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Lord, Our Lord, Your Glorious Name

Meter: 7.7.7.7.4 with refrain Appears in 35 hymnals Refrain First Line: Lord, our Lord, in all the earth Lyrics: 1 Lord, our Lord, your glorious name all your wondrous works proclaim; in the heavens with radiant signs evermore your glory shines. How great your name! [Refrain:] Lord, our Lord, in all the earth, how great your name! Yours the name of matchless worth, excellent in all the earth. How great your name! 2 Infant voices chant your praise, telling of your glorious ways; weakest means work out your will, mighty enemies to still. How great your name! (Refrain) 3 Moon and stars in shining height nightly tell their Maker's might; when I view the heavens afar, then I know how small we are. How great your name! (Refrain) 4 Who are we that we should share in your love and tender care-- raised to an exalted height, crowned with honor in your sight! How great your name! (Refrain) 5 With dominion crowned, we stand o'er the creatures of your hand; all to us subjection yield, in the sea and air and field. How great your name! (Refrain) How great your name! Topics: God Mighty Acts; Adoration of God; God Mighty Acts; God Mystery; God Final Victory; Nature; Psalms Scripture: Psalm 8 Used With Tune: CHATAUQUA Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912; alt.

Take Time to Be Holy

Author: William D. Longstaff Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 306 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord; abide in him always, and feed on his Word. Make friends of God's children; help those who are weak, forgetting in nothing his blessing to seek. 2 Take time to be holy, the world rushes on; spend much time in secret with Jesus alone; by looking to Jesus, like him thou shalt be; thy friends in thy conduct his likeness shall see. 3 Take time to be holy, let him be thy guide, and run not before him, whatever betide; in joy or in sorrow still follow thy Lord, and, looking to Jesus, still trust in his Word. 4 Take time to be holy, be calm in thy soul, each thought and each motive beneath his control; thus led by his Spirit to fountains of love, thou soon shalt be fitted for service above. Topics: Calmness; Following God/Christ; Holiness of Life; Prayer; Submission; Word of God Scripture: Matthew 6:6 Used With Tune: HOLINESS

I Am His, and He Is Mine

Author: George W. Robinson Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 92 hymnals First Line: Loved with everlasting love Lyrics: 1 Loved with everlasting love, led by grace that love to know, Spirit, breathing from above, you hast taught me it is so: O twhat full and perfect peace, joy and wonder all divine! In a love which cannot cease, I am his, and he is mine. In a love which cannot cease, I am his, and he is mine. 2 Heaven above is softer blue, earth around is richer green; something lives in every hue Christless eyes have never seen: songs of birds in sweetness grow, flowers with deeper beauties shine, since I know, as now I know, I am his, and he is mine. since I know, as now I know, I am his, and he is mine. 3 His forever, his alone! Who the Lord from me shall part? With what joy and peace unknown Christ can fill the loving heart! Heaven and earth may pass away, sun and stars in gloom decline, but of Christ I still shall say: "I am his, and he is mine." but of Christ I still shall say: "I am his, and he is mine." Topics: Assurance; Commitment; Joy Scripture: Jeremiah 31:3 Used With Tune: EVERLASTING LOVE

Through the Love of God Our Savior

Author: Mary Peters Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4 Appears in 191 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Through the love of God our Savior, all will be well; free and changeless is his favor, all, all is well; precious is the blood that healed us, perfect is the grace that sealed us, strong the hand stretched out to shield us, all must be well. 2 Though we pass through tribulation, all will be well; ours is such a full salvation, all, all is well; happy, still in God confiding, fruitful, if in Christ abiding, holy through the Spirit’s guiding, all must be well. 3 We expect a bright tomorrow, all will be well; faith can sing through days of sorrow, all, all is well; on our Father’s love relying, Jesus every need supplying, or in living or in dying, all must be well. Topics: Encouragement; Holiness of Life; Love God’s Love for Us; Serenity; Trials Scripture: Romans 8:28 Used With Tune: AR HYD Y NOS Text Sources: Julian of Norwich

There Is a Balm in Gilead

Meter: Irregular Appears in 107 hymnals First Line: Sometimes I feel discouraged Lyrics: [Refrain:] There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole; there is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul. 1 Sometimes I feel discouraged, and think my work’s in vain, but then the Holy Spirit revives my soul again. (Refrain) 2 If you cannot preach like Peter, if you cannot pray like Paul, you can tell the love of Jesus, and say "He died for all." (Refrain) 3 Don't ever feel discouraged, for Jesus is your friend; and if you lack for knowledge he'll ne'er refuse to lend. (Refrain) Topics: Discouragement; Inner Healing; Spirituals; Witnessing Scripture: Jeremiah 8:22 Used With Tune: BALM IN GILEAD Text Sources: Afro-American spiritual

