New Life Baptist Church, College Station Texas

Hymn of the month

Feb­ru­ary 2012

Only Hope

Depth of mercy can there be
Mercy still reserved for me
Can my God, your wrath for­bear
Me the chief of sin­ners, spare

It’s my only hope
You’re my only hope
It’s my only hope of Heaven
At the cross forgiven

I have long with­stood your grace
Long pro­voked you to your face
Would not harken to your calls
Grieved you by a thou­sand falls

There for me the Sav­ior stands
Shows his wounds and spreads His hands
Face to face before the Son
And like Isa­iah I’m undone

Depth of mercy, vast and free
So much deeper than the sea
God of love, you heard my cry
Now into your open arms I fly

© Words by Ran­dall Kil­patr Goodgame, Charles Wesley

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Jan­u­ary 2012

The Love Of God

The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell
It goes beyond the high­est star
And reaches to the low­est hell
The guilty pair, bowed down with care
God gave His Son to win
His erring child He rec­on­ciled
And par­doned from his sin

When years of time shall pass away
And earthly thrones and king­doms fall
When men, who here refuse to pray
On rocks and hills and moun­tains call
Godʼs love so sure, shall still endure
All mea­sure­less and strong
Redeem­ing grace to Adamʼs race
The saintsʼ and angelsʼ song

O love of God, how rich and pure
How mea­sure­less and strong
It shall forever­more endure
The saintsʼ and angelsʼ song

Could we with ink the ocean fill
And were the skies of parch­ment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll con­tain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky

© Words by Fred­er­ick Lehman 1917
Arranged by Mercy Me

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Novem­ber 2011

Thou Lovely Source of True Delight

Thou lovely source of true delight
Whom I unseen adore
Unveil Thy beau­ties to my sight
That I might love Thee more,
Oh that I might love Thee more.

Thy glory o’er cre­ation shines
But in Thy sacred Word
I read in fairer, brighter lines
My bleed­ing, dying Lord,
See my bleed­ing, dying Lord

’Tis here, whene’er my com­forts droop
And sin and sor­row rise
Thy love with cheer­ing beams of hope
My faint­ing heart sup­plies,
My faint­ing heart’s supplied

But ah! Too soon the pleas­ing scene
Is clouded o’er with pain
My gloomy fears rise dark between
And I again com­plain,
Oh and I again complain

Jesus, my Lord, my life, my light
Oh come with bliss­ful ray
Break radi­ant through the shades of night
And chase my fears away,
Won’t You chase my fears away

Then shall my soul with rap­ture trace
The won­ders of Thy love
But the full glo­ries of Thy face
Are only known above,
They are only known above

© Words by Anne Steel 1760
Music by Kevin Twit

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Octo­ber 2011

How Great Thou Art

O Lord my God, when I in awe­some won­der
Con­sider all the worlds Thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thun­der
Thy power through­out the uni­verse displayed

Then sings my soul, my Sav­ior God to Thee
How great thou art! How great thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Sav­ior God to Thee
How great thou art! How great You are!

And when I think, that God His Son not spar­ing
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in
That on the cross, my bur­den gladly bear­ing
He bled and died, to take away my sin

When Christ shall come, with shouts of accli­mata­tion
And take me home, what joy shall fill my soul
Then I shall bow, in hum­ble ado­ra­tion
And then pro­claim, “My God, how great Thou art!”

© Words by Carl Gus­tav Boberg 1885

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Sep­tem­ber 2011

It Is Well With My Soul

When peace, like a river, atten­deth my way,
When sor­rows like sea bil­lows roll;
What­ever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.

It is well with my soul,
It is well, it is well with my soul.

Though Satan should buf­fet, though tri­als should come,
Let this blest assur­ance con­trol,
That Christ has regarded my help­less estate,
And hath shed his own blood for my soul.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glo­ri­ous thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

And, Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.

