Month: March 2015

Abide With Me! Fast Falls the Eventide Hymn Lyrics and Story (Henry Francis Lyte 1793 -1847)

Abide With Me Fast Falls the Eventide Lyrics 1 Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.When other helpers fail and comforts flee,Help of the helpless, O abide with me. 2 Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away.Change and decay in …

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Gentle Jesus Meek And Mild Hymn and Lyrics – Charles Wesley, 1707-1788

Gentle Jesus Meek and Mild Song Lyrics Charles Wesley Gentle Jesus, meek and mild,Look upon a little child;Pity my simplicity,Suffer me to come to Thee. Fain I would to Thee be brought,Dearest God, forbid it not;Give me, dearest God, a placeIn the kingdom of Thy grace Put Thy hands upon my head,Let me in Thine …

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In The Cross of Christ I Glory Hymn Story and Lyrics – John Bowring, 1792-1872

In The Cross of Christ I Glory Lyrics Hymn writer: Sir John Bowring 1 In the cross of Christ I glory,Tow’ring o’er the wrecks of time;All the light of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime. 2 When the woes of life o’ertake me,Hopes deceive, and fears annoy,Never shall the cross forsake me,Lo! It glows with …

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Oft In Danger, Oft In Woe Hymn Lyrics and Story – Henry Kirke White, 1785-1806

Oft In Danger Oft in Woe Lyrics Henry Kirke White 1 Oft in danger, oft in woe,onward, Christians, onward go;bear the toil, maintain the strife,strengthened with the bread of life. 2 Onward, Christians, onward go,join the war, and face the foe;will ye flee in danger’s hour?Know ye not your Captain’s power? 3 Let not sorrow …

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My Country Tis of Thee Lyrics and Story – Samuel Francis Smith, 1808-1895

My Country Tis of Thee Lyrics My country, ’tis of thee,Sweet land of liberty,Of thee I sing;Land where my fathers died,Land of the pilgrims’ pride,From ev’ry mountainsideLet freedom ring! My native country, thee,Land of the noble free,Thy name I love;I love thy rocks and rills,Thy woods and templed hills;My heart with rapture thrills,Like that above. …

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O Say Can You See by the Dawn’s Early Light – Francis Scott Key, 1779-1843

O Say Can You See by the Dawn’s Early Light Lyrics Francis Scott Key 1 O say, can you see by the dawn’s early light,What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?And the rockets’ red glare, …

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Jerusalem The Golden Hymn Lyrics and Story – Bernard of Cluny, 12th Century

Jerusalem The Golden Lyrics Bernard of Cluny, Jerusalem the golden,With milk and honey blest,Beneath your contemplationSink heart and voice oppressed.I know not, oh, I know notWhat joys await us there,What radiancy of glory,What bliss beyond compare. They stand, those halls of Zion,All jubilant with songAnd bright with many and angelAnd all the martyr throng.The prince …

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O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing Hymn Story and Lyrics – Charles Wesley, 1707-1788

O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing Hymn Lyrics Charles Wesley 1 O for a thousand tongues to singMy great Redeemer’s praise,The glories of my God and King,The triumphs of His grace. 2 My gracious Master and my God,Assist me to proclaim,To spread through all the earth abroad,The honors of Thy name. 3 Jesus! the …

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Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken Story and Lyrics – John Newton, 1725-1807

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken Lyrics John Newton Glorious things of thee are spoken,Zion, city of our God!He, whose Word cannot be broken,Formed thee for His own abode;On the Rock of Ages founded,What can shake thy sure repose?With salvation’s walls surrounded,Thou mayst smile at all thy foes. See, the streams of living waters,Springing from …

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Hark My Soul It Is The Lord Hymn – William Cowper, 1731-1800

Hark My Soul It is The Lord Hymn Lyrics Hymn writer: William Cowper 1 Hark, my soul, it is the Lord;’tis thy Saviour, hear his word;Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee,‘Say, poor sinner, lov’st thou me? 2 I delivered thee when bound,and, when wounded, healed thy wound;sought thee wandering, set thee right,turned thy darkness into …

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