Sunday, October 31, 2004

On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand

Hymn lyrics by Edward Mote,
Music by William B. Bradbury

Verse 1

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ Name.

Chorus

On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

Verse 2

When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
In ev’ry high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.

Chorus

Verse 3

His oath, His covenant, His blood
Support me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay.

Chorus

Verse 4

When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh may I then in Him be found.
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.

Chorus


Thursday, October 28, 2004

Nothing but the Blood

Hymn lyrics and Music by Robert Lowry

Verse 1

What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Chorus

Oh! precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Verse 2

For my pardon, this I see,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
For my cleansing this my plea,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Chorus

Verse 3

Nothing can for sin atone,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
Naught of good that I have done,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Chorus

Verse 4

This is all my hope and peace,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
This is all my righteousness,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Chorus

Verse 5

Now by this I’ll overcome—
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
Now by this I’ll reach my home—
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Chorus

Verse 6

Glory! Glory! This I sing—
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
All my praise for this I bring—
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Chorus

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Hallelujah for the Cross

Hymn lyrics by Horatius Bonar,
Music by James McGranahan

Verse 1

The cross, it standeth fast,
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
Defying every blast,
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
The winds of hell have blown,
The world its hate hath shown,
Yet it is not overthrown;
Hallelujah for the cross!

Chorus

Hallelujah, hallelujah,
Hallelujah for the cross;
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
It shall never suffer loss!

Verse 2

It is the old cross still,
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
Its triumph let us tell,
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
The grace of God here shone
Through Christ, the blessed Son,
Who did for sin atone,
Hallelujah for the cross!

Chorus

Verse 3

’Twas here the debt was paid,
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
Our sins on Jesus laid,
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
So round the cross we sing
Of Christ, our offering,
Of Christ, our living King;
Hallelujah for the cross!

Chorus

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

In the Cross of Christ I Glory

Hymn lyrics by John Bowring,
Music by Ithamar D. Conkey,
Alt. tune by W. G. Whinfield

Verse 1

In the cross of Christ I glory,
Towering o’er the wrecks of time;
All the light of sacred story
Gathers round its head sublime.

Verse 2

When the woes of life o’ertake me,
Hopes deceive, and fears annoy,
Never shall the cross forsake me;
Lo! It glows with peace and joy.

Verse 3

When the sun of bliss is beaming
Light and love upon my way,
From the cross the radience streaming
Adds more luster to the day.

Verse 4

Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,
By the cross are sanctified;
Peace is there that knows no measure,
Joys that through all time abide.

Verse 5

(Same as verse 1)

Monday, October 25, 2004

Beneath the Cross of Jesus

Hymn lyrics by Elizabeth C. Clephane,
Music by Frederick C. Maker

Verse 1

Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand,
The shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land;
A home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way,
From the burning of the noontide heat, and the burden of the day.

Verse 2

O safe and happy shelter, O refuge tried and sweet,
O trysting place where Heaven’s love and Heaven’s justice meet!
As to the holy patriarch that wondrous dream was giv’n,
So seems my Savior’s cross to me, a ladder up to Heav’n.

Verse 3

There lies beneath its shadow but on the further side,
The darkness of an awful grave that gapes both deep and wide;
And there between us stands the cross, two arms outstretched to save,
A watchman set to guard the way from that eternal grave.

Verse 4

Upon that cross of Jesus mine eye at times can see
The very dying form of One Who suffered there for me;
And from my stricken heart with tears two wonders I confess:
The wonders of redeeming love and my unworthiness.

Verse 5

I take, O cross, thy shadow for my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of His face;
Content to let the world go by, to know no gain or loss;
My sinful self, my only shame; my glory all, the cross.

Saturday, October 23, 2004

And Can it Be (Amazing Love)

Hymn lyrics by Charles Wesley,
Music by Thomas Campbell

Verse 1

And can it be that I should gain
An int’rest in the Saviour’s blood?
Died He for me, who caused His pain?
For me, who Him to death pursued?
Amazing love! How can it be,
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

Refrain

Amazing love! How can it be,
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

Verse 2

’Tis myst’ry all: th’Immortal dies:
Who can explore His strange design?
In vain the firstborn seraph tries
To sound the depths of love divine.
’Tis mercy all! Let earth adore,
Let angel minds inquire no more.

