Annotated hymn from the Little Flock Hymn Book

034, 1951, 1962, 1973, 2001.	Chater, Edward Henry 1845-1915, see also 'Poems', 8.8.8.8.8.8.
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The Saviour, Jesus, who is He?	Mt 22.42 What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?
The mighty God, a Man become!	1Tim 3.16 God was manifest in the flesh
A Saviour now for such as we,	Heb 7.26 For such an high priest became us
To bring to God the wand'rers home.	1Peter 2.25 ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls
His blood was shed upon the tree,	John 19.34 one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water
To cleanse from sin and make us free.	1John 1.7 the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin
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In this poor world thou'lt find no rest;	Isa 57.20 the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest
Then from Thy fruitless strivings cease!	Ex 14.13 Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD
Thou'lt find it in the Saviour blest	Mt 11:28 Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
There shall thy soul have perfect peace.	Eph 2.14 For he is our peace
The Saviour, Jesus, who is He?	Titus 2.13 the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ
The One who gave himself for me!	Gal 2.20 the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me

The Guest

Love

Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back,

Guilty of dust and sin.

But quick-ey'd Love, observing me grow slack

From my first entrance in,

Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning,

If I lack'd anything.

A guest, I answer'd, worthy to be here:

Love said, You shall be he.

I the unkind, ungrateful? Ah, my dear,

I cannot look on thee.

Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,

Who made the eyes but I?

Truth, Lord, but I have marr'd them: let my shame

Go where it doth deserve.

And know you not, says Love, who bore the blame?

My dear, then I will serve.

You must sit down, says Love, and taste my meat:

So I did sit and eat.

George Herbert 1593-1633

The Visitor

"I will come in to him".     Revelation 3:20

Come in, O come! The door stands open now;

I knew Thy voice; Lord Jesus, it was Thou;

The sun has set long since; the storms begin;

'Tis time for Thee, my Saviour; O come in!

Come, even now. But think not here to find

A lodging, Lord, and converse, to Thy mind:

The lamp burns low; the hearth is chill and pale;

Wet through the broken casement pours the gale.

Alas, ill-order'd shews the dreary room;

The household-stuff lies heap'd amidst the gloom;

The table empty stands, the couch undress'd;

Ah, what a welcome for the Eternal Guest!

Yet welcome, and to-night; this doeful scene

Is e'en itself my cause to hail Thee in;

This dark confusion e'en at once demands

Thine one bright presence, Lord, and ordering hands.

I seek no more to alter things, or mend,

Before the coming of so great a Friend:

All were at best unseemly; and 't were ill

Beyond all else to keep Thee waiting still.

Then, as Thou art, all holiness and bliss,

Come in, and see my chamber as it is;

I bid Thee welcome boldly, in the name

Of Thy great glory and my want and shame.

Come, not to find, but make, this troubled heart

A dwelling worthy of Thee as Thou art;

To chase the gloom, the terror, and the sin,

Come, all Thyself, yea come, Lord Jesus, in!

Handley Carr Glyn Moule (born Fordington, Dorchester, 23 December 1841; died 8 May 1920, Cambridge) was a

theologian, writer, poet, and Bishop of Durham from 1901-1920.

Another hymn from the Little Flock collection, with scripture annotations. These annotations are intended to show the poet's adherence to scripture thought.

Hymn number 33. Included in the following editions, 1951, 1962, 1973, 2001.	Edward Lawrence Bevir, 1847-1922, d. Valence-sur-Rhone, see also 'Poems' ed. G. H. S Price, 1953 & 'Poems of E L Bevir', 6.4.6.4.6.4.6.4.
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Come, Prince of Peace, for now	Isa 9.6 The Prince of Peace
The sands are run!	Rom 13.12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand
The root of David thou,	Rev 5.5 the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David
Yet David's Son;	Mt 1.1 Jesus Christ, the son of David
Man of the Father's choice,	Mt 12.18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased
Faithful and tried.	Rev 3.14 the Amen, the faithful and true witness
Come saith the Spirit's voice,	Rev 22.17 the Spirit and the bride say, Come
Come saith the bride.	Re 22:20 Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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To Him who sits above,	Ps 68.18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive
Far over all,	Isa 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
Rises the voice of love,	So 1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
That eager call	Song 2.14 let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely
From the vast desert dry,	Deut 32.10 a desert land, and the waste howling wilderness
Here where He died:	Rev 11.8 the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified
Come 'tis the Spirit's cry,	Rev 22.17 the Spirit and the bride say, Come
Come saith the bride.	Re 22:20 Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Darkness is o'er in part,	1John 2.8 the darkness is passing and the true light already shines
Clouds pass away.	2Sam 23.4 he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds
Shine on the longing heart,	Eph 5:14 Wherefore he says, Wake up, [thou] that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.
Bright Star of Day,	2Peter 1.19 until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts
Calling Thy spouse on high	Rev 21.2 as a bride adorned for her husband
Close to Thy side!	Song 2.6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me
Come! 'tis the Spirit's cry,	Rev 22.17 the Spirit and the bride say, Come
Come! saith the bride.	Re 22:20 Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

