1. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Verse 1
A mighty fortress is our God
A bulwark never failing
Our helper He amid the flood
Of mortal ills prevailing
For still our ancient foe
Doth seek to work us woe
His craft and pow'r are great
And armed with cruel hate,
on earth is not his equal.
Verse 2
Did we in our own strength confide
Our striving would be losing
Were not the right Man on our side
The Man of God's own choosing
You ask who that may be
Christ Jesus it is He
Lord Sabaoth His name
From age to age the same
and He must win the battle.
Verse 3
And tho' this world with devils filled
Should threaten to undo us
We will not fear for God hath willed
His truth to triumph thru us
The prince of darkness grim
We tremble not for him
His rage we can endure
For lo his doom is sure
One little word shall fell him.
Verse 4
That Word above all earthly pow'rs
No thanks to them abideth
The Spirit and the gifts are ours
Thru Him who with us sideth
Let goods and kindred go
This mortal life also
The body they may kill
God's truth abideth still,
His kingdom is forever
3. All Creatures of Our God and King
Verse 1
All creatures of our God and King,
Lift up your voice and with us sing,
Alleluia, alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
Thou silver moon with softer gleam:
O praise Him, O praise Him!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Verse 2
Thou rushing wind that art so strong,
Ye clouds that sail in heav’n along,
O praise Him; alleluia!
Thou rising morn, in praise rejoice,
Ye lights of evening, find a voice:
O praise Him, O praise Him!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Verse 3
Thou flowing water, pure and clear,
Make music for thy Lord to hear,
Alleluia, alleluia!
Thou fire so masterful and bright,
That givest man both warmth and light:
O praise Him, O praise Him!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Verse 4
Let all things their Creator bless,
And worship Him in humbleness;
O praise Him—alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
And praise the Spirit, Three-in-One:
O praise Him, O praise Him!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Verse 5
And all ye men of tender heart,
Forgiving others, take your part,
O sing ye—alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear,
Praise God and on Him cast your care:
O praise Him, O praise Him!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
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Be Still My Soul
Verse 1
Be still, my soul: the Lord is on your side;
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to your God to order and provide;
In every change He faithful will remain.
Be still my soul: your best your heav’nly Friend
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.
Verse 2
Be still my soul: your God will undertake
To guide the future as he has the past.
Your hope, your confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious, shall be bright at last.
Be still my soul: the winds and waves still know
His voice who ruled them while He dwelt below.
Verse 3
Be still my soul: when dearest friends depart.
And all is darkened in the vale of tears.
Then shall you better know his love, his heart,
Who comes to soothe your sorrows and your fears.
Be still my soul; your Jesus can repay
from his own fullness all he takes away.
Verse 4
Be still, my soul the hour is haste'ning on
when we shall be forever with the Lord
When disappointment grief, and fear are gone,
sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past,
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.
Be Thou My Vision
Verse 1
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that thou art—
Thou my best thought by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
Verse 2
Be Thou my battle shield, sword for my fight
Be thou my dignity, thou my delight
Thou my soul's shelter and thou my high tow'r,
Raise thou my heavenward, O pow'r of my pow'r
Verse 3
Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance, now and always:
Thou and thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my treasure thou art.
Verse 4
High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heav’n’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
Blessed Assurance
Verse 1
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine;
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Chorus
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
Verse 2
Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending, bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
Verse 3
Perfect submission, all is at rest,
I in my Savior am happy and blest;
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.
Come Christians Join To Sing
Verse 1
Come, Christians, join to sing,
Alleluia, Amen!
Loud praise to Christ our King,
Alleluia, Amen!
Let all with heart and voice
Before his throne rejoice;
Praise is his gracious choice;
Alleluia, Amen!
Verse 2
Come, lift your hearts on high;
Alleluia, Amen!
Let praises fill the sky;
Alleluia, Amen!
He is our Guide and Friend;
To us he'll condescend;
His love shall never end;
Alleluia, Amen!
Verse 3
Praise yet our Christ again;
Alleluia, Amen!
Life shall not end the strain;
Alleluia, Amen!