© Words by Hor­a­tio Spaf­ford and Music by Philip Bliss 1876

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August 2011

O God of Our Salvation

O God of our sal­va­tion
Who reigns upon the throne
The sov­er­eign Father, great is He
From whom all bless­ings flow

Behold the Son our sav­ior
Who for our sin was slain
The Christ who pur­chased with his blood
The wretched souls of men

Cho­rus:
O God of our sal­va­tion
From whom redemp­tion comes
O Father, Son and Spirit
The blessed three in one

O God, the Holy Spirit
Reveal­ing deity
The fount of life and love divine
Through­out eternity

Ascribe unend­ing praises to the God who reigns on high
How match­less is His power, His glory how divine
Ascribe O Church the great­ness and the glory due His name
One God, one Being, one Essence, one Tri­une God pro­claim
Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen!

© Words and Music by Michael Bleeker and Matt Boswell 2009

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July 2011

Come Thou Fount

Come thou fount of every bless­ing
Tune my heart to sing thy praise
Streams of mercy never ceas­ing
Call for songs of end­less praise
Teach my some melo­di­ous son­net
Sung by flam­ing tongues above
Praise the mount I’m fixed upon it
Mount of thy redeem­ing love

Here I raise my Ebenezer
Hither by thine help I come
And I hope by thy good plea­sure
Safely to arrive at home
Jesus sought me when a stranger
Won­der­ing from the fold of God
He to res­cue me from dan­ger
Inter­posed His pre­cious blood

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m con­strained to be
Let Thy good­ness, like a fet­ter
Bind my wan­der­ing heart to Thee
Prone to wan­der, Lord, I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above

O that day when freed from sin­ning
I shall see Thy lovely face
Gath­ered with the saints of Heaven
Singing of Thy sov­er­eign grace
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry
Take my ran­somed soul away
Still we labor in Thy power
Wait­ing for that glo­ri­ous day

© Words and Music by Robert Robin­son 1758

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June 2011

In The Shadow Of The Glo­ri­ous Cross

In the shadow of the glo­ri­ous cross
Com­pelled by grace to cast my lot
I’ll dis­gard the loss and bear your name
For­sak­ing all for Your own fame

Your hymn of grace sung over me
Abound­ing forth in glo­ri­ous deeds
My thirst is quenched by You, my Lord
Sus­tained am I, redeemed, restored
Sus­tained am I, redeemed, restored

Hal­lelu­jah
Hallelujah

When death’s dark shadow is at my feet
When I am plagued by unbe­lief
You place my hands into Your side
By pre­cious blood iden­ti­fied
By pre­cious blood identified

These crowns I’ve clenched with fisted hands
I lay them down before the throne
Of Christ my God the wor­thy lamb
Christ cru­ci­fied, the Great I AM
Christ cru­ci­fied, the Great I AM
Christ cru­ci­fied, the Great I AM

© Words and Music by Brooks Rit­ter and Rebecca Bales 2007

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May 2011

Revive Us Again

We praise thee O God for the Son of thy love
For Jesus who died and is no gone above
We praise thee O God for Your Spirit of Light
Who has shone us our Sav­ior and has scat­tered our night

Hal­lelu­jah, Thine the glory
Hal­lelu­jah, Amen
Hal­lelu­jah, Thine the glory
Revive us again

All glory and praise to the Lamb that was slain
Who has born all our sin and has cleansed every stain
Revive us again, fill our hearts with your love
May our souls be rekin­dled with fire from above

Hal­lelu­jah
Hal­lelu­jah
All glory is Yours!

