English Lyrics Verse 1 Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning Give me oil in my lamp, I pray Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning Keep me burning till the break of day Chorus Sing hosanna, sing hosanna Sing hosanna to the king of kings Sing hosanna, sing hosanna Sing hosanna to the king Verse 2 Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising Give me joy in my heart, I pray Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising Keep me praising till the break of day Chorus Sing hosanna, sing hosanna Sing hosanna to the king of kings Sing hosanna, sing hosanna Sing hosanna to the king Verse 3 Give me peace in my heart, keep me resting Give me peace in my heart, I pray Give me peace in my heart, keep me resting Keep me resting till the break of day Chorus Sing hosanna, sing hosanna Sing hosanna to the king of kings Sing hosanna, sing hosanna Sing hosanna to the king Verse 4 Give me love in my heart, keep me serving Give me love in my heart, I pray Give me love in my heart, keep me serving Keep me serving till the break of day Chorus Sing hosanna, sing hosanna Sing hosanna to the king of kings Sing hosanna, sing hosanna Sing hosanna to the king
English Lyrics Refrain:All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and smallAll things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them allEach little flower that opens, each little bird that singsHe made their glowing colours, He made their tiny wingsThe purple-headed mountain, the river running byThe sunset and the morning, that brightens up the skyThe…
“O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go” was written on the evening of Matheson’s sister’s marriage. Years before, he had been engaged, until his fiancée learned that he was going blind—that there was nothing the doctors could do—and she told him that she could not go through life with a blind man and broke…
Henry Francis Lyte (b. Ednam, near Kelso, Rosburghshire, Scotland, 1793; d. Nice, France, 1847) wrote this text in the late summer of 1847; he died in November of that year (various other stories about Lyte’s writing of this text do not appear to be reliable). First printed in a leaflet in 1847, the text was…
The hymn ‘How Great Thou Art’ is a Christian hymn based on an original Swedish hymn entitled ‘O Store Gud’ written in 1885 by Carl Boberg (1859–1940). The inspiration for the poem came when Boberg was walking home from church near Kronobäck, Sweden, and listening to church bells. A sudden storm got Boberg’s attention, and…
English Lyrics Just as I am, without one pleaBut that Thy blood was shed for meAnd that Thou bid’st me come to TheeO Lamb of God, I come! I comeJust as I am, though tossed aboutWith many a conflict, many a doubtFighting and fears within withoutO Lamb of God, I come, I comeJust as I…