On Heaven's blissful shore
His goodness we'll adore,
Singing forever more,
Alleluia, Amen!
Come Thou Fount
Verse 1
Come, thou Fount of every blessing;
tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
sung by flaming tongues above;
praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
mount of God’s unchanging love!
Verse 2
Here I raise my Ebenezer;
hither by thy help I’m come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wandering from the fold of God;
he, to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.
Verse 3
O to grace how great a debtor
daily I’m constrained to be!
Let that grace now, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love;
here’s my heart; O take and seal it;
seal it for thy courts above.
Fairest Lord Jesus
Verse 1
Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature,
Son of God and Son of man!
Thee will I cherish, thee will I honor,
thou, my soul's glory, joy, and crown.
Verse 2
Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands,
robed in the blooming garb of spring:
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer,
who makes the woeful heart to sing.
Verse 3
Fair is the sunshine, fairer still the moonlight,
and all the twinkling, starry host:
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
than all the angels heav'n can boast.
Verse 4
Beautiful Savior! Lord of the nations!
Son of God and Son of man!
Glory and honor, praise, adoration,
now and for evermore be thine.
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Verse 1
Great is Thy Faithfulness, O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning with thee;
Thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
As thou hast been thou forever will be.
Chorus
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see:
All I have needed thy hand hath provided
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!
Verse 2
Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
Verse 3
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
How Firm A Foundation
Verse 1
How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent word!
What more can He say than to you He has said,
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
Verse 2
“Fear not, I am with you, O be not dismayed;
For I am your God, and will still give you aid;
I’ll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand,
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.”
Verse 3
"When through the deep waters I call you to go,
the rivers of sorrow shall not overflow;
For I will be with you your troubles to bless,
and sanctify to you your deepest distress.
Verse 4
“The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake.”
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How Sweet The Name Of Jesus Sounds
Verse 1
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
in a believer’s ear!
It soothes his sorrow, heals his wounds,
and drives away his fear.
Verse 2
It makes the wounded spirit whole,
and calms the troubled breast;
‘Tis manna to the hungry soul,
and to the weary rest.
Verse 3
Jesus, my Shepherd, Brother, Friend,
my Prophet, Priest, and King,
My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,
accept the praise I bring.
Verse 4
Weak is the effort of my heart,
and cold my warmest thought;
But when I see thee as thou art,
I’ll praise thee as I ought.
Verse 5
Till then I would thy love proclaim
with every fleeting breath;
And may the music of thy name
refresh my soul in death.
I Need Thee Every Hour
Verse 1
I need thee ev'ry hour,
most gracious Lord;
No tender voice like thine
can peace afford.
Chorus
I need thee, O I need thee,
Ev'ry hour I need thee;
O bless me now, my Savior,
I come to thee.
Verse 2
I need thee ev'ry hour;
stay thou near by;
Temptations lose their pow'r
when thou art nigh.
Verse 3
I need thee ev'ry hour,
in joy or pain;
Come quickly, and abide,
or life is vain.
I stand amazed
Verse 1
I stand amazed in the presence
of Jesus the Nazarene,
And wonder how He could love me
a sinner condemned unclean.
Chorus
How marvelous how wonderful
and my song shall ever be.
How marvelous how wonderful
is my Savior's love for me!
Verse 2
He took my sins and my sorrows
he made them His very own,
He bore the burden to Calvary
and suffered and died alone.
Verse 3
And when I’m ransomed in glory
his face I at last shall see,
'Twill be my joy through the ages
to sing of His love for me.
Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise
Verse 1
Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.
Verse 2
Unresting, unhasting, and silent as night,
Nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;
Thy justice like mountains high soaring above
Thy clouds which are fountains of goodness and love.
Verse 3
Great Father of Glory, pure Father of light,
Thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight;
All praise we would render; O help us to see
'Tis only the splendor of light hideth thee!
It Is Well With My Soul
Verse 1
When peace like a river attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea-billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
“It is well, it is well with my soul.”
Chorus
It is well with my soul,
It is well, it is well with my soul.
