St Mary’s – Ecclesfield
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the King of glory and of grace! One with himself I cannot die, my soul is purchased with his blood; my life is hid with Christ on high, with Christ, my Saviour and my God, with Christ, my Saviour and my God.
and marvel at this love divine; God's perfect Son was sacrificed to make me righteous in God's eyes. This river's depths I cannot know but I can glory in its flood, the Lord Most High has bowed down low and poured on me his glorious love, and poured on me his glorious love. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index 57 Horatius Bonar (1808-1889), based on 1 John 4:7 1. Beloved, let us love: for love is of God; in God alone love has its true abode. 2. Beloved, let us love: for those who love, they only, are his children from above. 3. Beloved, let us love: for love is rest, and those who do not love cannot be blessed. 4. Beloved, let us love: for love is light, and those who do not love still live in night. 5. Beloved, let us love: for only thus shall we see God, the Lord who first loved us. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
I fain would take my stand, the shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land; a home within a wilderness, a rest upon the way, from burning heat at noontide and the burden of the day. 2. O safe and happy shelter! O refuge tried and sweet! O trysting place where heaven's love and heaven's justice meet! As to the holy patriarch that wondrous dream was giv'n, so seems my Saviour's cross to me a ladder up to heav'n. 3. There lies, beneath its shadow, but on the farther side, the darkness of an awful grave that gapes both deep and wide; and there between us stands the cross, two arms outstretched to save; a watchman set to guard the way from that eternal grave. 4.Upon that cross of Jesus mine eye at times can see the very dying form of One who suffered there for me; and from my stricken heart, with tears, two wonders I confess the wonders of redeeming love, and my unworthiness. 5. I take, O cross, thy shadow for my abiding place! I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of his face; content to let the world go by, to reckon gain as loss my sinful self, my only shame, my glory all — the cross. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
_________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index 60 David J. Evans © 1986 Thankyou Music 1. Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the Holy One, is here. Come, bow before him now, with reverence and fear. In him no sin is found, we stand on holy ground. Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the Holy One, is here. 2. Be still, for the glory of the Lord is shining all around; he burns with holy fire, with splendour he is crowned. How awesome is the sight, our radiant King of light! Be still, for the glory of the Lord is shining all around. 3. Be still, for the power of the Lord is moving in this place; he comes to cleanse and heal, to minister his grace. No work too hard for him, in faith receive from him. Be still, for the power of the Lord is moving in this place. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
bear patiently the cross of grief and pain; leave to your God to order and provide; in ev'ry change he faithful will remain. Be still, my soul: your best, your heav'nly friend, through thorny ways, leads to a joyful end. 2. Be still, my soul: your God will undertake to guide the future as he has the past. Your hope, your confidence let nothing shake, all now mysterious shall be dear at last. Be still, my soul: the tempests still obey his voice, who ruled them once on Galilee. 3. Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on when we shall be for ever with the Lord, when disappointment, grief and fear are gone, sorrow forgotten, love's pure joy restored. Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past, all safe and blessed we shall meet at last. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
be the centre of my life, I pray; be my Saviour to forgive me, be my friend to be with me, be the centre of my life today!
