Text Results

Switch back to the old search page.Advanced Search

Showing 1 - 9 of 9Results Per Page: 10 20 50

How Firm a Foundation

Author: John Rippon, 1751-1836 Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 2,123 hymnals Scripture: 1 Kings 17, 18:1 First Line: How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord Topics: Pilgrimage; Scripture; Trust Used With Tune: FOUNDATION Text Sources: Called "K" in A Selection of Hymns,, 1787

I'll Praise My Maker (Psalm 146)

Author: Isaac Watts; John Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 527 hymnals Scripture: 1 Kings 17:17-24 First Line: I'll praise my Maker while I've breath Lyrics: 1 I'll praise my Maker while I've breath; and when my voice is lost in death, praise shall employ my nobler powers. My days of praise shall ne'er be past while life and thought and being last, or immortality endures. 2 How happy they whose hopes rely on Israel's God, who made the sky and earth and seas with all their train; whose truth forever stands secure, who saves the oppressed and feeds the poor, and none shall find God's promise vain. 3 The Lord pours eyesight on the blind; the Lord supports the fainting mind and sends the laboring conscience peace. God helps the stranger in distress, the widowed and the parentless, and grants the prisoner sweet release. 4 I'll praise my Maker while I've breath; and when my voice is lost in death, praise shall employ my nobler powers. My days of praise shall ne'er be past while life and thought and being last, or immortality endures. Topics: Creation; Healing; Living and Dying in Christ; Praise; Providence; Social Concerns; Trusting in the Promises of God Used With Tune: OLD 113TH

Revive Thy Work, O Lord

Author: Albert Midlane (1825-1909) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 213 hymnals Scripture: 1 Kings 17, 18:1 Lyrics: 1 Revive thy work, O Lord, thy mighty arm make bare; speak with the voice that wakes the dead, and make thy people hear. 2 Revive thy work, O Lord, disturb this sleep of death; quicken the smouldering embers now by thine almighty breath. 3 Revive thy work, O Lord, create soul-thirst for thee; and hungering for the bread of life O may our spirits be. 4 Revive thy work, O Lord, exalt thy precious Name; and, by the Holy Ghost sent down, our love for thee inflame. 5 Revive thy work, O Lord, and give refreshing showers. The glory shall be all thine own; the blessing, Lord, be ours. Topics: Call and Vocation; Evangelism; Renewal Used With Tune: CARLISLE

He Comes to Us As One Unknown

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-); Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: 1 Kings 17, 18:1 Lyrics: 1 He comes to us as one unknown, a breath unseen, unheard; as though within a heart of stone, or shriveled seed in darkness sown, a pulse of being stirred. 2 He comes when souls in silence lie and thoughts of day depart, half-seen upon the inward eye, a falling star across the sky of night within the heart. 3 He comes to us in sound of seas, the ocean's fume and foam; yet small and still upon the breeze, a wind that stirs the tops of trees, a voice to call us home. 4 He comes in love as once he came by flesh and blood and birth; to bear within our mortal frame a life, a death, a saving name for every child of earth. 5 He comes in truth when faith is grown; believed, obeyed, adored: the Christ in all the Scriptures shown, as yet unseen, but not unknown, our Saviour and our Lord. Topics: Call and Vocation; Advent; Easter (third Sunday); Salvation/Redemption Used With Tune: LOBT GOTT, IHR CHRISTEN Text Sources: The Quest of the Historical Jesus, 1910

A Prophet-Woman Broke a Jar

Author: Brian Wren (1936-) Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: 1 Kings 17, 18:1 Lyrics: 1 A prophet-woman broke a jar, by Love's divine appointing. With rare perfume she filled the room, presiding and anointing. A prophet-woman broke a jar, the sneers of scorn defying. With rare perfume she filled the room, preparing Christ for dying. 2 A faithful woman left a tomb by Love's divine commission. She saw, she heard, she preached the word, arising from submission. A faithful woman left a tomb, with resurrection gospel. She saw, she heard, she preached the word, apostle to apostles. 3 Though woman-wisdom, woman-truth, for centuries were hidden, unsung, unwritten, and unheard, derided and forbidden, the Spirit's breath, the Spirit's fire, on free and slave descending, can tumble our dividing walls, our shame and sadness mending. 4 The Spirit knows, the Spirit calls, by Love's divine ordaining, the friends we need, to serve and lead, their powers and gifts unchaining. The Spirit knows, the Spirit calls, from women, men and children, the friends we need, to serve and lead. Rejoice, and make them welcome! Topics: Call and Vocation; Mary Magdalene; Sunday of the Passion; Wisdom Used With Tune: MEGERRAN