy dreadful sword, And ride in majesty to spread The conquests of thy word. Strike through thy stubborn foes, Or melt their hearts t' obe…
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Job 11:7
O GOD, thou bottomless abyss! Thee to perfection who can know? O height immense! what words suffice, Thy countless attributes to show? Greatness unspeakable is thine; Greatness, whose undiminished ray, When short-lived worlds are lost, shall shine, When earth and heaven are fled…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 104
My soul, thy great Creator praise; When cloth'd in his celestial rays, He in full majesty appears, And like a robe his glory wears. The heav’ns are for his curtains spread; The unfathomed deep he makes his bed. Clouds are his chariot when he flies On winged storms across the skie…
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Helen C. A. Dixon • English
Revelation 22:3-4
After the shadows have passed away, From my life forever, When I have entered the land of day, Just beyond the river; Then with what joy my heart will thrill, Eager His face to see; Glory and peace my soul will fill, Glory enough for me. That will be glory enough for me, Glory, g…
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Richard Kempenfelt • English
1 Chronicles 16:29-31
Burst, ye emerald gates, and bring To my raptured vision All th' ecstatic joys that spring Round the bright Elysian! Lo! we lift our longing eyes; Break, ye intervening skies! Sons of righteousness, arise! Ope the gates of paradise? O, how good it is to be blessed, And dwell wher…
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Psalm 19
The glory of the Lordn The heav’ns declare abroad; The firmament displays The handiwork of God; Day unto day declareth speech, And night to night doth knowledge teach. Aloud they do not speak, They utter forth no word, Nor into language break; Their voice is never heard; Their li…
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