O GOD GIVE EAR

HYMN FOR TODAY - Thursday August 28

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O God, give ear, and speedily

hear me when I do pray;

And when to thee I call and cry,

hide not thyself away.

Take heed to me, grant my request,

and answer me again;

With grief I pray, full sore oppressed,

sorrow doth me constrain:

My heart doth faint for want of breath,

it panteth in my breast;

With terror and the dread of death

my soul is much oppressed:

John Hopkins

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THE BIBLE OUR LIGHT

HYMN FOR TODAY - Tuesday August 26
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How precious is the book divine,
By inspiration given!
Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine,
To guide our souls to heaven.


Its light, descending from above,
Our gloomy world to cheer,
Displays a Saviour's boundless love,
And brings his glories near.


O’er all the straight and narrow way
Its radiant beams are cast;
A light whose never weary ray
Grows brightest at the last. 
John Fawcett 

1740 - 1817 ( 76 Years )

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ONE FOUNDATION

HYMN FOR TODAY - Wednesday August 20

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The Church's one foundation 

Is Jesus Christ our Lord: 

She is his new creation 

By water and the word; 

From Heaven He came

and sought her

To be His Holy Bride;

With His own blood he bought her,

and for her life He died.

Elect from every nation,

Yet one o'er all the earth,

Her charter of salvation

One Lord, one faith, one birth,

One holy name she blesses,

Partakes one Holy food,

And to one hope she presses,

With every grace endued.

The Church shall never perish!

Her dear Lord, to defend,

To guide, sustain, and cherish,

Is with her to the end.

Though there be those that hate her,

False sons within her pale,

Against both foe and traitor

She ever shall prevail.

Samuel John Stone 

1839 - 1900 ( 60 Years )

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TRUST AND OBEY

HYMN FOR TODAY - Tuesday August 19

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When we walk with the Lord 
In the light of His Word, 
What a glory He sheds on our way! 
While we do His good will 
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.

Trust and obey
for there's no other way
To be happy in Jesus
but to trust and obey.

Not a shadow can rise,
Not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt nor a fear,
Not a sigh nor a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.


Not a burden we bear,
Not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief nor a loss,
Not a frown nor a cross,
But is blest if we trust and obey. 

John Henry Sammis 

1846 - 1919 ( 72 Years )

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CHRIST'S RESURRECTION

HYMN FOR TODAY - Friday August 15

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When I the lonely tomb survey, 

Where once my Saviour deigned to lie, 

I see fulfilled what prophets say,

And all the power of death defy.

This empty tomb shall now proclaim, 

How weak the bands of conquered death;

Sweet pledge! that all who trust his name, 

Shall rise and draw immortal breath!

Our surety, freed, declares us free, 

For whose offences he was seized; 

In his release, our own we see, 

And shout to view Jehovah pleased.

Johan Olaf Wallin 

1779 - 1839 ( 59 Years )

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MELCHISEDEC

HYMN FOR TODAY - Thursday August 14
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Thou dear Redeemer, dying Lamb,
We love to hear of Thee;
No music’s like Thy charming name,
Nor half so sweet can be.


Oh, may we ever hear Thy voice
In mercy to us speak!
And in our Priest we will rejoice,
Thou great Melchisedek.


Our Jesus shall be still our theme
While in the world we stay;
We’ll sing our Jesus—lovely name!
When all things else decay.

John Cennick 

1718 - 1755 ( 36 Years )

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FILL THY CHURCH WITH LOVE AND PRAISE

HYMN FOR TODAY - Wednesday August 13

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Saved ourselves by Jesus’ blood,

Let us now draw nigh to God;

many round us blindly stray,

Moved with pity, let us pray;

Pray that they who now are blind,

Soon the way of truth may find.

Lord, awaken all around,

Let them know the joyful sound;

Slaves to Satan heretofore,

Let them now be slaves no more;

Lord, we turn our eyes to thee,

Set the captive sinner free.

Glorious things of thee are told,

What thine arm has wrought of old;

Thousands once its power confessed;

Oh, may we like them be blessed:

Lord, revive the former days,

Fill thy church with love and praise.

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns 

1853

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CHRIST'S EXAMPLE

HYMN FOR TODAY - Tuesday August 12
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My dear Redeemer and my Lord, 
I read my duty in Thy Word; 
But in Thy life the law appears, 
Drawn out in living characters. 


Such was Thy truth, and such Thy zeal,
Such deference to Thy Father’s will,
Such love and meekness so divine,
I would transcribe and make them mine.


Be Thou my pattern; make me bear
More of Thy gracious image here;
Then God the Judge shall own my name
Among the followers of the Lamb. 

Isaac Watts 

1674 - 1748 ( 73 Years )

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THE FIRST OF ALL THE COMMANDMENTS

HYMN FOR TODAY - Monday August 11
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I will love the Lord; for he
From eternity loved me;
I will love the Lord, who gave
His own Son my soul to save,
And sends down, in love divine,
His good Spirit to strive with mine.


I will love the Son; for he
Loved, and gave himself for me;
I will love him on his cross,
And for him count all things loss;
I will love him on his throne,
When I know as I am known.