© Words by William Mackay 1863
Arrange­ment by Big Daddy Weave 2008

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April 2011

How Deep The Father’s Love For Us

How deep the Father’s love for us
How vast beyond all mea­sure
That He would give His only Son
To make a wretch His trea­sure
How great the pain of sear­ing loss
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the cho­sen One
Bring many sons to glory

Behold the man upon the cross
My sin upon His shoul­ders
Ashamed I hear my mock­ing voice
Call out among the scoffers
It was my sin that held Him there
Until it was accom­plished
His dying breath has brought me life
I know that it is finished

I will not boast in any­thing
No gifts , no power, no wis­dom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ
His death and res­ur­rec­tion
Why should I gain from His reward
I can­not give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom

© Words by Stu­art Tow­nend 1995

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March 2011

The Solid Rock

My hope is built on noth­ing less
Than Jesus’ blood and right­eous­ness
I dare not trust the sweet­est frame
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand
All other ground is sink­ing sand
All other ground is sink­ing sand

When dark­ness seems to hide His face
I rest on His unchang­ing grace
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil.

His oath, His covenant, His blood
Sup­port me in the whelm­ing flood
When all around my soul gives way
He then is all my hope and stay.

When He shall come with trum­pet sound
Oh, may I then in Him be found
Dressed in His right­eous­ness alone
Fault­less to stand before the throne.

All my hope is in You
All my strength is in You

© Words by Edward Mote 1824
Arrange­ment by Jeff John­son 2010

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Feb­ru­ary 2011

Hal­lelu­jah! What A Savior

Man of Sor­row, what a name
For the Son of God who came
Ruined sin­ners to reclaim
Hal­lelu­jah! What a Savior

Stand unclean no one else could
In my place con­demned He stood
Now His near­ness is my good
Hal­lelu­jah! What a Savior

Hal­lelu­jah! Praise to the One
Whose blood has par­doned me
Oh, what a Sav­ior! Redeemer and King
Your love has res­cued me

Lifted up was He to die
“It is fin­ished!” was His cry
Now in Heaven lifted high
Hal­lelu­jah! What a Savior

When He comes, our Glo­ri­ous King
All His ran­somed home to bring
Then anew this song we’ll sing
Hal­lelu­jah! What a Sav­ior
Hal­lelu­jah! What a Savior

© Words by Philip Paul Bliss 1875
Arrange­ment by Aaron Ivey 2010

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Jan­u­ary 2011

Arise, O God and Shine

Arise, O God, and shine
In all Thy sav­ing might,
And pros­per each design
To spread Thy glo­ri­ous light;
Let heal­ing streams of mercy flow
That all the earth Thy truth may know.

Bring dis­tant nations near
To sing Thy glo­ri­ous praise;
Let every peo­ple hear
And learn Thy holy ways.
Reign, mighty God, assert Thy cause
And gov­ern by Thy right­eous laws.

Put forth Thy glo­ri­ous power
That every­one may see
And earth present her store
In con­verts born to Thee.
God, our own God, His Church will bless
And fill the world with righteousness.

To God, the only Wise,
The one immor­tal King,
Let hal­lelu­jahs rise
From every liv­ing thing;
Let all that breathe, on every coast
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

© Words by William Hurn: 1813
Music by Chris Miner 2004

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Novem­ber 2010

I Will Sing Of My Redeemer

I will sing of my Redeemer
And His won­drous love to me
On the cruel cross He suf­fered
From the curse to set me free

Sing, oh, sing of my Redeemer
With His blood He pur­chased me
On the cross he sealed my par­don
Paid the debt and made me free

I will tell the won­drous story
How my lost estate to save
In His bound­less love and mercy
He the ran­som freely gave

I will sing of my Redeemer
And His heav­enly love to me
He from death to life hath brought me
Son of God, with him to be

I will praise my dear Redeemer
His tri­umphant power I’ll tell
How the vic­tory He giveth
Over sin and death and hell
Over sin and death and hell

Your love has healed us
Your love has sealed us
You’ve given us life out of death
You redeemed us

 

© Philip Bliss: 1876
Arrange­ment and bridge by: Ryan Price: 2010

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Octo­ber 2010

All I Have Is Christ

I once was lost in dark­est night
Yet thought I knew the way
The sin that promised joy and life
Had led me to the grave
I had no hope that you would own
A rebel to your will
And if you had not loved me first
I would refuse you still