O Jesus, I Have Promised

Author: John E. Bode Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 621 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, I have promised to serve thee to the end; be thou forever near me, my Master and my Friend: I shall not fear the battle if thou art by my side, nor wander from the pathway if thou wilt be my guide. 2 O let me feel thee near me, the world is ever near; I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear: my foes are ever near me, around me and within; but, Jesus, draw thou nearer, and shield my soul from sin. 3 O let me hear thee speaking in accents clear and still, above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self-will. O speak to reassure me, to hasten or control; O speak, and make me listen, thou guardian of my soul. 4 O Jesus, thou hast promised to all who follow thee, that where thou art in glory, there shall thy servant be; and,Jesus, I have promised to serve thee to the end; O give me grace to follow, my Master and my Friend. Topics: Aspiration; Following God/Christ; Jesus Christ Presence of; Christian Service; Temptation Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:14 Used With Tune: ANGEL'S STORY

Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus

Author: George Duffield Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 1,788 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross, lift high his royal banner, it must not suffer loss; from victory unto victory his army shall he lead, till every foe is vanquished and Christ is Lord indeed. 2 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, the trumpet call obey; forth to the mighty conflict in this his glorious day. Ye that are brave, now serve him against unnumbered foes; let courage rise with danger, and all God's foes oppose. 3 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, stand in his strength alone; the arm of flesh will fail you– ye dare not trust your own; put on the gospel armor, each piece put on with prayer; where duty calls, or danger, be never wanting there. 4 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, the strife will not be long; this day the noise of battle, the next, the victor's song: to those who conquer evil a crown of life shall be; they with the King of glory shall reign eternally. Topics: The Christian Life Loyalty and Courage; Conflict, Spirtual; Processional Hymns; Spiritual Conflict; Courage; Crowns; Jesus Christ Final Victory; Processional Hymns Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:3 Used With Tune: WEBB

Who Is on the Lord's Side

Author: Frances R. Havergal Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Appears in 447 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Who is on the Lord’s side? Who will serve the King? Who will be his helpers, other lives to bring? Who will leave the world’s side? Who will face the foe? Who is on the Lord’s side? Who for Him will go? By thy call of mercy, by thy grace divine, we are on the Lord’s side, Savior, we are thine. 2 Jesus, thou hast bought us, not with gold or gem, but with Thine own life-blood, for thy diadem. With thy blessing filling each who comes to thee, thou hast made us willing, thou hast made us free. By thy grand redemption, by thy grace divine, we are on the Lord’s side, Savior, we are thine. 3 Fierce may be the conflict, strong may be the foe, but the King’s own army none can overthrow. Round his standard ranging victory is secure; for his truth unchanging makes the triumph sure. Joyfully enlisting by thy grace divine, we are on the Lord’s side, Savior, we are thine. Topics: The Christian Life Loyalty and Courage; Conflict, Spirtual; Commitment; Spiritual Conflict; Courage; Invitation to Discipleship; Jesus Christ Final Victory; Missions; Saving Work of Christ Scripture: Exodus 32:26 Used With Tune: ARMAGEDDON

On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand

Author: Samuel Stennett Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 1,331 hymnals Refrain First Line: I am bound for the promised land Lyrics: 1 On Jordan's stormy banks I stand, and cast a wishful eye to Canaan's fair and happy land, where my possessions lie. [Refrain:] I am bound for the promised land, I am bound for the promised land; O who will come and go with me? I am bound for the promised land. 2 O'er all those wide extended plains shines one eternal day; there God the Son forever reigns, and scatters night away. (Refrain) 3 No chilling winds or poisonous breath can reach that healthful shore; sickness and sorrow, pain and death, are felt and feared no more. (Refrain) 4 When I shall reach that happy place, I'll be forever blest, for I shall see my Father's face and in his bosom rest. (Refrain) Topics: The Christian Life Death and Eternal Life; Eternal Life; Pilgrimage Scripture: Joshua 32:5 Used With Tune: PROMISED LAND

I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord

Author: Timothy Dwight Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,323 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I love thy kingdom, Lord, the house of thine abode, the Church our blessed Redeemer saved with his own precious blood. 2 I love thy Church, O God! Her walls before thee stand, dear as the apple of thine eye, and graven on thy hand. 3 For her my tears shall fall, for her my prayers ascend; to her my cares and toils be given, till toils and cares shall end. 4 Beyond my highest joy I prize her heavenly ways, her sweet communion, solemn vows, her hymns of love and praise. 5 Sure as thy truth shall last, to Zion shall be given the brightest glories earth can yield, and brighter bliss of heaven. Topics: Church Nature; Dedications of Life; Kingdom of God; Worship Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:10 Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS