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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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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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Beneath the Cross of Jesus Lyrics
Beneath the Cross of Jesusby Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane (1830-1869)(stanzas 1-3)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 noon-tide heat, and the burden of the day.O safe and happy shelter, o […]
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Jesus the Very Thought of Thee Lyrics
Jesus the Very Thought of Theeby Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153)Translated by Edward Caswall (1814-1878)(stanzas 1-3)Jesus, the very thought of TheeWith sweetness fills the breast;But sweeter far Thy face to see,And in Thy presence rest.Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame,Nor can the memory findA sweeter sound than Thy blest name,O Savior of mankind!O hope […]
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Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Lyrics
Lyrics of Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing by Robert Robinson (1735-1790)(stanza 1)Come, Thou fount of every blessing,Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;Streams of mercy, never ceasing,Call for songs of loudest praise.Teach me some melodious sonnet,Sung by flaming tongues above.Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,Mount of Thy redeeming love.(2)Here I raise my Ebenezer;Here […]
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Our God Our Help in Ages Past Lyrics
Lyrics of Our God Our Help in Ages Past, by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)(stanzas 1-3)Our God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come, ourShelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home.Under the shadow of Thy throneThy saints have dwelt secure;Sufficient is Thine arm alone,And our defense is sure.Before the hills in order stood,Or […]
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O for a Closer Walk with God Lyrics
Lyrics of O for a Closer Walk with Godby William Cowper (1731-1800)(stanzas 1-3)O for a closer walk with God,A calm and heavenly frame,A light to shine upon the roadThat leads me to the Lamb!Where is the blessedness I knew,When first I saw the Lord?Where is the soul refreshing viewOf Jesus, and His Word?What peaceful hours […]
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For All the Saints Lyrics
Lyrics of For All the Saints, byWilliam Walsham How (1823-1897)(stanzas 1-3)For all the saints, who from their labors rest,Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,Thy name, O Jesus, be forever blessed.Alleluia, Alleluia!Thou wast their rock, their fortress and their might; Thou,Lord, their captain in the well fought fight; Thou, in the darkness drear, their […]
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