But, as I ran my Hell-bound race
Indif­fer­ent to the cost
You looked upon my help­less state
And led me to the cross
And I beheld God’s love dis­played
You suf­fered in my place
You bore the wrath reserved for me
Now all I know is grace

Hal­lelu­jah!
All I have is Christ
Hal­lelu­jah!
Jesus is my life

Now, Lord, I would be yours alone
And live that all my see
The power to fol­low your com­mands
Could never come from me
Oh Father, use my ran­somed life
In any way you choose
And let my song for­ever be
My only boast is you

© Jor­dan Kaugh­lin: 2008
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Sep­tem­ber 2010

And Can It Be?

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, should die for me?

Amaz­ing love! How can it be
That Thou, my God, should die for me?
Amaz­ing love! How can it be
That Thou, my God, should die for me?

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!

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

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 the eter­nal throne
And claim the crown, through Christ my own

© Charles Wes­ley: 1738
Arrange­ment by Indeli­ble Grace
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August 2010

I Boast No More

No more my God, I boast no more
Of all the duties I have done
I quit my hopes I held before
To trust the mer­its of Your Son

No more my God
No more my God
No more my God
I boast no more

And now by grace I bear His name
What was my gain I count my loss
My for­mer pride I call my shame
And nail my glory to His cross

Yes and I must, I will esteem
All things but loss for Jesus’ sake
Oh that my soul be found in Him
And of His right­eous­ness par­take, Amen, Amen

The best obe­di­ence of my hand
Dares not appear before the throne
But faith can answer His demands
By plead­ing what my Lord has done

© Isaac Watts: 1700’s
Arrange­ment & Bridge by San­dra McCracken
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July 2010

All The Way My Sav­ior Leads Me

All the way my Sav­ior leads me
Who have I to ask beside
How could I doubt His ten­der mercy
Who through life has been my guide

All the way my Sav­ior leads me
Cheers each wind­ing path I tread
Gives me grace for every trial
Feeds me with the liv­ing Bread

You lead me and keep me from falling
You carry me close to Your heart
And surely Your good­ness and mercy will fol­low me

All the way my Sav­ior leads me
O, the full­ness of His love
O, the sure­ness of His promise
In the tri­umph of His blood

And when my spirit clothed immor­tal
Wings its flight to realms of day
This my song through end­less ages
Jesus led me all the way

© Fanny Crosby: 1875
Arrange­ment & Bridge by Chris Tom­lin
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June 2010

Be Thou My Vision

Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my Heart;
Naught 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.

Be Thou my wis­dom, Be Thou my true word,
I ever with Thee, Thou with me, Lord,
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son,
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Riches I heed not, Nor man’s empty praise,
Thou my inher­i­tance, now and always.
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my trea­sure Thou art.

High King of heaven, when vic­tory is 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.

© Dal­lan For­gaill: 8th Cen­tury
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May 2010

Draw Me Nearer

I am thine, oh Lord
I have heard Your voice
And it told Your love to me
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
And be closer drawn to Thee

Cho­rus:
Draw me nearer
To the cross where Thou hast died
Draw me nearer
To Your pre­cious bleed­ing side

There are great depths of love that I can­not know
’Til I cross that nar­row sea
And there are heights of joy that I may not reach
Til I rest in peace with Thee

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You draw me with Your mercy
You draw me with Your love
You draw me with for­give­ness by Your blood
You draw me with com­pas­sion
You draw me as a bride
You draw me closer to Your pre­cious side

Con­se­crate me now to Your ser­vice, Lord
By the power of grace divine
Let me soul look up with a stead­fast hope
And my will be lost in Thine

© Fanny Crosby: 1875
Arrange­ment & Bridge by Caedmon’s Call
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April 2010

Jesus Paid It All

I hear the Sav­ior say,
“Thy strength indeed is small.
Child of weak­ness, watch and pray,
Find in Me thine all in all.”

Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe.
Sin had left a crim­son stain,
He washed it white as snow.

