All Glory, Laud and Honor

Hymn lyrics by Theodulph of Orleans,
trans. John M. Neale,
Music by Melchior Teschner

Chorus

• All glory, laud and honor
• To Thee, Redeemer, King,
• To Whom the lips of children
• Made sweet hosannas ring.

Verse 1

• Thou art the King of Israel,
• Thou David’s royal Son,
• Who in the Lord’s Name comest,
• The King and Blessed One.

Chorus

Verse 2

• The company of angels
• Are praising Thee on High,
• And mortal men and all things
• Created make reply.

Chorus

Verse 3

• The people of the Hebrews
• With palms before Thee went;
• Our prayer and praise and anthems
• Before Thee we present.

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Verse 4

• To Thee, before Thy passion,
• They sang their hymns of praise;
• To Thee, now high exalted,
• Our melody we raise.

Chorus

Verse 5

• Thou didst accept their praises;
• Accept the prayers we bring,
• Who in all good delightest,
• Thou good and gracious King.

Chorus

Count Your Blessings

Hymn lyrics by John­son Oat­man, Jr.,
Music by Edwin O. Excell

Verse 1

• When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed,
• When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
• Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
• And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.

Chorus

• Count your blessings, name them one by one,
• Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
• Count your blessings, name them one by one,
• Count your many blessings, see what God hath done!¹

Verse 2

• Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
• Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
• Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly,
• And you will be² singing as the days go by.

Chorus

Verse 3

• When you look at others with their lands and gold,
• Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;
• Count your many blessings. Money cannot³ buy
• Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.

Chorus

Verse 4

• So, amid the conflict whether great or small,
• Do not be discouraged,⁴ God is over all;
• Count your many blessings, angels will attend,
• Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end.

Chorus

¹Some hymnals read, “And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.”
²Some hymnals read, “keep”
³Some hymnals read, “Wealth can never”
⁴Some hymnals read, “disheartened”

Be Still, My Soul

Hymn lyrics by Katharina A. von Schlegel,
Translated from German by Jane L. Borthwick;
Music by Jean Sibelius

Verse 1

• Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side.
• Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain.
• Leave to thy God to order and provide;
• In ev’ry change, He faithful will remain.
• Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heav’nly Friend
• Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

Verse 2

• Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake
• To guide the future, as He has the past.
• Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
• All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
• Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know
• His voice Who ruled them while He dwelt below.

Verse 3

• Be still, my soul: when dearest friends depart,
• And all is darkened in the vale of tears,
• Then shalt thou better know His love, His heart,
• Who comes to soothe thy sorrow and thy fears.
• Be still, my soul: thy Jesus can repay
• From His own fullness all He takes away.

Verse 4

• Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on
• When we shall be forever with the Lord.
• When disappointment, grief and fear are gone,
• Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
• Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past
• All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

Verse 5

• Be still, my soul: begin the song of praise
• On earth, believing, to Thy Lord on high;
• Acknowledge Him in all thy words and ways,
• So shall He view thee with a well pleased eye.
• Be still, my soul: the Sun of life divine
• Through passing clouds shall but more brightly shine.

I Will Praise Him

Hymn lyrics and music by Margret J. Harris

Verse 1

• When I saw the cleansing fountain
• Open wide for all my sin,
• I obeyed the Spirit’s wooing,
• When He said, “Wilt thou be clean?”

Chorus

• I will praise Him! I will praise Him!
• Praise the Lamb for sinners slain;
• Give Him glory, all ye people,
• For His blood can wash away each stain.

Verse 2

• Though the way seems straight and narrow,
• All I claimed was swept away;
• My ambitions, plans and wishes,
• At my feet in ashes lay.

Chorus

Verse 3

• Then God’s fire upon the altar
• Of my heart was set aflame;
• I shall never cease to praise Him
• Glory, glory to His Name!

Chorus

Verse 4

• Blessed be the Name of Jesus!
• I’m so glad He took me in;
• He’s forgiven my transgressions,
• He has cleansed my heart from sin.

Chorus

Verse 5

• Glory, glory to the Father!
• Glory, glory to the Son!
• Glory, glory to the Spirit!
• Glory to the Three in One!

Chorus

O Day of Rest and Gladness

Hymn lyrics by Christopher Wordsworth,
Music by Lowell Mason

Verse 1

• O day of rest and gladness,
• O day of joy and light,
• O balm of care and sadness,
• Most beautiful, most bright:
• On Thee, the high and lowly,
• Through ages joined in tune,¹
• Sing holy, holy, holy,
• To the great God Triune.²

Verse 2

• On Thee, at the creation,
• The light first had its birth;
• On Thee, for our salvation,
• Christ rose from depths of earth;
• On Thee, our Lord, victorious,
• The Spirit sent from heav’n,
• And thus on Thee, most glorious,
• A triple light was giv’n.

Verse 3

• Thou art a port, protected
• From storms that round us rise;
• A garden, intersected
• With streams of paradise;
• Thou art a cooling fountain
• In life’s dry, dreary sand;
• From thee, like Pisgah’s mountain,
• We view our promised land.

Verse 4

• Thou art a holy ladder,
• Where angels go and come;
• Each Sunday finds us gladder,
• Nearer to heav’n, our home;
• A day of sweet refection,³
• Thou art a day of love,
• A day of resurrection
• From earth to things above.

Verse 5

• Today on weary nations
• The heav’nly manna falls;
• To holy convocations
• The silver trumpet calls,
• Where Gospel light is glowing
• With pure and radiant beams,
• And living water flowing,
• With soul refreshing streams.

