Lord of the church, we pray for our renewing: Christ over all, our undivided aim; Fire of the Spirit, burn for our enduing, wind of the Spirit, fan the living flame! We turn to Christ amid our fear and failing, the will that lacks the courage to be free, the…
Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided, urged and inspired us, cheered us on our way, sought us and saved us, pardoned and provided: Lord of the years, we bring our thanks today. Lord, for that word, the word of life which fires us, speaks to our…
Jesus, thy blood and righteousness my beauty are, my glorious dress; midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed; with joy shall I lift up my head. Bold shall I stand in that great day, for who aught to my charge shall lay? Fully absolved through thee I am, from sin and…
Jesus shall reign where’er the sun does his successive journeys run; his kingdom stretch from shore to shore till moons shall wax and wane no more. People and realms of every tongue declare his love in sweetest song, and children’s voices shall proclaim their early blessings on his name. Blessings…
Jesus calls above the tumult of our life’s wild, restless sea; day by day his voice re-echoes, saying, ‘Christian, follow me!’ As of old apostles heard it by the Galilean lake, turned from home and toil and kindred, leaving all for his dear sake. Jesus calls us from the worship…
Immortal honours rest on Jesus’ head, my God, my portion, and my living Bread; in him I live, upon him cast my care; he saves from death, destruction and despair. He is my refuge in each deep distress, the Lord my strength and glorious righteousness. Through floods and flames he…
I will sing of my Redeemer, and his wondrous love to me; on the cruel cross he suffered, from the curse to set me free. Sing, O sing, of my Redeemer! With his blood he purchased me, on the cross he sealed my pardon, paid the debt and set me…
I heard the voice of Jesus say, ‘Come unto me and rest; lay down, thou weary one, lay down thy head upon my breast.’ I came to Jesus as I was, so weary, worn and sad; I found in him a resting place, and he has made me glad. I…
I cannot tell why he, whom angels worship, should set his love upon the sons of men, or why, as Shepherd, he should seek the wanderers, to bring them back, they know not how or when. But this I know, that he was born of Mary, when Bethlehem’s manger was…
ELLACOMBE How vast the benefits divine which we in Christ possess! We are redeemed from sin and shame and called to holiness. Not for the works that we have done – all these to him are owed; but he of his electing love salvation has bestowed. To you alone, O…
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds in a believer’s ear! it soothes our sorrows, heals our wounds and drives away our fear. It makes the wounded spirit whole, and calms the troubled breast; it satisfies the hungry soul, and gives the weary rest. Dear name, the rock on which…
How sure the Scriptures are! God’s vital, urgent Word, as true as steel, and far more sharp than any sword: So deep and fine, at his control they pierce where soul and spirit join. They test each human thought, refining like a fire; they measure what we ought to do…