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The Prospect
Author: Jennie Sheldon Bowden Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: I cannot see before me Lyrics: 1 I cannot see before me
What may my steps betide,
But God’s own eye is o’er me,
And He can seas divide.
2 Though danger may beset me,
The God of power’s my friend,
And He will never let me
Need care, and not defend.
3 Though Satan’s hosts defy me,
My God is more than they,
And help He’ll not deny me,
While I His will obey. Used With Tune: OURENSE Text Sources: The Golden Sheaf (Boston: Advent Christian Publication Society, 1902)
The Prospect
Brief life is here our portion
Author: St. Bernard of Cluny; John Mason Neale Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 245 hymnals Lyrics:
Brief life is here our portion,
Brief sorrow, short-lived care;
The life that knows no ending,
The tearless life is there!
O happy retribution!
Short toil, eternal rest,
For mortals and for sinners
A mansion with the blest!
There grief is turned to pleasure;
Such pleasure as below
No human voice can utter,
No human heart can know;
And after fleshly weakness,
And after this world's night,
And after storm and whirlwind,
Are calm, and joy, and light.
And now we fight the battle,
But then shall wear the crown
Of full and everlasting
And passionless renown;
And he whom now we trust in
Shall then be seen and known,
And they that know and see him
Shall have him for their own.
And now we watch and struggle,
And now we live in hope,
And Sion in her anguish
With Babylon must cope;
But there is David's fountain,
And life in fullest glow;
And there the light is golden,
And milk and honey flow.
The morning shall awaken,
The shadows flee away,
And each true-hearted servant
Shall shine as doth the day;
For God our King and Portion,
In fullness of his grace,
We then shall see for ever,
And worship face to face.
O sweet and blessed country,
The home of God's elect!
O sweet and blessed country
That eager hearts expect!
Jesus, in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest
Who art with God the Father,
And Spirit, ever blest.
Amen.
Topics: Advent; Visitation Used With Tune: ST. ALPHEGE
Brief life is here our portion
O Jesus, I have promised
Author: John Ernest Bode, 1816-1874 Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 619 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, I have promised
to serve thee to the end;
be thou for ever near me,
my master and my friend;
I shall not fear the battle
if thou art by my side,
nor wander from the pathway,
if thou wilt be my guide.
2 O let me feel thee near me:
the world is ever near;
I see the sights that dazzle,
the tempting sounds I hear;
my foes are ever near me,
around me and within;
but, Jesus, draw thou nearer,
and shield my soul from sin.
3 O let me hear thee speaking
in accents clear and still,
above the storms of passion,
the murmurs of self-will;
O speak to reassure me,
to hasten or control;
O speak, and make me listen,
thou guardian of my soul.
4 O Jesus, thou hast promised
to all who follow thee,
that where thou art in glory
there shall thy servant be;
and, Jesus, I have promised
to serve thee to the end:
O give me grace to follow,
my master and my friend.
5 O let me see thy foot-marks,
and in them plant mine own;
my hope to follow duly
is in thy strength alone;
O guide me, call me, draw me,
uphold me to the end;
and then in heaven receive me,
my Saviour and my friend. Topics: Sacraments and Other Occasions Confirmation Used With Tune: WOLVERCOTE
O Jesus, I have promised
We lift our hearts, O Father
Author: Canon Edward A. Welch Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Holy Matrimony Used With Tune: ST. ALPHEGE
We lift our hearts, O Father
When Christmas Morn Is Dawning
Author: Claude W. Foss Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 18 hymnals Lyrics: 1 When Christmas morn is dawning
In faith I would repair
Unto the lowly manger;
My Saviour lieth there,
Unto the lowly manger;
My Saviour lieth there.
2 How kind, O loving Saviour,
To come from heaven above!
From sin and evil save us,
And keep us in thy love,
From sin and evil save us,
And keep us in Thy love.
3 We need Thee, blessèd Jesus,
Our dearest friend Thou art;
Forbid that we by sinning
Should grieve Thy loving heart,
Amen.
Topics: Children's Hymns; Christmas Day Used With Tune: NÄR JULDAGSMORGON GLIMMAR Text Sources: Hemlandssånger
When Christmas Morn Is Dawning
There is no friend like Jesus
Author: J. S. Brownlie Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: There is no friend like Jesus, so constant and so kind Lyrics:
There is no friend like Jesus,
So constant and so kind;
He heals the wounded spirit,
And calms the troubled mind.
The hungry soul He feedeth
With manna from His store;
And of His living water
We drink to thirst no more.
When weary is our journey,
And heavy is our load,
This constant Friend is with us,
To cheer our toilsome road.
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When bright our path and joyous,
And sunshine floods the way,
Our joy He renders tenfold
More joyous every day.
There is no friend like Jesus,
So constant is His love;
The earth has seen His kindness,
'Twill be enjoyed above.
Through death's dark vale He'll lead us--
That vale He passed before;
With life immortal clothe us,
To be unclothed no more.
And in that land the fairest,
With joys that never end,
Our Lord shall stand supremely,
Our true and constant Friend.
There is no friend like Jesus
The Pilgrim and the Stranger
Author: J. H. Horstmann; Chr. Barth Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: The pilgrim and stranger Lyrics: 1 The pilgrim and the stranger
Pursues his journey home;
On earth there’s toil and danger,
In heav’n is rest alone.
2 The love that earth has given
Beneath the sod is laid;
He yearns for that in heaven,
For flow’rs that never fade.
3 Of wealth and pride and glory,
Of palaces and gold,
There is the old, sad story
Of death and ruin told.
4 The rivers’ flood is hurried
Into the ocean wide,
And in its bosom buried
Beneath the silent tide.
5 ‘Tis thus the pilgrim yearneth
For God’s own bliss and peace;
In life and joy eternal
His soul may be at ease.
6 And longing thus he wanders
Throughout this vale of tears,
To reach the home that’s yonder
Where Christ, his life, appears. Topics: Pilgrimage; Eternal Life Used With Tune: HOMEWARD BOUND
The Pilgrim and the Stranger
How Lovely and How Pleasant
Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: How lovely and how pleasant Topics: The Church on Mission Reconciliation; Christian unity; Reconciliation Scripture: Psalm 133 Used With Tune: WALNUT (abridged) Text Sources: Slovak versification of Ps. 133
How Lovely and How Pleasant
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