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1973 Little Flock Hymn Book | Scripture annotations & author details (J.G. 30.12.2011) |
| 001*, 1840, 1856, 1881, 1903, 1932, 1951, 1962, 1973, 2001. | Cowper, William 15.11.1731-25.4.1800, b. Berkhampstead, Anglican, poet, translator, celebrated letter writer, d. East Dereham. C.M. |
| 1. C.M. | |
| Of all the gifts | Jas 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. |
| Thy love bestows, | Acts 17.25 he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things |
| Thou Giver of all good! | Acts 14.17 doing good, and giving to you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness. |
| E'en heaven itself no richer knows | Rev 5.9 they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy... for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood |
| Than the Redeemer's | 1Peter 1.18,19 ye were redeemed with... the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot |
| blood. | Ro 3:24,25 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; |
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| Faith too, that trusts the blood | Ro 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, |
| through grace, | Eph 2.8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God |
| From that same grace we gain; | Titus 2.11 the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared |
| Else, sweetly as it suits our case, | Ro 10:14,15 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! |
| The gift had been in vain. | Heb 12.15 lest any man fail of the grace of God |
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| We praise Thee, and would praise Thee more; | Ps 71:14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. |
| To Thee our all we owe; | 1Cor 6.19,20 ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a price |
| The precious Saviour, | 1Pe 2:4,6 To whom coming, [as unto] a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, [and] precious… Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. |
| and the power | John 16.13,14 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. |
| That makes Him precious too. | 1Pe 2.7 unto you that believe he is precious |
| 002*, 1856 1881 1903 1932 1951 1962 1973 2001 | Deck, James George 1807-14.8.1884, b. Bury St Edmunds, Army office in India, d.Motueka, New Zealand, brother of Mrs. M J Walker, q.v. 8.7.8.7.4.7. |
| 1, 8.7.8.7.4.7. | |
| Father, 'twas Thy love that knew us | Eph 1.5 having marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will |
| Earth's foundation long before; | Eph 1.4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world |
| That same love to Jesus drew us | John 6.44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him |
| By its sweet constraining power, | Ho 11:4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. |
| And hath made us | Gal 3.26 for ye are all God’s sons by faith in Christ Jesus |
| Sons before Thee evermore. | John 8.35 the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the son abideth ever |
| 002b, 1932 1951 1962 1973 2001 2 | Darrah, Frank A. d. c1936, local in Southport, (1 Beach Rd, Birkdale) |
| Now that changeless love enfolds us, | 1Jo 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. |
| All its power on us bestows; | 1John 3.1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us |
| While its power unchanging holds us | Rom 8.39 (nothing) shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord |
| In a holy calm repose. | 1Jo 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. |
| God and Father, | Eph 4.6 One God and Father of all |
| Unto Thee our worship flows. | Php 4.20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. |
| 003, 1951 1962 1973 2001 | Boyt, E. Joe, c1900-c1958, brethren, Local at Gt. Western St., Rusholme, Manchester, L.M. |
| 1, L.M. Deep Harmony | |
| As Head, O God, exalted Thou, | 1Ch 29:11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. |
| Riches and glory are of Thee; | 1Chron 29.12 riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; |
| Thou rulest over all in love, | Col 1:13 who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of his love: |
| And in that love Thy sons are free. | Joh 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. |
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| Now in Thy hand is power and might, | 1Ch 29.12 in thine hand is power and might |
| Thy Spirit makes all great and strong; | 1Ch 29.12 in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all |
| So we as strengthened thus for Thee | Eph 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; |
| Now praise Thy glorious Name in song. | 1Ch 29.13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name |
| Thy glorious | Ps 72.19 blessed be his glorious name for ever |
| Name! | Ne 9:5 blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. |
| a hush | Re 8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. |
| Divine | Hab 2:20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. |
| Falls on our spirits as we sing. | Acts 4.33 great grace was upon them all. |
| God-Father, Son and Holy Ghost- | Mt 28.19 the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost |
| To Thee our worship now we bring. | 1Ch 16:29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. |
| 004, 1932 1951 1962 1973 2001 | Harding, Miss Agnes M., 1887-1966, b. London, d. Norwich, (local at Streatham, 1950s), 11.10.11.10. Dactylic, |
| 1, 11,10,11,10, Dactylic Avoca | |
| Thine is the love, Lord, that draws us together, | So 1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. |
