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O Jesus, I have promised
Author: John Ernest Bode, 1816 - 74 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #515a (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ Pilgrimage; The Life In Christ Service; The Life In Christ Conflict and Victory; The Life In Christ Consecration 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. A-men.
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.
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: ANGEL'S STORY
O Jesus, I have promised
O Jesus, I have promised
Author: John Ernest Bode, 1816 - 74 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #515b (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ Pilgrimage; The Life In Christ Service; The Life In Christ Conflict and Victory; The Life In Christ Consecration 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. A-men.
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.
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: SEDGWICK
O Jesus, I have promised
Brief life is here our portion
Author: John Mason Neale, 1818 - 66; Bernard of Cluny, XII cent. Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #527 (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ Contemplation; The Life In Christ Life Everlasting; The Life In Christ Pilgrimage Lyrics: 1 Brief life is here our portion,
Brief sorrow, short-lived care;
The life that knows no ending,
The tearless life, is there.
2 O happy retribution!
Short toil, eternal rest;
For mortals and for sinners
A mansion with the blest! A-men.
3 There grief is turned to pleasure,
Such pleasure as below
No human voice can utter,
No human heart can know.
4 And now we fight the battle,
But then shall wear the crown
Of full and everlasting
And passionless renown.
5 And now we watch and struggle,
And now we live in hope,
And Sion, in her anguish,
With Babylon must cope;
6 But he whom now we trust in
Shall then be seen and known,
And they that know and see him
Shall have him for their own.
7 The morning shall awaken,
The shadows shall decay,
And each true-hearted servant
Shall shine as doth the day.
8 There, God our King and portion,
In fullness of his grace,
We then shall see for ever,
And worship face to face.
9 O sweet and blessèd country,
The home of God's elect;
O sweet and blessèd country,
That eager hearts expect!
10 Jesus, in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest,
Who art, with God the Father
And Spirit, ever blest.
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. ALPHEGE
Brief life is here our portion
Lord, it belongs not to my care
Author: Richard Baxter, 1615 - 91 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #368 (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest; The Life In Christ Life Everlasting; The Life in Christ Repentance and Faith Lyrics: 1 Lord, it belongs not to my care
Whether I die or live;
To love and serve thee is my share,
And this thy grace must give.
2 If life be long, I will be glad
That I may long obey;
If short, yet why should I be sad
To welcome endless day?
3 Christ leads me through no darker rooms
Than he went through before;
He that into God's kingdom comes
Must enter by this door.
4 Come, Lord, when grace has made me meet
Thy blessèd face to see;
For if thy work on earth be sweet,
What will thy glory be?
5 My knowledge of that life is small,
The eye of faith is dim;
But 'tis enough that Christ knows all,
And I shall be with him. Languages: English Tune Title: CHESHIRE
Lord, it belongs not to my care
O Love that wilt not let me go
Author: George Matheson, 1842 - 1906 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #402 (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ Consecration; The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest; The Life in Christ Aspiration Lyrics: 1 O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.
2 O Light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.
3 O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain
That morn shall tearless be.
4 O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. MARGARET
O Love that wilt not let me go
My faith looks up to thee
Author: Ray Palmer, 1808 - 87 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #375 (1958) Topics: The Life in Christ Aspiration; The Life in Christ Petition and Intercession; The Life in Christ Repentance and Faith Lyrics: 1 My faith looks up to thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Saviour divine!
Now hear me while I pray,
Take all my guilt away,
O let me from this day
Be wholly thine.
2 May thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart,
My zeal inspire;
As thou hast died for me,
O may my love to thee,
Pure, warm, and changeless be,
A living fire. A-men.
3 While life's dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread,
Be thou my guide;
Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow's tears away,
Nor let me ever stray
From thee aside.
4 When ends life's transient dream,
When death's cold, sullen stream
Shall o'er me roll;
Blest Saviour, then, in love
Fear and distrust remove;
O bear me safe above,
A ransomed soul.
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: OLIVET
My faith looks up to thee
Breathe on me, Breath of God
Author: Edwin Hatch, 1835 - 89 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #470 (1958) Topics: The Life in Christ Aspiration; The Life in Christ Petition and Intercession; The Life In Christ The Inner Life Lyrics: 1 Breathe on me, Breath of God,
Fill me with life anew,
That I may love what thou dost love
And do what thou wouldst do.
2 Breathe on me, Breath of God,
Until my heart is pure,
Until with thee I will one will,
To do and to endure. A-men.
3 Breathe on me, Breath of God,
Unite my soul with thine,
Until this earthly part of me
Glows with thy fire divine.
4 Breathe on me, Breath of God,
So shall I never die,
But live with thee the perfect life
Of thine eternity.
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: TRENTHAM
Breathe on me, Breath of God
He leadeth me, he leadeth me
Author: Joseph Henry Gilmore, 1834 - 1918 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #478 (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ Pilgrimage; The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest; The Life In Christ The Inner Life First Line: He leadeth me: O blessed thought! Lyrics: 1 He leadeth me: O blessed thought!
O words with heavenly comfort fraught!
Whate’er I do, where’er I be,
Still ’tis God’s hand that leadeth me.
Refrain:
He leadeth me, he leadeth me;
By his own hand he leadeth me:
His faithful follower I would be,
For by his hand he leadeth me.
2 Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom,
Sometimes where Eden’s bowers bloom,
By waters calm, o’er troubled sea,
Still ’tis his hand that leadeth me. [Refrain]
3 Lord, I would clasp thy hand in mine,
Nor ever murmur nor repine;
Content, whatever lot I see,
Since ’tis my God that leadeth me. [Refrain]
4 And when my task on earth is done,
When by thy grace the victory’s won,
E’en death’s cold wave I will not flee,
Since God through Jordan leadeth me. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: AUGHTON (HE LEADETH ME)
He leadeth me, he leadeth me
I look to thee in every need
Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819 - 92 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #490 (1958) Topics: The Life in Christ Aspiration; The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest; The Life In Christ Contemplation Lyrics: 1 I look to thee in every need,
And never look in vain;
I feel thy strong and tender love,
And all is well again:
The thought of thee is mightier far
Than sin and pain and sorrow are.
2 Discouraged in the work of life,
Disheartened by its load,
Shamed by its failures or its fears,
I sink beside the road;
But let me only think of thee,
And then new heart springs up in me.
3 Thy calmness bends serene above,
My restlessness to still;
Around me flows thy quickening life,
To nerve my faltering will:
Thy presence fills my solitude;
Thy providence turns all to good.
4 Embosomed deep in thy dear love,
Held in thy law, I stand;
Thy hand in all things I behold,
And all things in thy hand;
Thou leadest me by unsought ways,
And turn'st my mourning into praise.
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: O JESU
I look to thee in every need
Faith of our fathers, holy faith
Author: Frederick William Faber, 1814 - 63 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #516 (1958) Topics: The Life in Christ Repentance and Faith; The Life In Christ Conflict and Victory; The Life In Christ Consecration First Line: Faith of our fathers! living still Lyrics: 1 Faith of our fathers! living still
In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword;
O how our hearts beat high with joy
Whene'er we hear that glorious word:
Refrain:
Faith of our fathers, holy faith,
We will be true to thee till death.
2 Our fathers, chained in prisons dark,
Were still in heart and conscience free,
And blest would be their children's fate,
If they, like them, should die for thee: [Refrain]
3 Faith of our fathers! we will love
Both friend and foe in all our strife;
And preach thee, too, as love knows how,
By kindly words and virtuous life: [Refrain]
Languages: English Tune Title: ST. CATHERINE
Faith of our fathers, holy faith
O blessed Sun whose splendor
Author: Richard Massie, 1800 - 87; Karl Johann Philipp Spitta, 1801 - 59 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #573 (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ Contemplation; The Life In Christ Service; The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest Lyrics: 1 O blessed Sun whose splendor
Dispels the shades of night;
O Jesus, my defender,
My soul's supreme delight,
Though fortune should bereave me
Of all I love the best,
If thou thy love still leave me,
I freely give the rest.
2 I know no life divided,
O Lord of life, from thee;
In thee is life provided
For all mankind and me;
I know no death, O Jesus,
Because I live in thee;
Thy death it is which frees us
From death eternally. A-men.
3 Lord, with this truth impress me,
And write it on my heart,
To comfort, cheer and bless me,
That thou my Saviour art.
Thy love it was which sought me,
Thyself unsought by me,
And for thy ransom bought me
To live for aye in thee.
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: HEAVENLY LOVE
O blessed Sun whose splendor
For ever with the Lord!
Author: James Montgomery, 1771 - 1854 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #590 (1958) Topics: The Life in Christ Aspiration; The Life In Christ Pilgrimage; The Life In Christ Life Everlasting Lyrics: 1 For ever with the Lord!