from the centre of my life shine through; oh, let ev'rybody know it, I really want to show it, that the centre of my life is you! _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index 63 Isaac Williams (1802-1865) 1. Be thou my guardian and my guide, and hear me when I call; let not my slipp'ry footsteps slide, and hold me lest I fall. 2. The world, the flesh, and Satan dwell around the path I tread; O save me from the snares of hell, thou quick'ner of the dead. 3. And if I tempted am to sin, and outward things are strong, do thou, O Lord, keep watch within, and save my soul from wrong. 4. Still let me ever watch and pray, and feel that I am frail; that if the tempter cross my way, yet he may not prevail. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
naught be all else to me save that thou art; thou my best thought in the day and the night, waking or sleeping, thy presence my light. 2. Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word, I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord; thou my great Father, and I thy true heir; thou in me dwelling, and I in thy care. 3. Be thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight, be thou my armour, and be thou my might, thou my soul's shelter, and thou my high tow'r, raise thou me heav'nward, O Pow'r of my pow’r 4. Riches I need not, nor all the world's praise, thou mine inheritance through all my days; thou, and thou only, the first in my heart, High King of heaven, my treasure thou art! 5. High King of heaven, when battle is done, grant heaven's joy to me, O bright heav'n's sun; Christ of my own heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, O Ruler of all. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
God's name be ever blest, unsearchable his ways, his glory manifest; from his high throne in pow'r and might by wisdom's light he rules alone. 2. Our times are in his hand to whom all flesh is grass, while as their Maker planned the changing seasons pass. He orders all: before his eyes earth's empires rise, her kingdoms fall. 3. He gives to humankind, dividing as he will, all pow'rs of heart and mind, of spirit, strength and skill: nor dark nor night but must lay bare its secrets, where he dwells in light. 4. To God the only Lord our fathers' God, be praise; his holy Name adored through everlasting days. His mercies trace in answered prayer, in love and care, and gifts of grace. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
there is only one King. There is only one Body, that is why we sing: 2. Fit for the glory of God, purchased by his precious Blood, born with the right to be free: Jesus the vict'ry has won. 3. We are the family of God, we are his promise divine, we are his chosen desire, we are the glorious new wine. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God; born of his Spirit, washed in his blood. This is my story, this is my song, praising my Saviour all the day long. (Repeat)
visions of rapture burst on my sight; angels descending, bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
I in my Saviour am happy and blest; watching and waiting, looking above, filled with his goodness, lost in his love. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
and all that is within me, bless his holy name. (Repeat) He has done great things, he has done great things, he has done great things; bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index 69 vs. I and 3 John Keeble (1792-1866) vs. 2 and 4 William John Hall - Psalms and Hymns (1836) alt. 1. Blest are the pure in heart, for they shall see our God; the secret of the Lord is theirs, their soul is Christ's abode. 2. The Lord who left the heav'ns our life and peace to bring, to dwell in lowliness with us, our pattern and our King. 3. Still to the lowly soul he doth himself impart, and for his dwelling and his throne chooseth the pure in heart. 4. Lord, we thy presence seek; may ours this blessing be: give us a pure and lowly heart, a temple meet for thee. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
making day with radiance bright, thou didst o'er the forming earth give the golden light its birth. 2. Thou didst mark the night from day with the dawn's first piercing ray; darkness now is drawing nigh; listen to our humble cry. 3. May we ne'er by guilt depressed lose the way to endless rest; nor with idle thoughts and vain bind our souls to earth again. 4. Rather may we heav'nward rise where eternal treasure lies; purified by grace within, hating ev'ry deed of sin. 5. Holy Father, hear our cry through thy Son our Lord most high, whom our thankful hearts adore with the Spirit evermore. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
a long way from your home; coming in need, Mary's child, born in a borrowed room. 2. Clear shining light, Mary's child, your face lights up our way; light of the world, Mary's child, dawn on our darkened day. 3. Truth of our life, Mary's child, you tell us God is good; prove it is true, Mary's child, go to your cross of wood. 4. Hope of the world, Mary's child, you re coming soon to reign; King of the earth, Mary's child, walk in our streets again. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
wine is blessed and poured: take this and remember Christ the Lord. 2. Share the food of heaven earth cannot afford. Here is grace in essence - Christ the Lord. 3. Know yourself forgiven, find yourself restored, meet a friend for ever - Christ the Lord. 4. God has kept his promise sealed by sign and word: here, for those who want him – Christ the Lord. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
for thy flesh is meat indeed; ever may our souls be fed with this true and living bread; day by day with strength supplied through the life of him who died. 2. Vine of heav'n, thy blood supplies this blest cup of sacrifice; Lord, thy wounds our healing give, to thy cross we look and live: Jesus, may we ever be grafted, rooted, built in thee. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