| Guiding our steps from the wilderness ways; | Ps 78.52 He made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. |
| Soon face to face we'll adore Thee for ever, | 1Cor 13.12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. |
| Now our glad hearts would be filled with Thy praise. | Isa 61.3 that beauty should be given unto them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness: that they might be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified. |
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| Faithful Thy love o'er our pathway has waited, | Isa 63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old. |
| Deep the delight we have found, Lord, in Thee; | 1Pe 1.8 on whom though not now looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with the glory, |
| Now with this treasure our spirits are freighted, | 1Ch 29.14 of thine own have we given thee. |
| Bowed at Thy feet, and the fragrance set free. | John 12.3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. |
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| For us, Lord Jesus, Thyself Thou hast given; | Eph 5:2 even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour. |
| Suff'rings unfathomed for us hast Thou known; | Heb 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. |
| Now, in accord with the homage of heaven, | Re 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood |
| Rises a song from the hearts of Thine own. | Eph 5:19 in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting with your heart to the Lord; |
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| Jesus, Lord Jesus, we love and adore Thee, | 1Peter 1.18 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: |
| Glorious Thy Name all our praises above; | Song 1.3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. |
| Peerless Thy beauty, we worship before Thee; | Ps 45.2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. |
| Hushed are our spirits, at rest in Thy love. | Song 2.3,4,6 I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love... His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. |
| 005, 1951 1962 1973 2001 | Berg, Mrs. Henry A (Doris), daughter of Charles A Markham, Plainfield NJ, 10.10.4.10.10.4. |
| 1, 10,10,4,10,10,4 | |
| Father of glory, Thine is now the praise, | Eph 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, |
| As in the light of heav'n's unclouded rays | 2Sam 23.4 he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds |
| We lift our song. | Ps 30.12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. |
| The glory of a past eternal plan, | Eph 3.11 the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord |
| The glory of a love e'er time began, | Jer 31:3 Jehovah hath appeared from afar unto me, [saying,] Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. |
| To Thee belong. | 2Th 2:16 God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace |
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| We glory in the thought that Thou wast there | Deut 32.39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me |
| Before there was a creature formed to share | Pro 8.22,23 before his works of old.. or ever the earth was |
| Thy heart of love; | 1John 4.8 God is love |
| And worship at the mighty sovereign thought, | 2Th 1:11 To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil all [the] good pleasure of [his] goodness and [the] work of faith with power, |
| That we as sons should with Thy Son be brought | Heb 2.10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, |
| To realms above. | Heb 12.22-24 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, |
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| To fill Thy heart this counsel was conceived; | Eph 1:5 having marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, |
| By Him the working out was all achieved, | Ps 89.19 thou spakest... to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. |
| Through pathways sore. | Lu 22.28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. |
| What part have we as brought into this place, | Ps 84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be constantly praising thee. Selah. |
| Encompassed by illimitable grace, | Eph 2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. |
| But to adore? | Rev 7.15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. |
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| Father, we worship Thee as we discern | Re 1:5,6 him that loved us... hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. |
| That Thou hast been enriched through love's return | Zeph 3.17 he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. |
| To all Thy will; | Eph 1:5 according to the good pleasure of his will, |
| For, added to the riches that were then, | Ps 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. |
| Thou hast secured vast myriads of men | Re 7:9 lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, |
| Thy house to fill. | Lu 14.23 that my house may be filled |
| 006, 1856, 1881, 1903, 1932, 1951, 1962, 1973, 2001 | Peters, Mary (nee Bowly), 17.4.1813-29.7.1856, b. Cirencester, d. Bristol, author, married John McWilliam Peters, rector of Quennington, see also 'Poems', C.M. |
| 1. C.M. | |
| Jesus! | 1Co 1:2 with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: |
| how much Thy Name | Heb 1.4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they |
| Unfolds | Ac 3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. |
