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O Jesus, Thy Great Love!

Lha Wangdi
(The story of this hymn and its author appears below.)

Chorus:
O Jesus, Thy great love, it is so wonderful,
Transcending sea and stars in the sky,
Greater than mountains so high!
O Jesus, Thy great love…

My heart is bubbling and full, with joy abundant and free;
O Lord, how wonderful, are all Thy workings in me!
From morn to evening, from e’en to morning,
Thou art so praiseworthy!
From morn to evening, from e’en to morning,
Thou art so praiseworthy!
Thou art so praiseworthy!

Oh how my life is crushed [continue reading…]

Give Me the Enlarged Desire

Charles Wesley
(1707-1788)

I am the Lord thy God,
which brought thee out of the land of Egypt:
open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

— Psalm 81:10 kjv

Give me the enlarged desire
And open, Lord, my soul,
Thy own fulness to require,
And comprehend the whole;

Stretch my faith’s [continue reading…]

O Christ, What Burdens Bowed Thy Head

Anne R. Cousin
(1824-1906)

O Christ, what burdens bowed Thy head!
Our load was laid on Thee;
Thou stoodest in the sinner’s stead,
Didst bear all ill for me.
A Victim led, Thy blood was shed;
Now there’s no load for me.

Death and the curse were in our cup:
O Christ, ’twas full for Thee;
But Thou hast [continue reading…]

Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee

Bernard of Clairvaux
(1090-1153)
translated by
Edward Caswall1
(1814-1878)

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Jesus, the very thought of Thee
With sweetness fills the breast;
But sweeter far Thy face to see,
And in Thy presence rest.

Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame,
Nor can the memory find [continue reading…]

A New Name Written Down in Glory

C. Austin Miles
(1868-1946)

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ‘To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’”

Revelation 2:17 nasb

I was once a sinner, but I came
Pardon to receive from my Lord;
This was freely given, and I found
That He always kept His word.

Chorus:
There’s a new name written down in glory,
And it’s [continue reading…]

O Worship the Lord

J.S.B. Monsell
(1811-1875)

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name;
worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

Psalm 29:2 kjv

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness,
Bow down before Him, His glory proclaim!
With gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness,
Kneel and adore him: the Lord is His name.

Low at His feet lay thy burden of carefulness—
High on His heart [continue reading…]

Work, for the Night Is Coming!

Anna Coghill
(1836-1907)

“We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.”

John 9:4-5 nasb

Work, for the night is coming,
Work through the morning hours;
Work while the dew is sparkling,
Work ’mid springing flowers;
Work when the day grows brighter,
Work in the glowing [continue reading…]

Hail to the Lord’s Anointed

James Montgomery
(1771-1854)

Psalm 72
(First sung during Christmas 1821)

Hail to the Lord’s anointed,
Great David’s greater Son!
Hail in the time appointed,
His reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free,
To take away transgression,
And rule in equity.

He comes in succor speedy
To those who suffer wrong,
To help [continue reading…]

Tis a Glorious Church

Ralph Hudson
(1843-1901)

25b…Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27that He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Ephesians 5:25b-27

Do you hear them coming, brother,
Thronging up the steeps of light,
Clad in glorious shining garments —
Bloodwashed garments pure and white?

Chorus:
’Tis a glorious Church without spot or wrinkle,
Washed in the blood of the Lamb! [continue reading…]

The Blood, the Blood Is All My Plea

Now I’m Kneeling at the Cross
[alternate title]

John Parker
(c. 1825–1911)

The blood, the blood is all my plea,
Nor should a sinner wonder;
For guilty stain and stinging pain
Hath torn my heart asunder!

Chorus:
But now I’m kneeling at the cross,
Washing in the crimson tide,
And cleansed, I tarry at the fountain
Opened at my Savior’s side.

I rest, I rest supremely blest, [continue reading…]

In God I Have Found a Retreat (Under His Wings)

James Ni­chol­son
(c. 1828–1876)

In God I have found a retreat
Where I can securely abide;
No refuge, nor rest so complete,
And here I intend to abide.1

Chorus:
Oh, what comfort it brings,
As my soul sweetly sings;
I am safe from all danger
While under His wings.

I dread not the terror by night;
No arrow can harm me by day; [continue reading…]

Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove

Isaac-Watts
(1674-1748)

Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quick’ning powers;
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.

Look how we grovel here below,
Fond of these trifling toys; [continue reading…]

It’s Just Like His Great Love

Edna Worrell
(1873–1961)

A friend I have called Jesus,
Whose love is strong and true,
And never fails howe’er ’tis tried,
No matter what I do;
I’ve sinned against this love of His,
But when I knelt to pray,
Confessing all my guilt to Him,
The sin clouds rolled away.

Chorus:
It’s just like [continue reading…]

Take My Heart, O Great Refiner

Ellen Lakshmi Goreh
(1853-1937)

Take my heart, O Great Refiner,
Plunge it in the cleansing flame;
Heat the furnace seven times hotter,
I shall still adore Thy Name;
I shall hail its hungry roaring,
’Twill be music in mine ear,
If, amid its fiery [continue reading…]