English Lyrics Before the throne of God aboveI have a strong and perfect pleaA great High Priest whose name is loveWho ever lives and pleads for meMy name is graven on His handsMy name is written on His heartI know that while in heav’n He standsNo tongue can bid me thence departNo tongue can bid…
“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…
English Lyrics 1 What a wonderful change in my life has been wroughtSince Jesus came into my heart!I have light in my soul for which long I have sought,Since Jesus came into my heart!Refrain:Since Jesus came into my heart,Since Jesus came into my heart,Floods of joy o’er my soul like the sea billows roll,Since Jesus…
English Lyrics 1 A mighty fortress is our God,a bulwark never failing;our helper he, amid the floodof mortal ills prevailing.For still our ancient foedoes seek to work us woe;his craft and power are great,and armed with cruel hate,on earth is not his equal.2 Did we in our own strength confide,our striving would be losing,were not…
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” is a Christian hymn by Charles Wesley on Christian perfection. Judging by general repute, it is among Wesley’s finest. Judging by its distribution, it is also among his most successful. Like many hymns, Love Divine is loosely Trinitarian in organization: Christ is invoked in the first stanza as the expression…