| To every opened | Acts 16.14 whose heart the Lord opened, |
| Ear | Isa 50.4,5 He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed. The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, |
| The pardoned sinner's | Lu 7:47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, [the same] loveth little. |
| memory holds | Ps 45.17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. |
| None other half so dear. | Isa 26:8 the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to thy memorial. |
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| Thy Name | Isa 9:6 his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. |
| encircles every grace | Song 1.2,3 thy love is better than wine. Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. |
| That God as Man could show; | 1Ti 3:16 God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. |
| There only could He fully trace | Acts 2.22 Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, |
| A life divine below. | 2Co 5:19 God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; |
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| Jesus-it speaks a life of love, | John 13.1 Jesus... having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. |
| Of sorrows meekly borne; | Isa 53.4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. |
| It tells of sympathy above, | Heb 4:15 For we have not a high priest not able to sympathise with our infirmities, but tempted in all things in like manner, sin apart. |
| Whatever makes us mourn. | Ex 3.7 I have surely seen the affliction of my people... for I know their sorrows; |
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| Jesus, the One who knew no sin, | 2Cor 5.21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. |
| Made sin to make us just; | 1Peter 3.18 Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, |
| Thou gav'st Thyself our love to win, | Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; |
| Our full confiding | 1Ps 62:8 Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah. |
| trust. | Mr 5:33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. |
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| The mention of Thy Name shall bow | Php 2:10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly and earthly and infernal beings, |
| Our hearts to worship Thee; | Re 1:5,6 To him who loves us, and has washed us from our sins in his blood... to him be the glory and the might to the ages of ages. Amen. |
| The chiefest of ten thousand Thou, | Song 5.10,16 the chiefest among ten thousand... he is altogether lovely. |
| Whose love has set us free. | 1John 4.18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: |
| 007, 1962, 1973, 2001 | Stoney, James Butler 1814-1897. see also 'Poems', 8.8.6.8.8.6. |
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| Hark! | Ps 144.15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. |
| Happy saints, | De 33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! |
| Loud lift your voice, | Ps 95:2 Let us come before his face with thanksgiving; let us shout aloud unto him with psalms. |
| Tell to the world | John 17.23 that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. |
| how we rejoice- | Ps 126:2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. |
| Yon heaven is our home. | Php 3.20 for our commonwealth has its existence in the heavens, from which also we await the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour, |
| There lives our Head with glory crowned; | Col 2.10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: |
| And we as for His kingdom bound, | 1Thess 2.12 God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. |
| All cry-Lord Jesus, come! | Rev 22.17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. |
| 008*, 1903, 1932, 1951, 1962, 1973, 2001 | Peters, Mary (nee Bowly), 17.4.1813-29.7.1856, b. Cirencester, d. Bristol, author, married John McWilliam Peters, rector of Quennington, see also 'Poems', 6.6.6.5.6.6.6.5. |
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| O God we acknowledge | Ps 145.3 Great is Jehovah, and exceedingly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. |
| Thy greatness, Thy glory, | Deut 3.24 24 Lord Jehovah, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy powerful hand; for what God is in the heavens or in the earth that can do like to thy works, and like to thy might? |
| For of Thee are all things | Romans 11.36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever |
| On earth or in heav'n. | Isa 42.5 God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth |
| How vast is Thy fulness! | Eph 3.19 that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. |
| Majestic Thy splendour! | Isa 24.14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD |
| We bless Thee, we worship; | Ps 115.18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD. |
| Amen and Amen! | Ps 72.19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. |
| 009, 1932, 1951, 1962, 1973, 2001 | Perronet, Edward, c. 1726-2.1.1792, b. Sundridge Kent of French descent, Anglican priest, associate of the Wesleys and Whitfield and Countess of Huntingdon, finally as Independent minister, poet, d. Canterbury |
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| All hail | Jer 10.6 O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. |
| The power of Jesus' Name! | Acts 3.16 his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong |
| Before Him prostrate fall; | Rev 5.8 the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. |
