English Lyrics Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith
Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided, urged and inspired us, cheered us on our way, sought us and saved us, pardoned and provided, Lord of the years, we bring our thanks today.
Lord, for that word, the word of life which fires us, speaks to our hearts and sets our souls ablaze, teaches and trains, rebukes us and inspires us, Lord of the word, receive your people’s praise.
Lord, for our land, in this our generation, spirits oppressed by pleasure, wealth and care; for young and old, for commonwealth and nation, Lord of our land, be pleased to hear our prayer.
Lord, for our world; when we disown and doubt him, loveless in strength, and comfortless in pain; hungry and helpless, lost indeed without him, Lord of the world, we pray that Christ may reign.
Lord, for ourselves; in living power remake us, self on the cross and Christ upon the throne; past put behind us, for the future take us, Lord of our lives, to live for Christ alone.
English Lyrics Take my life and let it beConsecrated, Lord, to Thee.Take my moments and my days,Let them flow in endless praise.Take my hands, and let them moveAt the impulse of Thy love.Take my feet, and let them beSwift and beautiful for Thee.Take my voice and let me sing,Always, only for my King.Take my lips…
English Lyrics Verse 1I cannot tell why He whom angels worshipShould set His love upon the souls of men,Or why as Shepherd He should seek the wanderers,To bring them back, they know nothow nor when.But this I know, that He was born of MaryWhen Bethlehem’s manger was His only home,And that He lived at Nazareth…
English Lyrics 1 Crown him with many crowns,the Lamb upon his throne.Hark! how the heavenly anthem drownsall music but its own.Awake, my soul, and singof him who died for thee,and hail him as thy matchless kingthrough all eternity.2 Crown him the Lord of life,who triumphed o’er the grave,and rose victorious in the strifefor those he…
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…
“O Worship the King” draws upon the splendor of 19th-century monarchy as a metaphor for the magnificence of the Almighty. Attributes of an earthly monarch are magnified to communicate the characteristics of the King of kings—one who by nature cannot be described.The hymn is based primarily on the rich imagery of Psalm 104:1-7: “Bless the…
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…
