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Be Thou My Vision

Author: Eleanor Hull ; Mary E. Byrne Hymnal: H1955 #303 (1955) Meter: 10.10.9.10 First Line: Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart Lyrics: 1 Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart; Nought 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. 2 Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word; I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord; Thou my great Father, I Thy true son; Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one. 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. 4 High King of heaven, my victory won, May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all. Amen. Topics: Commitment; Constancy; Devotion; God Love and Fatherhood; Looking to Jesus; Life in Christ Dedication and Consecration Scripture: Psalm 73:25 Tune Title: SLANE

Because I Knew Not When My Life Was Good

Author: Sarah Williams Hymnal: H1955 #274 (1955) Meter: 10.10.10.6 Refrain First Line: O, Lord, I do repent Lyrics: 1 Because I knew not when my life was good, And when there was a light upon my path, But turned my soul perversely to the dark, O Lord, I do repent. 2 Because I held upon niy selfish road, And left my brother wounded by the way, And called ambition duty, and pressed on, O Lord, I do repent. 3 Because I spent the strength Thou gavest me In struggle which Thou never didst ordain, And have imperfect life to offer Thee, O Lord, I do repent. 4 Because I was impatient, would not wait, And thrust my willful hand across Thy threads, And marred the pattern drawn out for my life, O Lord, I do repent. Amen. Topics: Forgiveness; Penitence; Sin; Life in Christ Repentance and Forgiveness Scripture: Luke 18:13 Tune Title: PEACE

Before Jehovah's Awful Throne

Author: John Wesley; Isaac Watts Hymnal: H1955 #81 (1955) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 Before Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations, bow with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone, He can create, and He destroy; He can create, and He destroy. 2 His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men; And when like wandering sheep we strayed, He brought us to His fold again, He brought us to His fold again. 3 We'll crowd His gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill His courts with sounding praise, Shall fill His courts with sounding praise. 4 Wide as the world is His command, Vast as eternity His love; Firm as a rock His truth shall stand, When rolling years shall cease to move, When rolling years shall cease to move. Amen. Topics: Adoration and Praise; God Creator; God Eternity and Power; God Shepherd; God the Father His Eternity and Power Scripture: Psalm 100 Tune Title: PARK STREET

Before the Day Draws Near Its Ending

Author: John Ellerton Hymnal: H1955 #57 (1955) Meter: 9.8.9.8 Lyrics: 1 Before the day draws near its ending, And evening steals o'er earth and sky, Once more to Thee our hymns ascending Shall speak Thy praises, Lord Most High. 2 O Light all clear, O Truth most holy, O boundless Mercy pardoning all, Before Thy feet, abashed and lowly, With one last prayer Thy children fall. 3 When we no more on earth adore Thee, And others worship here in turn, O may we sing that song before Thee, Which none but Thy redeemed can learn. Amen. Topics: Adoration and Praise; Evening; Life Everlasting, The; Prayer; Worship Evening Scripture: Psalm 141:2 Tune Title: SUNSET

Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: H1955 #86 (1955) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme, And speak some boundless thing, The mighty works, or mightier name, Of our eternal King. 2 Tell of His wondrous faithfulness, And sound His power abroad; Sing the sweet promise of His grace, And our redeeming God. 3 His very word of grace is strong As that which built the skies; The voice that rolls the stars along Speaks all the promises. 4 O might I hear Thy heavenly tongue But whisper, "Thou art Mine," Those gentle words should raise my song To notes almost divine. Amen. Topics: Adoration and Praise; Aspiration; God Eternity and Power; God the Father His Eternity and Power Scripture: Exodus 34:6 Tune Title: MANOAH

Behold the Amazing Gift of Love

Author: William Cameron; Isaac Watts Hymnal: H1955 #120 (1955) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Behold th' amazing gift of love Lyrics: 1 Behold th' amazing gift of love The Father hath bestowed On us, the sinful sons of men, To call us sons of God! 2 Concealed as yet this honor lies, By this dark world unknown, A world that knew not when He came, Even God's eternal Son. 3 High is the rank we now possess; But higher we shall rise; Though what we shall hereafter be Is hid from mortal eyes: 4 Our souls, we know, when He appears, Shall bear His image bright; For all His glory, full disclosed, Shall open to our sight. 5 A hope so great, and so divine, May trials well endure; And purge the soul from sense and sin, As Christ Himself is pure. Amen. Topics: God Love and Fatherhood; God Presence; Hope; Life Everlasting, The; Redemption; God the Father His Presence Scripture: 1 John 3:1-3 Tune Title: ST. STEPHEN

Beneath the Cross of Jesus

Author: Elizabeth C. Clephane Hymnal: H1955 #190 (1955) Meter: 7.6.8.6.8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand— The shadow of a mighty rock Within a weary land; A home within the wilderness, A rest upon the way, From the burning of the noontide heat, And the burden of the day. 2 Upon the cross of Jesus Mine eye at times can see The very dying form of One Who suffered there for me: And from my stricken heart with tears Two wonders I confess— The wonders of redeeming love And my unworthiness. 3 I take, O cross, thy shadow For my abiding place: I ask no other sunshine than The sunshine of His face; Content to let the world go by, To know no gain nor loss: My sinful self my only shame, My glory all, the cross. Amen. Topics: Christ Passion; Christ Atonement; Christ Strength and Refuge; Commitment; Communion, Holy; Cross, The; Devotion; Jesus Christ His Passion and Atonement Scripture: Isaiah 32:2 Tune Title: ST. CHRISTOPHER

Bless, O My Soul! The Living God

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: H1955 #8 (1955) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 Bless, O my soul! the living God; Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad; Let all the powers within me join In work and worship so divine, In work and worship so divine, 2 Bless, O my soul! the God of grace; His favors claim thy highest praise: Why should the wonders He hath wrought Be lost in silence and forgot, Be lost in silence and forgot? 3 'Tis He, my soul! who sent His Son To die for crimes which thou hast done: He owns the ransom and forgives The hourly follies of our lives, The hourly follies of our lives. 4 Let the whole earth His power confess, Let the whole earth adore His grace; The Gentile with the Jew shall join In work and worship so divine, In work and worship so divine. Amen. Topics: Worship Adoration and Praise; Adoration and Praise; Christ Atonement; God Grace; Redemption Scripture: Psalm 103 Tune Title: PARK STREET

Bless Thou the Gifts Our Hands Have Brought

Author: Samuel Longfellow Hymnal: H1955 #553 (1955) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: Bless Thou the gifts our hands have brought; Bless Thou the work our hearts have planned; Ours is the faith, the will, the thought; The rest, O God, is in Thy hand. Amen. Topics: Service Music Offertory Responses Tune Title: DEUS TUORUM MILITUM

Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine!

Author: Fanny Crosby Hymnal: H1955 #139 (1955) Meter: 9.10.9.9 with refrain Refrain First Line: This is my story, this is my song Lyrics: 1 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood. Refrain: This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Saviour all the day long; This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Saviour all the day long. 2 Perfect submission, perfect delight, Visions of rapture now burst on my sight; Angels descending, bring from above Echoes of mercy, whispers of love. [Refrain] 3 Perfect submission, all is at rest, I in my Saviour am happy and blest, Watching and waiting, looking above, Filled with His goodness, lost in His love. [Refrain] Amen. Topics: Assurance; Christ Adoration and Praise; Commitment; Jesus Christ Adoration and Praise Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1 Tune Title: ASSURANCE