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I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
Author: Horatius N. Bonar Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1,224 hymnals Topics: Conversion and New Life Lyrics: 1 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Come unto me and rest.
Lay down, O weary one,
lay down your head upon my breast.”
I came to Jesus as I was,
so weary, worn, and sad.
I found in him a resting place,
and he has made me glad.
2 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Behold, I freely give
the living water, thirsty one;
stoop down and drink and live.”
I came to Jesus, and I drank
of that life-giving stream.
My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
and now I live in him.
3 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“I am the dawning light.
Look unto me, your morn shall rise,
and all your day be bright.”
I looked to Jesus, and I found
in him my star, my sun,
and in that light of life I’ll walk
till trav’ling days are done. Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30 Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD Text Sources: Hymns Original and Selected, 1846, alt.
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
My Jesus, I Love Thee
Author: William R. Featherstone Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 1,079 hymnals Topics: Conversion and New Life First Line: My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine Lyrics: 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.
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.
3 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. Scripture: John 14:1-4 Used With Tune: GORDON Text Sources: Primitive Methodist Magazine, 1862
My Jesus, I Love Thee
We Praise Thee, O God
Author: William P. Mackay Meter: 11.11 with refrain Appears in 1,232 hymnals Topics: Conversion and New Life First Line: We praise thee, O God, for the Son of thy love Refrain First Line: Hallelujah! Thine the glory Lyrics: 1 We praise thee, O God, for the Son of thy love,
for Jesus who died, and is now gone above.
Refrain:
Hallelujah! Thine the glory, hallelujah! Amen!
Hallelujah! Thine the glory, revive us again.
2 We praise thee, O God, for thy Spirit of light
who has shown us our Savior and scattered our night. [Refrain]
3 We praise thee, O God, for the joy thou hast giv’n
to thy saints in communion, these foretastes of heav’n. [Refrain]
4 Revive us again, fill each heart with thy love.
May each soul be rekindled with fire from above. [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 85:4-7 Used With Tune: REVIVE US AGAIN Text Sources: The Praise of Jesus, 1863
We Praise Thee, O God
NEW BRITAIN (AMAZING GRACE)
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 496 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edwin O. Excell Topics: Conversion and New Life; Conversion and New Life Tune Sources: American traditional (USA), Columbian Harmony, 1829 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51313 21655 13132 Used With Text: Amazing Grace!
NEW BRITAIN (AMAZING GRACE)
ST. MARGARET
Meter: 8.8.8.8.6 Appears in 416 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Albert L. Peace Topics: Conversion and New Life Tune Sources: Scottish Hymnal, 1885 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 55556 71177 77712 Used With Text: O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
ST. MARGARET
Amazing Grace!
Author: John Newton Hymnal: Voices Together #163 (2020) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Conversion and New Life; Conversion and New Life First Line: Amazing grace! How sweet the sound Lyrics: 1 Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
was blind, but now I see.
2 ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
and grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed.
3 Through many dangers, toils, and snares
I have already come.
‘Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.
4 When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
bright shining as the sun,
we’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
than when we’d first begun. Scripture: Romans 3:21-26 Tune Title: NEW BRITAIN (AMAZING GRACE)
Amazing Grace!
O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
Author: George Matheson Hymnal: Voices Together #608 (2020) Meter: 8.8.8.8.6 Topics: Conversion and New Life Lyrics: 1 O Love that will not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee.
I give thee back the life I owe,
that in thine ocean depths its flow
may richer, fuller be.
2 O Light that follows all my way,
I yield my flick’ring torch to thee.
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
that in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
may brighter, fairer be.
3 O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee.
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
and feel the promise is not vain,
that morn shall tearless be.