Amen, so let it be;
Life from the dead is in that word,
'Tis immortality.
2 Here in the body pent,
Absent from him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
A day's march nearer home.
3 My Father's house on high,
Home of my soul, how near
At times to faith's foreseeing eye
Thy golden gates appear!
4 Ah, then my spirit faints
To reach the land I love,
The bright inheritance of saints,
Jerusalem above!
5 For ever with the Lord!
Father, if 'tis thy will,
The promise of that faithful word
E'en here to me fulfill.
6 Be thou at my right hand,
Then can I never fail;
Uphold thou me, and I shall stand;
Fight, and I must prevail.
7 So when my latest breath
Shall rend the veil in twain,
By death I shall escape from death,
And life eternal gain.
8 Knowing as I am known,
How shall I love that word,
And oft repeat before the throne,
'For ever with the Lord!' Languages: English Tune Title: CARLISLE
For ever with the Lord!
Lord Jesus, think on me
Author: Synesius, c. 375-430 Hymnal: The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #265b (1930) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: The Life in Christ | Penitence and Faith; The Life in Christ | Aspiration and Holiness; The Life in Christ | Courage, Conflict, and Victory Languages: English Tune Title: ST. BRIDE
Lord Jesus, think on me
Thou hidden Love of God, whose height
Author: John Wesley, 1703 - 91; Gerhard Tersteegen, 1697 - 1769 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #391a (1958) Topics: The Life in Christ Repentance and Faith; The Life In Christ The Inner Life; The Life in Christ Aspiration Lyrics: 1 Thou hidden Love of God, whose height,
Whose depth unfathomed no man knows;
I see from far thy beauteous light,
Inly I sigh for thy repose.
My heart is pained, nor can it be
At rest, till it finds rest in thee.
2 Thy secret voice invites me still
The sweetness of thy yoke to prove;
And fain I would; but, though my will
Seem fixed, yet wide my passions rove.
Yet hindrances strew all the way;
I aim at thee, yet from thee stray. A-men.
3 Is there a thing beneath the sun
That strives with thee my heart to share?
Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone,
The Lord of every motion there;
Then shall my heart from earth be free,
When it has found repose in thee.
4 Each moment draw from earth away
My heart, that lowly waits thy call;
Speak to my inmost soul, and say,
'I am thy Love, thy God, thy All!'
To feel thy power, to hear thy voice,
To taste thy love, be all my choice.
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. INGRID
Thou hidden Love of God, whose height
Thou hidden Love of God, whose height
Author: John Wesley, 1703 - 91; Gerhard Tersteegen, 1697 - 1769 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #391b (1958) Topics: The Life in Christ Repentance and Faith; The Life In Christ The Inner Life; The Life in Christ Aspiration Lyrics: 1 Thou hidden Love of God, whose height,
Whose depth unfathomed no man knows;
I see from far thy beauteous light,
Inly I sigh for thy repose.
My heart is pained, nor can it be
At rest, till it finds rest in thee.
2 Thy secret voice invites me still
The sweetness of thy yoke to prove;
And fain I would; but, though my will
Seem fixed, yet wide my passions rove.
Yet hindrances strew all the way;
I aim at thee, yet from thee stray. A-men.
3 Is there a thing beneath the sun
That strives with thee my heart to share?
Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone,
The Lord of every motion there;
Then shall my heart from earth be free,
When it has found repose in thee.
4 Each moment draw from earth away
My heart, that lowly waits thy call;
Speak to my inmost soul, and say,
'I am thy Love, thy God, thy All!'
To feel thy power, to hear thy voice,
To taste thy love, be all my choice.
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. CHRYSOSTOM
Thou hidden Love of God, whose height
O for a faith that will not shrink
Author: William H. Bathurst, 1796 - 1877 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #395 (1958) Topics: The Life in Christ Repentance and Faith; The Life In Christ Conflict and Victory; The Life in Christ Aspiration Lyrics: 1 O for a faith that will not shrink,
Though pressed by many a foe,
That will not tremble on the brink
Of poverty or woe;
2 That will not murmur nor complain
Beneath the chastening rod,
But in the hour of grief or pain
Will lean upon its God;
3 A faith that shines more bright and clear
When tempests rage without,
That when in danger knows no fear,
In darkness feels no doubt;
4 A faith that keeps the narrow way
Till life’s last hour is fled,
And with a pure and heavenly ray
Lights up a dying bed.
5 Lord, give me such a faith as this,
And then, whate’er may come,
I’ll taste e’en now the hallowed bliss
Of an eternal home.