wine of the soul in mercy shed, by whom the words of life were spoken, and in whose death our sins are dead. 2. Look on the heart by sorrows broken, look on the tears by sinners shed; and be thy feast to us the token that by thy grace our souls are fed. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
God prepares the holy food; we can share with one another ev'rything we have that's good. 2. Come and meet around the table, God provides the wine to share; we enjoy a meal together, show each other how we care. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
O Lord, to me, as thou didst break the loaves beside the sea. Beyond the sacred page I seek thee, Lord; my spirit longs for thee, O living Word! 2. Thou art the Bread of Life, O Lord, to me, thy holy word the truth that saveth me; give me to eat and live with thee above; teach me to love thy truth, for thou art love. 3. O send thy Spirit, Lord, now unto me, that he may touch my eyes, and make me see; show me the truth concealed within thy word, and in thy book revealed I see thee, Lord. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
fill me with life anew, that as you love, so may I love, and do what you would do. 2. Breathe on me, Breath of God, until my heart is pure: until my will is one with yours to do and to endure. 3. Breathe on me, Breath of God, fulfill my heart's desire, until this earthly part of me glows with your heav'nly fire. 4. Breathe on me, Breath of God, so shall I never die, but live with you the perfect life of your eternity. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
of the suns of the morning, dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid; star of the east, the horizon adorning, guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. 2. Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining; low lies his head with the beasts of the stall; angels adore him in slumber reclining, Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all. 3. Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion, odours of Edom, and off'rings divine, gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine? 4. Vainly we offer each humble oblation, vainly with gifts would his favour secure: richer by far is the heart's adoration, dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
once the sight of Judah's seer; sweet the countless tongues united to entrance the prophet's ear. 2. Round the Lord in glory seated cherubim and seraphim filled his temple, and repeated each to each the alternate hymn: 3. 'Lord, thy glory fills the heaven; earth is with its fullness stored; unto thee be glory given, holy, holy, holy, Lord.' 4. Heav'n is still with glory ringing, earth takes up the angels' cry, `Holy, holy, holy,' singing, `Lord of hosts, the Lord most high.' 5. With his seraph train before him, with his holy Church below, thus unite we to adore him, bid we thus our anthem flow: 6. 'Lord, thy glory fills the heaven; earth is with its Fullness stored; unto thee be glory given, holy, holy, holy, Lord.' _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
Jesus was broken, that we might be whole. 2. Come to my table and with me dine; eat of my bread and drink of my wine. 3. This is my body given for you; eat it remembering I died for you. 4. This is my blood I shed for you, for your forgiveness, making you new. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
let me be as Christ to you; pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant, too. 2. We are pilgrims on a journey, fellow trav'llers on the road; we are here to help each other walk the mile and bear the load. 3. I will hold the Christlight for you in the night-time of your fear; I will hold my hand out to you, speak the peace you long to hear. 4. I will weep when you are weeping; when you laugh, I'll laugh with you. I will share your joy and sorrow till we've seen this journey through. 5. When we sing to God in heaven, we shall find such harmony, born of all we've known together of Christ's love and agony. 6. Brother, sister, let me serve you, let me be as Christ to you; pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant, too. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
munching, munching, ate through a leaf or two, for caterpillar, caterpillar, munching, munching, didn't have a lot to do. But the leaves were very tasty, and there seemed a lot to spare, so caterpillar, caterpillar, went on munching, munching ev'rywhere. 2. Caterpillar, caterpillar, feeling sleepy, fixed up a silken bed. Then caterpillar, caterpillar, climbed inside and covered up his sleepy head. In the dark he slept and rested as the days and nights went by, till on a sunny morning when the silk bed burst, he was a butterfly! 3. Butterfly, oh butterfly, a flitt'ring, flutt'ring; A what a sight to see. And as the lovely butterfly was flutt'ring by, I heard him sing a song to me: `Oh I never knew God could do such a wondrous thing for me; for he took me as a caterpillar and he made a butterfly of me.' _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
outcast and stranger, Lord of all; child who inherits all our transgressions, all our demerits on him fall. 2. Once the most holy child of salvation gently and lowly lived below; now as our glorious mighty Redeemer, see him victorious o'er each foe. 3. Prophets foretold him, infant of wonder; angels behold him on his throne; worthy our Saviour of all their praises; happy for ever are his own. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to guide me, Christ to comfort and restore me. 2. Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in care of friend and stranger. _________________________________________ Back to First Letter Index
whereon the Saviour of the world was born; rise to adore the mystery of love, which hosts of angels chanted from above: with them the joyful tidings first begun of God incarnate and the Virgin's Son. Yüklə 4,64 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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