4 O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee.
I lay in dust, life’s glory dead,
and from the ground there blossoms red,
life that shall endless be. Scripture: Isaiah 65:17-25 Tune Title: ST. MARGARET
O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
Crashing Waters at Creation
Author: Sylvia G. Dunstan Hymnal: Voices Together #441 (2020) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Conversion and New Life Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5 Tune Title: RESTORATION (I WILL ARISE)
Crashing Waters at Creation
George Matheson
1842 - 1906 Topics: Conversion and New Life Author of "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go" in Voices Together Matheson, George, D.D., was born at Glasgow, March 27, 1842, and although deprived of his eyesight in youth he passed a brilliant course at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated M.A. in 1862. In 1868 he became the parish minister at Innellan; and subsequently of St. Bernard's, Edinburgh. He was the Baird Lecturer in 1881, and St. Giles Lecturer in 1882. He has published several important prose works. His poetical pieces were collected and published in 1890 as Sacred Songs, Edinburgh: W. Blackwood. In addition to his hymn "O Love that wilt not let me go" (q. v.), four others from his Sacred Songs are in Dr. A. C. Murphey's Book of Common Song, Belfast, 1890.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Matheson, G., p. 1579, i. In addition to Dr. Matheson's hymn, "O Love, that wilt not let me go," p. 1583, i,, the following from his Sacred Songs, 1890, have come into common use since 1892:—
1. Come, let us raise a common song. Brotherhood.
2. Father divine, I come to Thee. Strength for Life. This, in Horder's Worship Song, 1905, is altered to”Saviour divine, I come to Thee."
3. Gather us in, Thou Love that fillest all. One in Christ.
4. Jesus, Fountain of my days. Christian's Polestar.
5. Lend me, O Lord, Thy softening cloud. The Fire and the Cloud. In the Sunday Magazine, 1875.
6. Lord, Thou hast all my frailty made. Strength for the Day.
7. Make me a captive, Lord. Christian Freedom.
8. There are coming changes great. The Glad New Time.
9. Three doors there are in the temple. Prayer.
Dr. Matheson informed us that these hymns, together with the rest of his Sacred Songs, 1890, were written at Bow, Dumbartonshire, in 1890. The 3rd ed. of the Sacred Songs was published in 1904. He died suddenly at Avenelle, North Berwick, Aug. 28, 1906.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
George Matheson
Adoniram J. Gordon
1836 - 1895 Topics: Conversion and New Life Composer of "GORDON" in Voices Together Adoniram J. Gordon (b. New Hampton, NH, 1836; d. Boston, MA, 1895) was educated at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and Newton Theological Seminary, Newton, Massachusetts. After being ordained in 1863, he served the Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and the Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston. A close friend of Dwight L. Moody, he promoted evangelism and edited The Service of Song for Baptist Churches (1871) as well as The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book (1872). Both Gordon College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary are named after Gordon.
Bert Polman
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Gordon, Adoniram Judson, D.D., born at New Hampton, N.H., Apr. 19, 1836. Graduated at Brown University, 1860; entered the Baptist ministry; Pastor of Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston, 1869; and died in 1895. He published The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book, 1872; and was one of the editors of the Service of Song for Baptist Churches, 1871. His hymns in common use include:—
1. O blessed Paraclete. [Holy Spirit .] Given in Sursum Corda, 1898, as having been written in 1890.
2. O Spirit's anointing, for service appointing . [Foreign Missions.] This hymn was "written in the summer of 1886, at Northfield School for Bible Study, organised by Mr. Moody. More than one hundred college students connected with this school gave themselves to the work of foreign missions during their stay at Northfield. Four of their number were chosen to visit the colleges in different parts of the country, and endeavour to awaken a deeper interest in missions during the succeeding academic year. At their request Dr. Gordon” wrote this hymn. Baptist Hymns and Hymn Writers.
3. Where art thou, soul! I hear God say. [Divine Chiding.] Published in social meeting edition of The Service of Song, 1881.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Adoniram J. Gordon
D. W. Whittle
1840 - 1901 Person Name: Daniel W. Whittle Topics: Conversion and New Life Author (stanzas) of "I Know Not Why God’s Wondrous" in Voices Together [Also published under the pseudonym El Nathan.]
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Whittle, D. W.. Six of his hymns (Nos. 295, 308,363, 385, 386, 417) are given in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, under the signature of "El Nathan."
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
D. W. Whittle
