Asleep in Jesus! Blessed Sleep Lyrics Author: Margaret Mackay (1832) 1 Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep,From which none ever wakes to weep!A calm and undisturbed repose,Unbroken by the last of foes. 2 Asleep in Jesus! O how sweetTo be for such a slumber meet!With holy confidence to singThat death has lost his venomed sting. 3 …
Some Day the Silver Cord Will Break Lyrics Author: Fanny Crosby (1891) 1 Some day the silver cord will break,And I no more as now shall sing;But oh, the joy when I shall wakeWithin the palace of the King! Refrain:And I shall see Him face to face,And tell the story—-Saved by grace;And I shall see …
That Day of Wrath, That Dreadful Day Lyrics Author: Thomas of Celano (13th cent.); Translator: Sir Walter Scott (1805) 1 That day of wrath, that dreadful dayWhen heav’n and earth shall pass away!What pow’r shall be the sinner’s stay?How shall he meet that dreadful day? 2 When, shriveling like a parched scroll,The flaming heav’ns together …
Before the Throne of God Above Lyrics Charities Lees Bancroft 1 Before the throne of God aboveI have a strong and perfect plea;a great High Priest whose name is Love,who ever lives and pleads for me.My name is graven on his hands,my name is written on his heart.I know that while in heav’n he standsno …
The Lord Bless You and Keep You Lyrics Author: Peter C Lutkin The Lord bless you and keep you;the Lord lift his countenance upon you,and give you peace; the Lord make his face to shine upon you,and be gracious unto you.Amen, amen. May God bless you and keep you;may God lift his countenance upon you,and …
The Great Archangel’s Trump Shall Sound Lyrics Author: Charles Wesley The great archangel’s trump shall sound,While twice ten thousand thunders roarTear up the graves, and cleave the ground,And make the greedy sea restore. The greedy sea shall yield her dead,The earth no more her slain conceal;Sinners shall lift their guilty head,And shrink to see a …
Servants of God His Praise Proclaim Lyrics Author: James Montgomery Servants of God, in joyful lays,Sing ye the Lord Jehovah’s praise;His glorious Name let all adore,From age to age, forevermore. Blest be that Name, supremely blest,From the sun’s rising to its rest;Above the heav’ns His pow’r is known,Through all the earth His goodness shown. Who …
See How Great a Flame Aspires Lyrics Author: Charles Wesley 1 SEE how great a flame aspires,Kindled by a spark of grace!Jesu’s love the nations fires,Sets the kingdoms on a blaze;To bring fire on earth he came,Kindled in some hearts it is,O that all might catch the flame,All partake the glorious bliss! 2 When he …
There Were Ninety and Nine Lyrics Author: Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane 1 There were ninety and nine that safely layin the shelter of the fold,but one was out on the hills away,far off from the gates of gold —away on the mountains wild and bare,away from the tender Shepherd’s care,away from the tender Shepherd’s care. 2 …
On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand Lyrics Author: Samuel Stennett (1787) 1 On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,and cast a wishful eyeto Canaan’s fair and happy land,where my possessions lie. Refrain:I am bound for the promised land,I am bound for the promised land;oh, who will come and go with me?I am bound for the promised …