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: WOLVERHAMPTON
O for a faith that will not shrink
Jesus, thy boundless love to me
Author: John Wesley, 1703 - 91; Paul Gerhardt, 1607 - 76 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #399 (1958) Topics: The Life In Christ The Inner Life; The Life In Christ Consecration; The Life in Christ Aspiration Lyrics: 1 Jesus, thy boundless love to me
No thought can reach, no tongue declare;
Unite my thankful heart to thee,
And reign without a rival there.
Thine wholly, thine alone I am;
Be thou alone my constant flame.
2 O grant that nothing in my soul
May dwell, but thy pure love alone;
O may thy love possess me whole,
My joy, my treasure, and my crown;
Strange fires far from my soul remove;
May every act, word, thought, be love.
3 O Love, how cheering is thy ray!
All pain before thy presence flies;
Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away,
Where'er thy healing beams arise.
O Jesus, nothing may I see,
Nothing desire or seek, but thee.
4 Unwearied, may I this pursue,
Dauntless, to this high prize aspire;
Hourly within my soul renew
This holy flame, this heavenly fire;
And day and night be all my care
To guard this sacred treasure there. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. PETERSBURG (CHERUBIC HYMN)
Jesus, thy boundless love to me
Jesus, thy love unbounded
Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #401 (1958) Topics: The Life in Christ Repentance and Faith; The Life In Christ Contemplation; The Life in Christ Aspiration Lyrics: 1 Jesus, thy love unbounded,
So full, so sweet, so free,
Leaves all our thoughts confounded
Whene'er we think of thee.
For us thou cam'st from heaven,
For us didst bleed and die,
That, ransomed and forgiven,
We might ascend on high. A-men.
2 We know that thou hast bought us,
And washed us in thy Blood;
We know thy grace hath brought us
As kings and priests to God,
We know that the blessèd morning,
Long looked for, draweth near,
When we, at thy returning,
In glory shall appear.
3 O let thy love constrain us
To give our hearts to thee;
Let nothing please or pain us,
Apart, O Lord, from thee;
Our joy, our one endeavor,
Through suffering, conflict, shame,
To serve thee, gracious Saviour,
And magnify thy Name.
Amen.
Languages: English Tune Title: EVARTS
Jesus, thy love unbounded
Come, O thou Traveler unknown
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #471 (1958) Topics: The Life in Christ Aspiration; The Life in Christ Petition and Intercession; The Life In Christ The Inner Life Lyrics: 1 Come, O thou Traveler unknown,
Whom still I hold, but cannot see;
My company before is gone,
And I am left alone with thee;
With thee all night I mean to stay,
And wrestle till the break of day.
2 I need not tell thee who I am,
My misery or sin declare;
Thyself hast called me by my name;
Look on thy hands, and read it there!
But who, I ask thee, who art thou?
Tell me thy name, and tell me now.
3 I know thee, Saviour, who thou art,
Jesus, the feeble sinner's friend;
Nor wilt thou with the night depart,
But stay and love me to the end:
Thy mercies never shall remove;
Thy nature and thy Name is Love. A-men.
4 Yield to me now, for I am weak,
But confident in self-despair;
Speak to my heart, in blessings speak,
Be conquered by my instant prayer.
Speak, or thou never hence shalt move,
And tell me if thy name is Love.
5 ’Tis Love, ’tis Love, thou died'st for me!
I hear thy whisper in my heart!
The morning breaks, the shadows flee;
Pure universal love thou art;
To me, to all, thy mercies move;
Thy nature and thy name is Love.
Amen.
Languages: English Tune Title: DAVID'S HARP
Come, O thou Traveler unknown
I sought the Lord, and afterward I knew
Author: Anonymous Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #473 (1958) Topics: The Life in Christ Aspiration; The Life In Christ Contemplation; The Life In Christ The Inner Life Lyrics: 1 I sought the Lord, and afterward I knew
He moved my soul to seek him, seeking me;
It was not I that found, O Saviour true;
No, I was found of thee.
2 Thou didst reach forth thy hand and mine enfold;
I walked and sank not on the storm-vexed sea;
'Twas not so much that I on thee took hold
As thou, dear Lord, on me.
3 I find, I walk, I love, but O the whole
Of love is but my answer, Lord, to thee;
For thou wert long beforehand with my soul,
Always thou lovèdst me. Languages: English Tune Title: PEACE
I sought the Lord, and afterward I knew
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