| With one accord | Zep 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. |
| His praise proclaim, | Ps 100.1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. |
| And crown Him Lord of all. | Acts 10.36 preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) |
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| Ye saints redeemed from Adam's race, | 1Cor 15.22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. |
| Ye ransomed from the fall, | Heb 2.15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. |
| Hail Him who saves you by His grace, | Acts 15.11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. |
| And crown Him Lord of all. | Ps 21:3 thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. |
| 3 | |
| Tell forth the only Name that's giv'n | Acts 4.12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved |
| On which we now may call, | Rom 10.13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord |
| The Name adored by host's in heav'n, | Rev 5.12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain |
| And crown Him Lord of all. | 1Ti 614,15 our Lord Jesus Christ: Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; |
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| In glory all the ransomed throng | Rev 5.11 many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; |
| Soon at His feet shall fall; | Rev 1.17 when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: |
| Join in the blest eternal song, | Rev 4.8 they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. |
| And crown Him Lord of all. | Rev 19.12,13 and on his head were many crowns.... and his name is called The Word of God. |
| 010, 1903, 1932, 1951, 1962, 1973, 2001 | Bevir, Edward Lawrence, 1847-1922, d. Valence-sur-Rhone, cf. 'Poems', & Poems of E L Bevir, 10.10.10.10. |
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| Our God and Father, may our souls repose | 2Th 3.5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, |
| In the deep sense of Thine unfailing love! | Jude 1.21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, |
| Kept by Thy peace in Him who died and rose, | Php 4.7 the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus |
| Till we are gathered to Thy rest above. | Ge 49:10 The sceptre will not depart from Judah, Nor the lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And to him will be the obedience of peoples |
| 011*, 1932, 1951, 1962, 1973, 2001 | Conder, Josiah, 17.9.1789-27.12.1855, b. & d. London, Congregational layman, author, publisher, Congregational Hymn Book 1836, 8.6.8.6.8.8. |
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| Thou art the blest incarnate Word, | John 1.14 And the Word was made flesh |
| The Father's only Son, | John 1.18 the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father |
| God manifest, | 1Tim 3.16 God was manifest in the flesh |
| God seen and heard, | 1Jo 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life. |
| The heav'n's beloved One; | Mt 3.17 this is my beloved Son in whom I have found my delight |
| The Lamb of God, exalted Lord, | Rev 5.12 Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing |
| Worthy art Thou to be adored! | Rev 5.9 Thou art worthy... for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; |
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| In Thee most perfectly expressed | Heb 1.3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person |
| The Father's self doth shine: | John 14.9 he that hath seen me hath seen the Father |
| Thou of full Diety possessed, | Col 2.9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily |
| Eternally divine. | Rom 9.5 of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever |
| With Thee before Thy Father's face, | Heb 2:13 And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. |
| We celebrate His boundless grace. | 2Th 2:16 God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, |
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| Yet loving Thee on whom His love | John 16.27 the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me |
| Ineffable doth rest, | John 3.35 the Father loveth the Son |
| Our hearts are led to Him above, | John 14.6 no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. |
| And we with Thee are blest. | Joh 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. |
| The Father's Name Thou hast declared, | John 17.26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: |
| The Father's love with Thee is shared | John 17.26 that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them |
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| Of the vast universe | Heb 10.21 and having a great priest over the house of God |
| of bliss | Isa 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices [shall be] accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. |
| The centre Thou | Col 1.18 that in all things he might have the preeminence |
| and Sun; | Mal 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. |
| Th' eternal theme of praise is this, | Rev 7.10 To him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, blessing, and honour, and glory, and might, to the ages of ages |
| That God's | Col 1.13 the kingdom of his dear Son |
| beloved Son | Mt 17:5 and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. |
| Fills all that scene, where God alone | Eph 4.10 He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things; |
| In His own rest is fully known. | Zeph 3.17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. |