“the whole earth was of one language” Genesis 11.1. 

We now have important historical evidence as to exactly what was meant 

by the sentence, “The entire land had one language and a common 

speech.” This may not refer to primal humanity before the division of 

languages. In fact in the previous chapter the Torah has already stated, 

“From these the maritime peoples spread out into their lands in their clans within

their nations, each with its own language” Genesis 10:5. 

{The Talmud Yerushalmi, Megillah 1: 11, 71b, records a dispute between R. Eliezer and R. Johanan, 

one of whom holds that the division of humanity into seventy languages occurred before the Flood}. 

The reference seems to be to the imperial practice of the neo-Assyrians, of

imposing their own language on the peoples they conquered. One  

inscription of the time records that Ashurbanipal II “made the totality 

of all peoples speak one speech.” A cylinder inscription of Sargon II says,

“Populations of the four quarters of the world with strange tongues

and incompatible speech… whom I had taken as booty at the command

of Ashur my lord by the might of my sceptre, I caused to accept a

single voice.” The neo-Assyrians asserted their supremacy by

insisting that their language was the only one to be used by the

nations and populations they had defeated. On this reading, Babel is

a critique of imperialism.

Jonathan Sacks, Covenant and Conversation

I compiled a metrical (incipit) index of the 1954 and the 1965 Little Flock Tune Book and Supplement. It is arranged so that all the Common Metres are able to be seen at a glance, and so with all the other metres. I can send the PDFs for the whole work (33 sheets of A4) to any interested person.

Many of the verses below are found in 'The Man of Sorrows" 1867

 A Christmas Hymn by John Nelson Darby

John Nelson Darby, 18.11.1800--29.4.1882, b. Westminster, London. attended Trinity College, Dublin, 1825 C of Ireland deacon, then priest c1825-c1831, writer, poet, one of the founders of the Plymouth Brethren movement, d. Sundridge House, Bournemouth, Dorset. Metre 7.6.7.6.
verse 1.
We see Thee, Lord of glory,	1Cor 2.8 (God’s wisdom) which none of the princes of this age knew, (for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;)
Descending from above,	Joh 6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
And learn the wondrous story	1Th 2:13 having received the word of the report of God by us, ye accepted, not men’s word, but, even as it is truly, God’s word, which also works in you who believe.
Of God come down in love.	2Co 5:19 how that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences; and putting in us the word of that reconciliation.
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Thus cradled in a manger,	Lu 2:12 And this is the sign to you: ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, and lying in a manger.
We see Thee, Jesus, there,	Lu 2:16 And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger;
A houseless,	Lu 2:7 and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
homeless Stranger,	Lu 9:58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his] head.
Our sorrows all to share.	Isa 53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
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O strange yet fit beginning	Isa 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Of all that life of woe,	Isa 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
In which Thy grace was winning	2Co 8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Poor man his God to know!	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.

verse 4
O love, all thought surpassing!	1Jo 4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
That Thou shouldst with us be,	Joh 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)full of grace and truth.
Nor yet in triumph passing,	Mt 2.13 behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
But human infancy!	Lu 2.21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
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We gaze upon Thy weakness-	Luke 2.27,28 And (Simeon) came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God,
The manger and the cross;	2Co 13:4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
We love Thee for Thy meekness	2Co 10:1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
Through suff'ring, pain and loss.	1Pe 2:23 who, when reviled, reviled not again; when suffering, threatened not; but gave himself over into the hands of him who judges righteously;
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We see the Godhead glory	1John 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;
Shine through that human veil,	1John 1.2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
And, willing, hear the story	Lu 8:15 But that in the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Of love that's come to heal.	Mr 2:17 And Jesus having heard it says to them, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those who are ill. I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners.
	scripture annotations selected by J. G.