As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams Tate and Brady
As pants the hart for cooling streams – Tate and Brady Tate and Brady As pants the hart for cooling streams,When heated in the chase, As pants the hart for cooling streams,When heated in the chase,So longs my soul, O God, for thee,And thy refreshing grace. For thee, my God, the living God,My thirsty soul […]
ASHAMED OF JESUS Joseph Grigg
ASHAMED OF JESUS – Joseph Grigg Jesus and shall it ever beA mortal man ashamed of Thee!Ashamed of Thee, whom angels praise,Whose glories shine thro’endless days? Ashamed of Jesus! sooner farLet evening blush to own a star:He sheds the beams of light divineO’er this benighted soul of mine. Ashamed of Jesus! that dear FriendOn whom […]
ABIDING A. B. Simpson
ABIDING – A. B. Simpson I have learned the wondrous secretOf abiding in the Lord;I have found the strength and sweetnessOf confiding in His Word.I have tasted life’s pure fountain,I am trusting in His blood;I have lost myself in Jesus,I am sinking into God. I am crucified with Jesus,And He lives and dwells with me;I […]
A BED IN MY HEART Martin Luther
A BED IN MY HEART – Martin Luther Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child, Make Thee a bed, soft, UN-defiled,Within my heart, that it may be A quiet chamber kept for Thee.My heart for very joy doth leap,My lips no more can silence keep. I too must sing, with joyful tongue, That sweetest ancient cradle song,Glory […]
A Cradle Poem
Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child -Isaac Watts Hush!my dear, lie still and slumber,Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head. Sleep, my babe; thy food and raiment, House and home, thy friends provide; All without thy care or payment: All thy wants are well supplied. How much better thou’rt […]
A SWARM OF FLYS
A SWARM OF FLYS Fly from self, and fly from sn,Fly the world’s tumultuous din;Fly its pleasures, fly its cares,Fly its freindhsip, fly its snares. Fly the sinner’s hast’ning doom,Fly and ‘scape the wrath to come.Fly to Jesus, He’s the road,Fly throu Him alone to God. Fly to mercy’s gracious seat,Fly, ’tis sorrow’s last retreat;Fly […]
A LITTLE BIRD I AM Madame Guyon
A LITTLE BIRD I AM- Madame Guyon A little bird I amShut from the fields of air;Yet in my cage I sit and singTo Him who placed me there;Well pleased a presoner to be,Because my God, it pleases Thee. Naught have I else to do;I sing the whole day long;And He whom most I love […]
All, All Is Known to Thee
All Is Known to Thee “When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then Thou knewest my path.” My God, whose gracious pity I may claim, Calling Thee Father — sweet, endearing name! The sufferings of this weak and weary frame. All, all are known to Thee. From human eye ’tis better to conceal Much that […]
A Little While Jane Crewdson
A Little While – Jane Crewdson Oh! for the peace which floweth as a river, Making life’s desert places bloom and smile ! Oh! for a faith to grasp heaven’s bright ” for ever,” Amid the shadows of earth’s ” little while ! “ “A little while” for patient vigil-keeping, To face the storm, to […]
A Little While Jane Crewdson
A Little While – Jane Crewdson Oh! for the peace which floweth as a river, Making life’s desert places bloom and smile ! Oh! for a faith to grasp heaven’s bright ” for ever,” Amid the shadows of earth’s ” little while ! “ “A little while” for patient vigil-keeping, To face the storm, to […]