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Sometimes a Light Surprises

Author: W. Cowper Meter: 7.6 Appears in 407 hymnals Topics: Consecration and Fellowship Scripture: Habakkuk 3:18 Used With Tune: WATERFORD

Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 7.6 Appears in 560 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I lay my sins on Jesus, The spotless Lamb of God; He bears them all, and frees us From the accurséd load. I bring my guilt to Jesus, To wash my crimson stains White, in His Blood most precious, Till not a spot remains. 2 I lay my wants on Jesus; All fullness dwells in Him; He heals all my diseases, He doth my soul redeem. I lay my griefs on Jesus, My burdens and my cares; He from them all releases, He all my sorrows shares. 3 I long to be like Jesus, Meek, loving, lowly, mild; I long to be like Jesus, The Father's holy Child; I long to be with Jesus, Amid the heavenly throng, To sing with saints His praises, To learn the angels' song. Topics: The Order of Salvation Faith and Justification; Quinquagesima Sunday; Sundays in Lent; Lent, Second Sunday; Lent, Fifth Sunday; Passion Week; Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity; Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity; Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity; Twenty Second Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: DENMARK

The precious seed of weeping

Author: Miss Winkworth; Charles John Spitta Meter: 7.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The precious seed of weeping To-day we sow once more, The form of one now sleeping, Whose pilgrimage is o'er. Ah, death but safely lands him Where we too would attain; Our Father's voice demands him, And death to him is gain. 2 He has what we are wanting, He sees what we believe; The sins on earth so haunting Have there no power to grieve; Safe in His Saviour's keeping Who sent him calm release; 'Tis only we are weeping, He dwells in perfect peace. 3 The crown of life he weareth. He bears the shining palm, The "Holy, holy," shareth, And joins the angels' psalm; But we poor pilgrims wander Still through this land of woe, Till we shall meet him yonder, And all his joy shall know. Topics: Death and Eternity Burial; Easter Eve Used With Tune: O HAUPT VOLL BLUT Y. WUNDEN

The voice that breathed o'er Eden

Author: John Keble Meter: 7.6 Appears in 107 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The voice that breathed o'er Eden, That earliest wedding day, The primal marriage blessing, It hath not passed away. 2 Still in the pure espousal Of Christian man and maid, The Holy Three are with us, The threefold grace is said. 3 Be present, awful Father, To give away this bride, As Eve Thou gav'st to Adam Out of his own pierced side: 4 Be present, Son of Mary, To join their loving hands, As Thou didst bind two natures In Thine eternal bands: 5 Be present, Holiest Spirit, To bless them as they kneel, As Thou for Christ the Bridegroom, The heavenly spouse dost seal. 6 O spread Thy pure wing o'er them, Let no ill power find place, When onward to Thine altar Their hallowed path they trace. 7 To cast their crowns before Thee In perfect sacrifice, Till to the home of gladness With Christ's own Bride they rise. Topics: The Family Marriage; Epiphany, Second Sunday Used With Tune: CANA