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And Can It Be That I Should Gain

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 285 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Love Lyrics: 1 And can it be that I should gain An interest in the Savior's blood? Died He for me, who caused His pain? For me, who Him to death pursued? Amazing love! how can it be That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me? Amazing love! How can it be That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me? 2 He left His Father's throne above: So free, so infinite His grace! Emptied Himself of all but love, And bled for Adam's helpless race. 'Tis mercy all, immense and free, For O, my God, it found out me! 'Tis mercy all, immense and free, For O, my God, it found out me! 3 Long my imprisoned spirit lay, Fast bound in sin and nature's night. Thine eye diffused a quickening ray. I woke; the dungeon flamed with light! My chains fell off, my heart was free: I rose, went forth, and followed Thee. My chains fell off, my heart was free: I rose, went forth, and followed Thee. 4 No condemnation now I dread: Jesus, and all in Him, is mine! Alive in Him, my living Head, And clothed in righteousness divine. Bold I approach th'eternal throne And claim the crown, through Christ, my own. Bold I approach th'eternal throne And claim the crown, through Christ, my own. Scripture: Romans 5:6-9 Used With Tune: SAGINA

Go, labour on: spend and be spent

Author: Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 436 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Brotherly Love and Service Used With Tune: ERNAN

Draw Me Nearer

Author: Fanny J. Crosby Appears in 683 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Fellowship; Love God's Love; Aspiration; Consecration; Devotional; Prayer; Worship Hymns First Line: I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice Refrain First Line: Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord Lyrics: 1 I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice, And it told Thy love to me; But I long to rise in the arms of faith, And be closer drawn to Thee. Refrain: Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, To the cross where Thou hast died; Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, To Thy precious, bleeding side. 2 Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord, By the pow'r of grace divine; Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope, And my will be lost in Thine. [Refrain] 3 O, the pure delight of a single hour That before Thy throne I spend, When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God, I commune as friend with friend! [Refrain] 4 There are depths of love that I cannot know Till I cross the narrow sea; There are heights of joy that I may not reach Till I rest in peace with Thee. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice]

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SALZBURG

Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 178 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jakob Hintze, 1622-1702; J. S. Bach, 1685-1750 Topics: Baptism; Celebration; Christ the King; Christian Initiation; Death; Easter; Eucharist; Funeral; Grace; Jesus Christ; Lamb; Love of God for Us; Paschal Mystery; Praise; Salvation; Song; Sunday Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 51565 43554 32215 Used With Text: At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing

ABERYSTWYTH

Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 252 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph Parry Topics: Abiding in Christ; Christ Comforter; Christ Love and Grace of; Grace Fullness of; Grace Refreshing; Need for Christ of God; Preservation of Christians; Supplication For Protection Tune Key: d minor Incipit: 11234 53213 21712 Used With Text: Jesus, Lover of My Soul

SAGINA

Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 with repeat Appears in 128 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thomas Campbell Topics: Justifying Grace Pardon; Aldersgate; Christian Experience; Forgiveness; Freedom and Liberation; Jesus Christ Blood; Jesus Christ Love of; Pardon; Service Music Confession and Pardon Prayer Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 11235 46721 34275 Used With Text: And Can It Be that I Should Gain

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Blest Be the Tie that Binds

Author: John Fawcett, 1740-1817 Hymnal: Christian Worship (1993) #494 (1993) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Christian Love; Christian Love Lyrics: 1 Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares. 3 We share our mutual woes, Our mutual burdens bear, And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear. 4 When here our pathways part, We suffer bitter pain; Yet, one in Christ and one in heart, We hope to meet again. 5 From sorrow, toil, and pain And sin we shall be free And perfect love and friendship reign Through all eternity. Languages: English Tune Title: BOYLSTON

Love in Christ Is Strong and Living

Author: Dorothy R. Schultz, b. 1934 Hymnal: Christian Worship (1993) #490 (1993) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Christian Love; Christian Love Languages: English Tune Title: DOROTHY

Not for Tongues of Heaven's Angels

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Hymnal: Christian Worship (1993) #495 (1993) Meter: 8.7.8.7.6 Topics: Christian Love; Christian Love Lyrics: 1 Not for tongues of heaven's angels, Not for wisdom to discern, Not for faith that masters mountains, For this better gift we yearn -- May love be ours, O Lord! 2 Love is humble; love is gentle; Love is tender, true, and kind. Love is gracious, ever patient, Generous of heart and mind -- May love be ours, O Lord! 3 Never jealous, never selfish, Love will not rejoice in wrong; Never boastful nor resentful, Love believes and suffers long -- May love be ours, O Lord! 4 Soon will fade the word of wisdom, Faith and hope be one day past; When we see our Savior clearly, Love it is alone will last -- May love be ours, O Lord! Languages: English Tune Title: BRIDEGROOM

