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All the Way my Savior Leads Me Lyrics
All the Way my Savior Leads Me Lyrics By Fanny J. Crosby (1820 – 1915)Notes on the Hymn Lyrics”All the Way my Savior Leads Me” lyrics is a beautiful text and has an appealing tune composed just for it. The author, Fanny J. Crosby, wrote over 8,000 hymns, certainly the all-time greatest output of any […]
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America the Beautiful Lyrics
America the Beautifulby Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929)O beautiful for spacious skies,For amber waves of grain;For purple mountain majestiesAbove the fruited plain!America! America!God shed His grace on thee,And crown thy good with brotherhood,From sea to shining sea.O beautiful for pilgrim feet,Whose stern, impassioned stressA thoroughfare for freedom beatAcross the wilderness!America! America!God mend thine every flaw,Confirm thy […]
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From Greenland’s Icy Mountains Lyrics
From Greenland’s Icy Mountainsby Reginald Heber (1783-1826)(stanzas 1 & 2)From Greenland’s icy mountains, from India’s coral strand;Where Afric’s sunny fountains roll down their golden sand:From many an ancient river, from many a palmy plain,They call us to deliver their land from error’s chain!What though the spicy breezes blow soft o’er Java’s isle;Though every prospect pleases, […]
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Rejoice, the Lord is King Lyrics
Rejoice, the Lord is Kingby Charles Wesley (1707-1788)(stanzas 1 & 2)Rejoice, the Lord is king! Your Lord and king adore;Mortals give thanks and sing, and triumph evermore;Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!Jesus, the Savior, reigns, the God of truth and love;When He had purged our stains, He took His […]
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Come, Thou Almighty King Lyrics
Come, Thou Almighty KingAnonymous(stanzas 1 & 2)Come, Thou almighty King,Help us Thy Name to sing, help us to praise!Father all glorious, o’er all victorious,Come and reign over us, Ancient of Days!Jesus, our Lord, arise,Scatter our enemies, and make them fall;Let Thine almighty aid our sure defense be made,Souls on Thee be stayed; Lord, hear our […]
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I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord Lyrics
I Love Thy Kingdom, Lordby Timothy Dwight (1752-1817)(stanzas 1-2)I love Thy kingdom, Lord,The house of Thine abode,The church our blessed Redeemer savedWith His own precious blood.I love Thy church, O God.Her walls before Thee stand,Dear as the apple of Thine eye,And written on Thy hand.(3-4)If e’er to bless Thy sonsMy voice or hands deny,These hands […]
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Fairest Lord Jesus Lyrics
Fairest Lord Jesus17th-century German (translator – Unknown)(stanzas 1-2)Fairest Lord Jesus, ruler of all nature,O Thou of God and man the Son,Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor,Thou, my soul’s glory, joy and crown.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 […]
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Crown Him with Many Crowns Lyrics
Crown Him with Many Crownsby Matthew Bridges (1800-1894) stanzas 1,2,5,6,7&9 and Godfrey Thring (1823-1903) stanzas 3,4&8(stanzas 1-2)Crown Him with many crowns,The Lamb upon His throne.Hark! How the heav’nly anthem drownsAll music but its own.Awake, my soul, and singOf Him who died for thee,And hail Him as thy matchless kingThrough all eternity.Crown Him the virgin’s son,The […]
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Jesus Christ is Risen Today Lyrics
Jesus Christ is Risen TodayStanzas 1-3 based on Latin, 14th-Century textStanza 4 by Charles Wesley, 1740(1-3)Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!Who did once, upon the cross, Alleluia!Suffer to redeem our loss, Alleluia!Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!Unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia!Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!Sinners to […]
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Just as I Am Lyrics
Just as I Amby Charlotte Elliott (1789-1871)(stanzas 1-2)Just as I am—without one plea,But that Thy blood was shed for me,And that Thou bidst me come to Thee—O Lamb of God, I come, I come.Just as I am—and waiting notTo rid my soul of one dark blot,To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot—O Lamb of […]
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