I will love the Spirit; for he
Deigns in love to dwell with me;
I will love him on my knees,
Helping mine infirmities,
Till my joyful lips record
“Abba, Father!” “Jesus, Lord!”

James Montgomery 

1771 - 1854 ( 82 Years )

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HOLY HOLY HOLY

 

HYMN FOR TODAY - Sunday August 10
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Holy, holy, holy!
Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning
our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy,
merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons,
blessèd Trinity!

Holy, holy, holy!
All the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns
around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim
falling down before Thee,
Who was, and is,
and evermore shall be.

Holy, holy, holy!
though the darkness hide Thee,
Though the eye of sinful man
Thy glory may not see;
Only Thou art holy;
there is none beside Thee,
Perfect in power,
in love, and purity.

Reginald Heber
1783 - 1826 ( 42 Years )

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FOR HIS GRACE FAILETH NEVER

HYMN FOR TODAY - Saturday August 9

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Give thanks to God, for good is he:

for mercy hath he ever.

Thanks to the God of gods give ye:

for his grace faileth never.

And Isr’el brought from Egypt land:

for mercy hath he ever.

With stretch’d-out arm, and with strong hand:

for his grace faileth never.

By whom the Red sea parted was:

for mercy hath he ever.

And through its midst made Isr’el pass:

for his grace faileth never.

Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases

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BE IMITATORS

HYMN FOR TODAY - Friday August 8
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Be now imitators of your Lord;
You’re His children 
through His love outpoured.
Let love show now in all you do,
As Christ loved and gave
Himself for you,
As a sacrifice to God.


All impurity put far away.
Don’t be greedy;
watch the things you say.
These aren’t proper
for God’s dear children;
You will never gain
the wealth of Heaven,
In the kingdom of Christ and God.


Don’t be taken in by empty words;
Those who disobey,
God’s wrath incur.
You were darkness,
but now you’re light;
Let your life be good
and true and right,
And find out what pleases God.

Susan Helen Peterson 

1950 - 2004 ( 53 Years )

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BROTHERLY FORBEARANCE

HYMN FOR TODAY - Thursday August 7
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Jesus, the prince of peace,
Whom we profess to know,
Bids wrath and strife and discord cease,
Among his saints below.


‘Tis his command that we
Should pass offences by,
Nor suffer anger to arise,
Our union to destroy.

Benjamin Beddome 

1717 - 1795 ( 77 Years )

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THE POTTER

HYMN FOR TODAY - Wednesday August 6
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The potter different vessels forms
Of the same lump of clay
And may not God, o'er sinful worms,
An equal power display?


Is it not meet that he should deal
His sovereign favours still;
And his own purposes conceal,
While he performs his will?

Benjamin Beddome 

1717 - 1795 ( 77 Years )

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FOR EVER BLESSED BY THY GRACE

HYMN FOR TODAY - Tuesday August 6
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What vain desires and passions vain
Attend this mortal clay!
Oft have they pierced my soul with pain,
And drawn my heart astray.


How have I wandered from my God!
And, following sin and shame,
In this vile world of flesh and blood
Defiled my nobler frame!


For ever blessed be thy grace
That formed my soul anew,
And made it of a heav'n-born race,
Thy glory to pursue.

Isaac Watts 

1674 - 1748 ( 73 Years )

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I AM A SINNER STILL

 

HYMN FOR TODAY - Monday August 4
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I do not come because my soul
Is free from sin and pure and whole
And worthy of Thy grace;
I do not speak to Thee because
I've never justly kept Thy laws
And dare to meet Thy face.


I know that sin and guilt combine
To reign o'er every thought of mine
And torn from good to ill;
I know that, when I try to be
Upright and just and true to Thee,
I am a sinner still.


I know that often when I strive
To keep a spark of love alive
For Thee, the powers within
Leap up in unsubmissive might
And oft benumb my sense of right
And pull me back to sin.

Frank B. St. John

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ONE IN CHRIST

HYMN FOR TODAY - Sunday August 3

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Christ, from whom all blessings flow,

Perfecting the saints below,

Hear us, who Thy nature share,

Who Thy mystic body are.

Join us, in one spirit join,

Let us still receive of Thine;

Still for more on Thee we call,

Thou Who fillest all in all.

Closer knit to Thee, our Head,

Nourished, Lord, by Thee, and fed,

Let us daily growth receive,

More in Jesus Christ believe.

Charles Wesley 

1707 - 1788 ( 80 Years )

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GOD OF LOVE

 

HYMN FOR TODAY - Saturday August 2
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God of love and God of power,
Grant us in this burning hour
Grace to ask these gifts of Thee,
Daring hearts and spirits free.

God of love and God of power,
Thou hast called us for this hour.

We are not the first to be
Banished by our fears from Thee;
Give us courage, let us hear
Heaven’s trumpets ringing clear.

All our lives belong to Thee,
Thou our final loyalty;
Slaves are we whene’er we share
That devotion anywhere.

Gerald Hamilton Kennedy 

1907 - 1980 ( 72 Years )

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