Lord, now indeed I find
Thy pow’r and Thine alone,
Can change the leper’s spots,
And melt the heart of stone.

And when before the throne
I stand in Him com­plete,
Jesus died my soul to save
my lips shall still repeat.

Oh, praise the One who paid my debt,
And raised this life up from the dead.

© Elv­ina M. Hall: 1865
Arrange­ment & Bridge by Kris­t­ian Stan­fill
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March 2010

Father, Long Before Creation

Father, long before cre­ation
Thou hadst cho­sen us in love,
And that love so deep, so mov­ing,
Draws us close to Christ above.
Still it keeps us, still it keeps us
Firmly fixed in Christ alone.

Though the world may change its fash­ion,
Yet our God is e’er the same;
His com­pas­sion and His covenant
Through all ages will remain.
God’s own chil­dren,
God’s own chil­dren
Must for­ever praise His name.

God’s com­pas­sion is my story,
Is my boast­ing all the day;
Mercy free and never fail­ing
Moves my will, directs my way.
God so loved us,
God so loved us
That His only Son He gave.

Words trans­lated from a Chi­nese Hymn
Arrange­ment by Jonathan Barnes
Cho­rus by Aaron Hen­drick
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Feb­ru­ary 2010

Rock of Ages

Rock of Ages cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee
Let the water and the blood
From Thy wounded side which flowed
Be for sin a dou­ble cure
Save from wrath and make me pure

Not the labor of my hands
Can ful­fill Thy law’s demands
Could my zeal no respite know
Could my tears for­ever flow
All for sin could not atone
Thou must save, and Thou alone

You’re my Rock of Ages
You res­cued my soul from deprav­ity
Rock of Ages
Atone­ment for my sin
You bring me back to life again

While I draw this fleet­ing breath
When mine eyes shall close in death
When I soar to worlds unknown
And behold Thee on Thy throne
Noth­ing in my hand I bring
Sim­ply to the cross I cling

© Augus­tus M. Toplady: 1776
Arrange­ment & Cho­rus by Ryan Price
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Jan­u­ary 2010

When I Sur­vey The Won­drous Cross

When I sur­vey the won­drous cross
On which the Prince of Glory died
My rich­est gain I count as loss
And pour con­tempt on all my pride

See from His head, His hands, His feet
Sor­row and love flow min­gled down
Did e’er such love and sor­row meet
Or thorns com­pose so rich a crown

Oh the won­der­ful cross, O the won­der­ful cross
Bids me come and die to find that I might truly live
Oh the won­der­ful cross, O the won­der­ful cross
All who gather here, by grace draw near and bless your name

For­bid it Lord that I should boast
Save in the death of Christ my God
All the vain things that charm me most
I sac­ri­fice them to his blood

Were the whole realm of nature mine
That were an offer­ing far too small
Love so amaz­ing so divine
Demands my soul, my life, my all

© Isaac Watts: 1707
Arrange­ment by Rob­bie Seay
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Decem­ber 2009

Hark! The Her­ald Angels Sing

Hark! the her­ald angels sing,
“Glory to the new born King,
peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sin­ners rec­on­ciled!“
Joy­ful, all ye nations rise,
join the tri­umph of the skies;
with th’ angelic host pro­claim,
“Christ is born in Beth­le­hem!“
Hark! the her­ald angels sing,
“Glory to the new born King!”

Christ, by high­est heaven adored;
Christ, the ever­last­ing Lord;
late in time behold him come,
off­spring of a virgin’s womb.
Veiled in flesh the God­head see;
hail th’ incar­nate Deity,
pleased as man with men to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel.
Hark! the her­ald angels sing,
“Glory to the new born King!”

Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Right­eous­ness!
Light and life to all he brings,
risen with heal­ing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by,
born that man no more may die,
born to raise the sons of earth,
born to give us sec­ond birth.
Hark! the her­ald angels sing,
“Glory to the new born King!”

