Just after eleven o’clock on a Wednesday evening in 1904, a solo voice rang out with the hymn “Here is love vast as the ocean”. Maybe a thousand people were in Ebenezer Baptist Church, Abertillery at the time, leaning over the galleries, packing every pew and squeezing into every spare corner. They’d been here for…
English Lyrics I will sing the wondrous storyOf the Christ Who died for me;How He left His home in gloryFor the cross of Calvary.Refrain:Yes, I’ll sing the wondrous storyOf the Christ Who died for me,Sing it with the saints in glory,Gathered by the crystal sea.I was lost, but Jesus found me,Found the sheep that went…
English Lyrics Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord!Unnumbered blessings give my spirit voice;tender to me the promise of his word –in God my Saviour shall my heart rejoice.Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his name!Make known his might, the deeds his arm has done;his mercy sure, from age to age the…
“And Can It Be That I Should Gain?” is a Christian hymn written by Charles Wesley in 1738 to celebrate his conversion, which he regarded as having taken place on 21 May of that year.[1] The hymn celebrates personal salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus, and is one of the most popular Methodist…
English Lyrics Sing of the Lord’s goodnessFather of all wisdomCome to Him and bless His nameMercy He has shown usHis love is foreverFaithful to the end of daysCome then, all you nationsSing of the Lord’s goodnessMelodies of praise and thanks to GodRing out the Lord’s gloryPraise him with your musicWorship Him and bless His namePower…
“Be Thou My Vision” (Old Irish: Rop tú mo baile or Rob tú mo bhoile) is a traditional Christian hymn of Irish origin. The words are based on a Middle Irish poem that has traditionally been attributed to Dallán Forgaill. The best-known English version, with some minor variations, was translated in 1905 by Mary Elizabeth…