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Anonymous

Topics: The Christian Love and Gratitude Author of "My Jesus, I Love Thee" in The Baptist Standard Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Edward Henry Bickersteth

1825 - 1906 Person Name: E. H. Bickersteth Topics: Christians Love for Christ; Christians Love for Christ Author of ""Peace, perfect peace"" in Laudes Domini Bickersteth, Edward Henry, D.D., son of Edward Bickersteth, Sr. born at Islington, Jan. 1825, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. with honours, 1847; M.A., 1850). On taking Holy Orders in 1848, he became curate of Banningham, Norfolk, and then of Christ Church, Tunbridge Wells. His preferment to the Rectory of Hinton-Martell, in 1852, was followed by that of the Vicarage of Christ Church, Hampstead, 1855. In 1885 he became Dean of Gloucester, and the same year Bishop of Exeter. Bishop Bickersteth's works, chiefly poetical, are:— (l) Poems, 1849; (2) Water from the Well-spring, 1852; (3) The Rock of Ages, 1858 ; (4) Commentary on the New Testament, 1864; (5) Yesterday, To-day, and For Ever, 1867; (6) The Spirit of Life, 1868; (7) The Two Brothers and other Poems, 1871; (8) The Master's Home Call, 1872 ; (9) The Shadowed Home and the Light Beyond, 1874; (10) The Beef and other Parables, 1873; (11) Songs in the House of Pilgrimage, N.D.; (12) From Year to Year, 1883. As an editor of hymnals, Bp. Bickersteth has also been most successful. His collections are:— (1) Psalms & Hymns, 1858, based on his father's Christian Psalmody, which passed through several editions; (2) The Hymnal Companion, 1870; (3) The Hymnal Companion revised and enlarged, 1876. Nos. 2 and 3, which are two editions of the same collection, have attained to an extensive circulation. [Ch. of England Hymnody.] About 30 of Bp. Bickersteths hymns are in common use. Of these the best and most widely known are:—" Almighty Father, hear our cry"; "Come ye yourselves apart and rest awhile"; "Father of heaven above"; "My God, my Father, dost Thou call"; "O Jesu, Saviour of the lost"; "Peace, perfect peace"; "Rest in the Lord"; "Stand, Soldier of the Cross"; " Thine, Thine, for ever"; and "Till He come.” As a poet Bp. Bickersteth is well known. His reputation as a hymn-writer has also extended far and wide. Joined with a strong grasp of his subject, true poetic feeling, a pure rhythm, there is a soothing plaintiveness and individuality in his hymns which give them a distinct character of their own. His thoughts are usually with the individual, and not with the mass: with the single soul and his God, and not with a vast multitude bowed in adoration before the Almighty. Hence, although many of his hymns are eminently suited to congregational purposes, and have attained to a wide popularity, yet his finest productions are those which are best suited for private use. -John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================= Bickersteth, Edward Henry, p. 141, ii. Bishop Bickersteth's 1890 edition of his Hymnal Companion is noted on p. 1312, i., and several of his own hymns and translations, which appear therein for the first time, are annotated in this Appendix. One of these, "All-merciful, Almighty Lord," for the Conv. of St. Paul, was written for the 1890 edition of Hymnal Companion. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================== Bickersteth, B. H., p. 141, ii. Bp. Bickersteth died in London, May 16, 1906. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Hugh Wilson

1766 - 1824 Topics: The Christian Love and Gratitude Composer of "AVON" in The Baptist Standard Hymnal Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) learned the shoemaker trade from his father. He also studied music and mathematics and became proficient enough in various subjects to become a part-time teacher to the villagers. Around 1800, he moved to Pollokshaws to work in the cotton mills and later moved to Duntocher, where he became a draftsman in the local mill. He also made sundials and composed hymn tunes as a hobby. Wilson was a member of the Secession Church, which had separated from the Church of Scotland. He served as a manager and precentor in the church in Duntocher and helped found its first Sunday school. It is thought that he composed and adapted a number of psalm tunes, but only two have survived because he gave instructions shortly before his death that all his music manuscripts were to be destroyed. Bert Polman

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