See him ris­ing from the grave;
sing abroad is power to save
Though he came for us to die;
now he reigns enthroned on high
Death is con­quered we are free;
Christ has won the vic­tory
Jus­ti­fied now by his grace;
grate­fully we bring him praise
Hark the her­ald angels sing,
“Glory to the new­born King!”

© Charles Wes­ley: 1739
Arrange­ment by Donna Stu­art
Last Verse by Aaron Hen­drick
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Novem­ber 2009

Take My Life (and Let It Be)

Take my life and let it be con­se­crated, Lord to Thee
Take my moments and my days, let them flow in cease­less praise
Take my hands and let them move at the impulse of Thy love
Take my feet and let them be swift and beau­ti­ful for Thee

Take my voice and let me sing always, only for my King
Take my lips and let them be filled with mes­sages from Thee
Take my sil­ver and my gold, not a mite would I with­hold
Take my intel­lect and use every power as You choose

Here am I
All of me
Take my life
It’s all for Thee

Take my will and make it Thine, it shall be no longer mine
Take my heart, it is Thine own, it shall be Thy royal throne
Take my love, my Lord, I pour at Your feet it’s trea­sure store
Take myself and I will be ever, only, all for Thee

© Frances Haver­gal: 1874
Arrange­ment & Cho­rus by Chris Tom­lin
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Octo­ber 2009

Glo­ri­ous Day

One day when heaven was filled with His praises
One day when sin was as black as could be
Jesus came forth to be born of a vir­gin
He dwelt among men, my exam­ple is He

Liv­ing He loved me - Dying He saved me
Buried He car­ried my sins far away
Ris­ing He jus­ti­fied freely for­ever
One day He’s com­ing
Oh, Glo­ri­ous Day
Oh, Glo­ri­ous Day

One day they led Him up calvary’s moun­tain
One day they nailed Him to die on a tree
Suf­fer­ing anguish, despised and rejected
Bear­ing our sins, my Redeemer is He

One day the grave could con­ceal Him no longer
One day the stone rolled away from the door
Then He arose — Over death He had con­quered
Now is ascended, My lord evermore

One day the trum­pet will sound for His com­ing
One day the skies with His glo­ries will shine
Won­der­ful day my beloved was bring­ing
Glo­ri­ous Sav­ior this Jesus is mine

© J. Wilbur Chap­man: 1908
Arr: Jeff Johnson

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Sep­tem­ber 2009

Come and Welcome

From the cross uplifted high — Where the Sav­ior yields to die
What melo­di­ous sounds I hear — Burst­ing on my rav­ished ear
Love’s redeem­ing work is done
Come and wel­come, sin­ners, come

Sprin­kled now with blood the throne — Why beneath our bur­dens groan
On his pierced body laid — Jus­tice owns the ran­som paid
Bow the knee and kiss the Son
Come and wel­come, sin­ners, come

The love of Christ so rich and free — Our ever­last­ing surety
He calls his own from death to life — And guards us in the midst of strife
His love pur­sues us when we roam
Come and wel­come, sin­ners, come

Soon the days of life shall end — Lo, He comes, our Sav­ior, Friend
Safe our spir­its to con­vey — To the realms of end­less day
Up to our eter­nal home.
Come and wel­come, sin­ners, come.
Come and wel­come, sin­ners, come
Come and wel­come, sin­ners, come

© Thomas Haweis: 1792
* Third verse has been changed from the original.

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August 2009

 

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

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.

Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Hither by Thy help I’ve come;
And I hope, by Thy good plea­sure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wan­der­ing from the fold of God;
He, to res­cue me from dan­ger,
Inter­posed His pre­cious blood;

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m con­strained to be!
Let Thy good­ness, like a fet­ter,
Bind my wan­der­ing heart to Thee.
Prone to wan­der, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

O that day when freed from sin­ning
We shall see Thy lovely face
Gath­ered with the saints of heaven
Singing of Thy sov­er­eign grace
Come, O Lord, no longer tarry
Take our ran­somed souls away
Still we labor in Thy power
Wait­ing for that glo­ri­ous day

© Robert Robin­son, 1758
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July 2009

 

Jesus I My Cross Have Taken

Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave and fol­low Thee.
Des­ti­tute, despised, for­saken, thou from hence my all shall be.
Per­ish every fond ambi­tion, all I’ve sought or hoped or known.
Yet how rich is my con­di­tion! God and heav’n are still my own.