Verse 2
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come
Let this blessed assurance control
That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate
And hath shed his own blood for my soul.
Verse 3
My sin—O the bliss of this glorious thought—
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more:
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
Verse 4
O, Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll,
The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend,
“Even so”—it is well with my soul.
Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross
Verse 1
Jesus, keep me near the cross;
there a precious fountain,
Free to all—a healing stream—
flows from Calvary's mountain.
Chorus
In the cross, in the cross,
be my glory ever;
Till my ransomed soul shall find
rest beyond the river.
Verse 2
Near the cross, a trembling soul,
love and mercy found me;
There the Bright and Morning Star
shed its beams around me.
Verse 3
Near the cross I'll watch and wait,
hoping, trusting ever,
Till I reach the golden strand
just beyond the river.
Jesus Paid It All
Verse 1
I hear the Savior say,
“Thy strength indeed is small,
Child of weakness, watch and pray,
find in Me thine all in all.”
Chorus
Jesus paid it all.
All to Him I owe.
Sin had left a crimson stain;
He washed it white as snow.
Verse 2
Lord, now, indeed I find
thy pow'r and thine alone,
Can change the leper's spots,
and melt this heart of stone.
Verse 3
And when, before the throne,
I stand in Him complete,
“Jesus died, my soul to save.”
My lips shall still repeat.
Jesus Shall Reign
Verse 1
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun,
does his successive journeys run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
till moons shall wax and wane no more.
Verse 2
To him shall endless prayer be made,
and praises throng to crown his head;
His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise,
with ev'ry morning sacrifice.
Verse 3
People and realms of every tongue
dwell on his love with sweetest song.
And infant voices shall proclaim
their early blessings on his name.
Verse 4
Blessings abound where'er he reigns;
the pris'ner leaps to lose his chains,
The weary find eternal rest,
and all the sons of want are blest.
Verse 5
Let every creature rise and bring,
the highest honors to our King;
Angels descend with songs again,
and earth repeat the loud amen!
Marvelous Grace of Our Loving Lord
Verse 1
Marvelous grace of our loving Lord,
grace that exceeds
our sin and our guilt,
Yonder on Calvary's mount outpoured,
there where the blood
of the Lamb was spilt.
Chorus
Grace, grace, God's grace,
Grace that will pardon
and cleanse within;
Grace, grace, God's grace,
Grace that is greater
than all my sin.
Verse 2
Sin and despair
like the sea waves cold,
threaten the soul with infinite loss.
Grace that is greater, yes, grace untold,
points to the refuge,
the mighty cross.
Verse 3
Marvelous, infinite, matchless grace,
freely bestowed
on all who believe!
You that are longing to see His face,
will you this moment His grace receive?
My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less
Verse 1
My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus' name.
Chorus
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
All other ground is sinking sand.
Verse 2
When darkness veils my Savior’s face,
I rest on his unchanging grace;
In ev'ry high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the veil.
Verse 3
His oath, his covenant, his blood
support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
he then is all my hope and stay.
Verse 4
When he shall come with trumpet sound,
O may I then in him be found;
Dressed in his righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne.
My Jesus I Love Thee
Verse 1
My Jesus I love Thee I know Thou art mine
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign
My gracious Redeemer my Savior art Thou
If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now
Verse 2
I love Thee because Thou hast first loved me
And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow
If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now
Verse 3
I'll love Thee in life I will love Thee in death
And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath
And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow
If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now
Verse 4
In mansions of glory and endless delight
I'll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright
I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow
If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now
O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing
Verse 1
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
my great Redeemer's praise,
The glories of my God and King,
the triumphs of his grace.
Verse 2
My gracious Master and my God,
assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the earth abroad
the honors of thy name.
Verse 3
Jesus, the name that charms our fears,
that bids our sorrows cease;
‘Tis music in the sinner’s ear,
‘tis life and health and peace.
Verse 4
He breaks the power of reigning sin
he sets the pris'ner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean,
His blood availed for me.
Verse 5
He speaks and, listening to his voice,
new life the dead receive;
The mournful, broken hearts rejoice;
the humble poor believe.