Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Be Thou Our Vision

Be Thou our vision, O Lord of our hearts,
Naught be all else to us, save that Thou art;
Thou our best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy Presence our light!

Be Thou our wisdom, and Thou our True Word,
We ever with Thee, and Thou with us Lord;
Thou our Great Father, we Thy true sons,
Thou in us dwelling, and we with Thee one!

Riches we heed not, nor man's empty praise,
Thou our inheritance, now and always,
Thou and Thou only, first in our hearts;
High King of Heaven, our treasure Thou art!

High King of Heaven, our victory won,
We've reach-ed Heaven's joys, in bright Heav'n's Sun;
Heart of our own hearts, whatever befall,
Still be our Vision, O Ruler of all!

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Praise With Us The King Of Heaven


Praise with us, the King of Heaven;
To His feet your tribute bring.
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Evermore His praises sing:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the everlasting King.

Praise Him for His grace and favor
To our fathers in distress.
Praise Him still the same as ever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Glorious in His faithfulness.

Fatherlike He tends and spares us;
Well our feeble frame He knows.
In His hands He gently bears us,
Rescues us from all our foes.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Widely yet His mercy flows.

Frail as summer’s flower we flourish,
Blows the wind and it is gone;
But while mortals rise and perish
Our God lives unchanging on,
Praise Him, Praise Him, Hallelujah
Praise the High Eternal One!

Angels, angels, we adore Him;
We behold Him face to face;
Sun and moon, bow down before Him,
Dwellers all in time and space.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise with us the God of grace.

Come The Fount of Every Blessing

Come the Fount of every blessing, tune our hearts to sing your grace,
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach us some melodious sonnet, sung with flaming tongues above,
Praise His Name, we're fixed upon Him, Son of His redeeming love!

Forevermore Your love has blessed us, You have brought us to this Place,
And we know Your hand has brought us, safely home by Your good grace.
Jesus sought us, we were strangers, wandering from the fold of God,
He to rescue us from danger, bought us with His precious blood!

O to grace how great as debtors, daily we're constrained to be,
But Your goodness, like a fetter, bound our wand'ring hearts to Thee,
No more wand'rers, Lord we love You, now we serve the God we love,
For our hearts, You took and sealed them, sealed them in Your courts of love!

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like flow'rs before You, hail You as the Son of love.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the dark of doubt away;
Giver of eternal Joy, You've filled us with the light of Day!

All Your works with joy surround You, earth and heav'n reflect Your rays,
Stars, like angels sing around You, center of unbroken praise;
Field and forest, vale and mountain, bloss'ming meadow, flashing sea;
Chanting bird and flowing fountain, call us to rejoice in Thee.

Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blest,
Well-spring of the joy of living, ocean-depth of glori'us rest!
Thou our Father, Christ our Brother- all who live in Love are Thine:
Teach us more to love each other, lift us with Thy joy divine.

Now ' we've joined the mighty chorus which the morning stars began;
Father-love is reining o'er us, brother-love binds man to man.
Ever singing, march we onward, victors in the midst of strife;
Joyful music lifts us Son-ward, in the triumph song of Life!

Monday, September 5, 2011

Rejoice, the Lord is King

Rejoice, the Lord is King, your Lord and King adore!
Rejoice, give thanks and sing, and triumph evermore;

Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

The Lord, our Savior reigns, the God of Truth and Love;
When He had purged our stains, He took His seat above!

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His Kingdom cannot Fall, He rules o'er earth and heaven;
The keys of death and hell, are to our Jesus given!

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Rejoice in Glorious Truth, our Lord the Judge did come;
And took His servants up to their eternal home!

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

How Great Thou Art

O Lord our God, when we in awesome wonder, consider all the worlds Thy hands have made,
We see the stars, we hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

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Then we shall sing, our Savior God, to Thee; How great Thou art, How great thou art!
Then we shall sing, our Savior God, to Thee; How great Thou art, How great Thou art!


When through the woods and forest glades we wonder, and hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees,
When we look down from lofty mountain grandeur, and hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze.

Then we shall sing, our Savior God, to Thee; how great Thou art, how great Thou art!
Then we shall sing, our Savior God, to Thee; how great Thou art, how great Thou art!

And when we think, that God, His Son not sparing, sent Him to die; we scarce can take it in,
That on the cross, our burden gladly bearing; He bled and died, to take away our sin!

Then we shall sing, our Savior God to Thee; how great Thou art, how great Thou art!
Then we shall sing, our Savior God to Thee; how great Thou art, how great Thou art!

Since Christ did come, with shout of acclamation, now we are home; what joy has filled our hearts!
So now we bow, in humble adoration, and here proclaim, 'Our God, How Great Thou Art!

And now we sing, our Savior God to Thee; how great Thou art, how great Thou art!
So now we sing, our Savior God to Thee; how great Thou art, how great Thou art!

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Christ's is the Victory

Now dwelling in the halls of light, Ye Christian leaders rise,
And press the battle here below: the Lord is on our side!
Against the foe in vales below, let all His strength be hurled;
Christ's is the victory we know, that's overcome the world!

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His banner over us is love, our sword the Word of God,
We tread the road the saints who sleep, with shouts of triumph trod.
Salvation's helmet on each head, with Truth all girt about;
The One by Whom they conquered death is still our shining Shield

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On every hand the foe we find, drawn up in dread array;
The tents of ease we've left behind, so onward to the fray!
Salvations helmet on each head, with truth all girt about:
The earth doth tremble 'neath our tread and echo with our shout!

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To them that overcame the world, white raiment has been giv'n;
before the angels we have known our name confessed in Heav'n.
Then onward on the hills of Light, our hearts with Love aflame;
We vanquish all the hosts of night, in Jesus conquering Name!

Christ's is the victory, Christ's is the victory:
O glorious victory that's overcome the world