Let the world despise and leave me, They have left my Sav­ior, too.
Human hearts and looks deceive me; Thou art not, like man, untrue.
And while Jesus smiles upon me, God of wis­dom, love, and light,
Foes may hate and friends dis­own me, But show Thy face and all is bright.

Man may trou­ble and dis­tress me, It only dri­ves me to Your side
Life with tri­als hard may press me; Still your word will be my guide.
I have called Thee Abba Father, I have stayed my heart on Thee
Storms may howl, and clouds may gather; All must work for good to me.

Haste thee on from grace to glory, Armed by faith, and winged by prayer.
Heav’n’s eter­nal days before me, God’s own hand shall guide us there.
Soon shall close our earthly mis­sion, Soon shall pass these pil­grim days,
Hope shall change to glad fruition, Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.

© Henry Lyte, 1824
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June 2009

 

Thy mercy my God

Thy mercy my God is the theme of my song
The joy of my heart and the boast of my tongue
Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last
Hath won my affec­tion and bound my soul fast

With­out Thy sweet mercy I could not live here
Sin would reduce me to utter despair
But through Thy free good­ness my spirit’s revived
And He that first made me still keeps me alive

Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart
Which won­ders to feel its own hard­ness depart
Dis­solved by thy good­ness I fall to the ground
And weep to the praise of the mercy I’ve found

Great Father of mer­cies! Thy good­ness I own
And the covenant love of Thy cru­ci­fied Son
All praise to the Spirit whose whis­per divine
Seals mercy and par­don and right­eous­ness mine!

© John Stocker, 1776
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May 2009

 

Praise To The Lord, The Almighty

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of cre­ation
O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and sal­va­tion
All ye who hear, now to His tem­ple draw near
Praise Him in glad adoration

Praise to the Lord, Who o’er all things so won­drously reigneth
Shel­ters thee under His wings, yea, so gen­tly sus­taineth
Hast thou not seen how thy desires e’er have been
Granted in what He ordaineth?

Praise to the Lord, who doth pros­per thy work and defend thee
Surely His good­ness and mercy here daily attend thee
Pon­der anew what the Almighty can do
If with His love He befriend thee

Praise to the Lord, O let all that is in me adore Him
All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him
Let the “Amen” sound from His peo­ple again
Gladly for aye we adore Him

Hal­lelu­jah, Hal­lelu­jah, Hal­lelu­jah, Hallelujah

© Joachim Naen­der, 1680
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April 2009

 

Before the Throne of God Above

Before the throne of God above, I have a strong, a per­fect plea,
A great High Priest whose name is “Love,” Who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on His hands, My name is writ­ten on His heart;
I know that while in heaven He stands no tongue can bid me thence depart.
No tongue can bid me thence depart.

When Satan tempts me to despair, and tells me of the guilt within,
upward I look and see Him there who made an end to all my sin.
Because the sin­less Sav­ior died, my sin­ful soul is counted free;
For God, the Just, is satisfied to look on him and par­don me.
to look on him and par­don me.

Behold him there! the risen Lamb, my per­fect, spot­less Right­eous­ness,
the great unchange­able I AM, the King of glory and of grace!
One with Him­self I can­not die, My soul is pur­chased by His blood;
My life is hid with Christ on high, with Christ, my Sav­ior and my God
with Christ, my Sav­ior and my God

Hal­lelu­jah, Hal­lelu­jah
Praise the one, risen Son of God

© Char­i­tie Ban­croft, 1863