Refrain

’Tis mercy all! Let earth adore,
Let angel minds inquire no more.

Verse 3

He left His Father’s throne above,
So free, so infinite His grace—
Emptied Himself of all but love,
And bled for Adam’s helpless race:
’Tis mercy all, immense and free,
For O my God, it found out me!

Refrain

’Tis mercy all, immense and free,
For O my God, it found out me!

Verse 4

Long my imprisoned spirit lay,
Fast bound in sin and nature’s night;
Thine eye diffused a quick’ning ray—
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.

Refrain

My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.

Verse 5

Still the small inward voice I hear,
That whispers all my sins forgiv’n;
Still the atoning blood is near,
That quenched the wrath of hostile Heav’n.
I feel the life His wounds impart;
I feel the Savior in my heart.

Refrain

I feel the life His wounds impart;
I feel the Savior in my heart.

Verse 6

No condemnation now I dread;
Jesus, and all in Him, is mine;
Alive in Him, my living Head,
And clothed in righteousness divine,
Bold I approach th’eternal throne,
And claim the crown, through Christ my own.

Refrain

Bold I approach th’eternal throne,
And claim the crown, through Christ my own.

Friday, October 22, 2004

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Hymn lyrics by Isaac Watts,
Music by Lowell Mason

Verse 1

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And poor contempt on all my pride.

Verse 2

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

Verse 3

See from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Verse 4

His dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads o’er His body on the tree;
Then I am dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.

Verse 5

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

The Old Rugged Cross

Hymn lyrics and Music by George Bennard

Verse 1

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

Chorus

So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.

Verse 2

O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.

Chorus

Verse 3

In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.

Chorus

Verse 4

To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He’ll call me some day to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I’ll share.

Chorus

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

There’s Power in the Blood

Hymn lyrics and Music by Lewis E. Jones

Verse 1

Would you be free from the burden of sin?
There’s pow’r in the blood, pow’r in the blood;
Would you o’er evil a victory win?
There’s wonderful pow’r in the blood.

Chorus

There is pow’r, pow’r, wonder-working pow’r
In the blood of the Lamb;
There is pow’r, pow’r, wonder-working pow’r
In the precious blood of the Lamb.

Verse 2

Would you be free from your passion and pride?
There’s pow’r in the blood, pow’r in the blood;
Come for a cleansing to Calvary’s tide;
There’s wonderful pow’r in the blood.

Chorus

Verse 3

Would you be whiter, much whiter than snow?
There’s pow’r in the blood, pow’r in the blood;
Sin stains are lost in its life-giving flow.
There’s wonderful pow’r in the blood.

Chorus

Verse 4

Would you do service for Jesus your King?
There’s pow’r in the blood, pow’r in the blood;
Would you live daily His praises to sing?
There’s wonderful pow’r in the blood.

Chorus

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Are You Washed in the Blood

Hymn lyrics and Music by Elisha A. Hoffman

Verse 1

Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing pow’r?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Chorus

Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless? Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Verse 2

Are you walking daily by the Savior’s side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the Crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Chorus

Verse 3

When the Bridegroom cometh, will your robes be white?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Chorus

Verse 4

Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb;
There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean,
O be washed in the blood of the Lamb!

Chorus

Monday, October 18, 2004

There is a Green Hill Far Away

Hymn lyrics by C. F. Alexander,
Music for 4-verse-with-chorus version by George C. Stebbins,
Alt. tunes (5-verse versions) by William Horsley and John H. Gower

Verse 1

There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
Who died to save us all.

Chorus

O dearly, dearly has He loved,
And we must love Him too,
And trust in His redeeming blood,
And try His works to do.

Verse 2

We may not know, we cannot tell
What pains He had to bear;
But we believe it was for us
He hung and suffered there.

Chorus

Verse 3

He died that we might be forgiv’n,
He died to make us good,
That we might go at last to Heav’n,
Saved by His precious blood.

Chorus

Verse 4

There was no other good enough
To pay the price of sin;
He only could unlock the gate
Of Heav’n, and let us in.

Chorus

For the 5-verse version, simply omit the chorus and add it as verse 5.