Verse 6

• New graces ever gaining
• From this our day of rest,
• We reach the rest remaining
• To spirits of the blest.
• To Holy Ghost be praises,
• To Father, and to Son;
• The church her voice upraises
• To Thee, blest Three in One.

¹Some hymnals read “Bending before the throne”—probably from Lowell Mason.
²Some hymnals read “To the great Three in One”—See Note 1 above.
³This is not an error. Refection means “Refreshment with food and drink.”

I Know of a Name (That Beautiful Name)

Hymn lyrics by Jean Perry,
Music by Mabel Johnson Camp

Verse 1

• I know of a name, a beautiful name,
• That angels brought down to earth;
• They whispered it low, one night long ago,
• To a maiden of lowly birth.

Chorus

• That beautiful name, that beautiful name,
• From sin has power to free us!
• That beautiful name, that wonderful name,
• That matchless name is Jesus!

Verse 2

• I know of a name, a beautiful name,
• That unto a Babe was given.
• The stars glittered bright throughout that glad night,
• And angels praised God in Heav’n.

Chorus

Verse 3

• The One of that name, my Savior became,
• My Savior of Calvary.
• My sins nailed Him there; my burdens He bare.
• He suffered all this for me.

Chorus

Verse 4

• I love that blest name, that wonderful name,
• Made higher than all in Heaven.
• ’Twas whispered, I know, in my heart long ago
• To Jesus my life I’ve giv’n.

Chorus

My Heart’s Prayer

Hymn lyrics by H. P. Blanchard,
Music by Ralph E. Stewart

Verse 1

• My new life I owe to Thee,
• Jesus, Lamb of Calvary;
• Sin was canceled on the tree,
• Jesus, blessed Jesus.
  

Verse 2

• Humbly at Thy cross I’d stay,
• Jesus, keep me there, I pray;
• Teach me more of thee each day,
  
• Jesus, blessed Jesus.
  

Verse 3

• Grant me wisdom, grace and pow’r,
• Lord, I need Thee ev’ry hour;
• Let my will be lost in Thine,
  
• Jesus, blessed Jesus.
  

Verse 4

• Savior, Thou hast heard my plea,
• Thou art near—so near to me;
• Now I feel Thy strength’ning pow’r,
  
• Jesus, blessed Jesus.
  

The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power (1912)

Hymn lyrics by Civilla D. Martin,
Music by Walter S. Martin

Verse 1

• The blood that Jesus once shed for me,
• As my Redeemer, upon the tree;
• The blood that setteth the pris’ner free,
• Will never lose its pow’r.

Chorus

• It will never lose its pow’r,
• It will never lose its pow’r;
• The blood that cleanses from all sin
• Will never lose its pow’r.

Verse 2

• It gives us access to God on high,
• From “far off places” it brings us nigh;
• To precious blessings that never die,
• It will never lose its pow’r.

Chorus

Verse 3

• It is a shelter for rich and poor,
• It is to Heaven the open door;
• The sinner’s merit forevermore,
• It will never lose its pow’r.

Chorus

Verse 4

• And when with all the blood washed throng
• We sing in glory redemption’s song;
• We’ll pass the glorious truth along,
• It has never lost its pow’r.

Chorus

I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go

Hymn lyrics by Mary Brown and Charles E. Prior,
Music by Carrie E. Rounsefell

Verse 1

• It may not be on the mountain’s height, or over the stormy sea;
• It may not be at the battle’s front my Lord will have need of me;
• But if by a still, small voice He calls to paths I do not know,
• I’ll answer, dear Lord, with my hand in Thine,¹
• I’ll go where You want me to go.

Chorus

• I’ll go where You want me to go, dear Lord,
• O’er mountain, or plain, or sea;
• I’ll say what You want me to say, dear Lord,
• I’ll be what You want me to be.

Verse 2

• Perhaps today there are loving words which Jesus would have me speak;
• There may be now, in the paths of sin, some wand’rer whom I should seek.
• O Savior, if Thou wilt² be my Guide, though dark and rugged the way,
• My voice shall echo the message sweet,
• I’ll say what You want me to say.

Chorus

Verse 3

• There’s surely somewhere a lowly place in earth’s harvest fields so wide,
• Where I may labor through life’s short day for Jesus, the Crucified.
• So, trusting my all unto Thy³ care, I know Thou lovest⁴ me!
• I’ll do Your will with a heart sincere,
• I’ll be what You want me to be.

Chorus
¹Some hymnals read “Yours”
²Some hymnals read “You will”
³Some hymnals read “Your”
⁴Some hymnals read “You always love”

Art Thou Weary, Art Thou Languid

Hymn lyrics by John M. Neale,
Music by Henry W. Baker

Verse 1

• Art thou weary, art thou languid,
• Art thou sore distressed?
• “Come to Me,” saith One, “and coming,
• Be at rest.”

Verse 2

• Hath He marks to lead me to Him,
• If He be my Guide?
• In His feet and hands are wound prints
• And His side.

Verse 3

• Hath He diadem, as monarch,
• That His brow adorns?
• Yes, a crown in very surety,
• But of thorns.

Verse 4

• If I find Him, if I follow,
• What His guerdon¹ here?
• Many a sorrow, many a labor,
• Many a tear.

Verse 5

• If I still hold closely to Him,
• What hath He at last?
• Sorrow vanquished, labor ended,
• Jordan passed.

Verse 6

• If I ask Him to receive me,
• Will He say me nay?
• Not till earth and not till Heaven
• Pass away.

Verse 7

• Finding, following, keeping, struggling,
• Is He sure to bless?
• Saints, apostles, prophets, martyrs,
• Answer, Yes!

¹A reward or recompense.