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LORD, TAKE THE FIRST PLACE

 

02 November 2019

LORD, TAKE THE FIRST PLACE

Words and Music: Barney E. Warren

I yield to Thee, Savior, forsaking my all,
From sinful things now I will part;
To Thee I surrender, for mercy I call,
Come, take the first place in my heart.

Refrain:
Oh, take the first place in my heart,
Oh, take the first place in my heart;
I open the door, come in, I implore;
Lord, take the first place in my heart.

Oh, come, gentle Spirit, don’t leave me, I pray,
From Thee I will never depart;
I come to Thee now, for I cannot delay,
Lord, take the first place in my heart.

I cannot be lost, Lord, for Thee I will live,
Forgiveness, O Savior, impart;
If I will confess, Thou wilt freely forgive,
And take the first place in my heart.

The joybells of heaven will ring in my soul,
My Savior, Redeemer, Thou art;
To Thee I surrender, wilt Thou make me whole?
Take now the first place in my heart.

(Source: http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Lord_Take_the_First_Place/)?


CROWN AFTER CROSS

 

01 November 2019

CROWN AFTER CROSS

Words: Frances R. Havergal
Music: Barney E. Warren

Light after darkness, gain after loss,
Strength after weakness, crown after cross;
Sweet after bitter, hope after fears,
Home after wandering, praise after tears.

Refrain:
Now comes the weeping, then the glad reaping;
Now comes the labor hard, then the reward.

Sheaves after sowing, sun after rain,
Sight after mystery, peace after pain;
Joy after sorrow, calm after blast,
Rest after weariness, sweet rest at last.

Near after distant, gleam after gloom,
Love after loneliness, life after tomb;
After long agony rapture of bliss—
Right was the pathway leading to this.

(Source: https://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Crown_After_Cross/)?


COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

 

31 October 2019

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

Words: Johnson Oatman

When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.?

Refrain:
Count your blessings, name them one by one;
Count your blessings, see what God hath done;
Count your blessings, name them one by one;
Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.

Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings, ev'ry doubt will fly,
And you will be singing as the days go by.?

When you look at others with their lands and gold,
Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;
Count your many blessings, money cannot buy
Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.?

So, amid the conflict, whether great or small,
Do not be discouraged, God is over all;
Count your many blessings, angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you to your journey's end.?

(Source: https://www.godtube.com/popular-hymns/count-your-blessings/)?


CHRIST FOR THE WORLD WE SING

 

Daily Hymns 30 October 2019

CHRIST FOR THE WORLD WE SING

Words: Samuel Wolcott
Music: Felice de Giardini

Christ for the world we sing,
The world to Christ we bring,
With loving zeal,
The poor and them that mourn,
The faint and overborne,
Sin sick and sorrow worn,
Whom Christ doth heal.

Christ for the world we sing,
The world to Christ we bring,
With fervent prayer;
The wayward and the lost,
By restless passions tossed,
Redeemed at countless cost,
From dark despair.

Christ for the world we sing,
The world to Christ we bring,
With one accord;
With us the work to share,
With us reproach to dare,
With us the cross to bear,
For Christ our Lord.

Christ for the world we sing,
The world to Christ we bring,
With joyful song;
The newborn souls, whose days,
Reclaimed from error’s ways,
Inspired with hope and praise,
To Christ belong.

(Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/c/f/t/cftworld.htm)?
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HE WHO WOULD VALIANT BE

 

29 October 2019

HE WHO WOULD VALIANT BE

Words: John Bun?yan
Music: Charles W. Doug?las

He who would valiant be ’gainst all disaster,
Let him in constancy follow the Master.
There’s no discouragement shall make him once relent
His first avowed intent to be a pilgrim.

Who so beset him round with dismal stories
Do but themselves confound—his strength the more is.
No foes shall stay his might; though he with giants fight,
He will make good his right to be a pilgrim.

Since, Lord, Thou dost defend us with Thy Spirit,
We know we at the end, shall life inherit.
Then fancies flee away! I’ll fear not what men say,
I’ll labor night and day to be a pilgrim.

(Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/h/e/w/hewhowvb.htm)?


I AM THE BREAD, THE BREAD OF LIFE

 

28 October 2019

I AM THE BREAD, THE BREAD OF LIFE

Words: Brian Hoare

I am the Bread, the Bread of Life;
who comes to me will never hunger.
I am the Bread, the Bread of heaven;
who feeds on me will never die.
And as you eat, remember me,
my body broken on the tree:
my life was given to set you free,
and I'm alive for evermore.

I am the Vine, the living Vine;
apart from me you can do nothing.
I am the Vine, the real Vine:
abide in me and I in you.
And as you drink, remember me,
my blood was shed upon the tree:
my life was given to set you free,
and I'm alive for evermore.

So eat this bread and drink this wine,
and as you do, receive this life of mine.
All that I am, I give to you,
that you may live for evermore.

(Source: https://www.jubilate.co.uk/songs/i_am_the_bread_the_bread_of_life. ? Brian Hoare/Jubilate Hymns Ltd)?