1“Forgive our sins as we forgive,”You taught us, Lord, to pray;But You alone can grant us graceTo live the words we say. 2How can Your pardon reach and blessThe unforgiving heartThat broods on wrongs and will not letOld bitterness depart? 3In blazing light Your cross revealsThe truth we dimly knew:How trifling others’ debts to us;How […]
1Rock of Ages, cleft for me,Let me hide myself in Thee;Let the water and the blood,From Thy riven side which flowed,Be of sin the double cure,Cleanse me from its guilt and power. 2Not the labor of my handsCan fulfill Thy law’s demands;Could my zeal no respite know,Could my tears forever flow,All for sin could not
1Nearer, still nearer, close to Thy heart,Draw me, my Savior, so precious Thou art;Fold me, O fold me close to Thy breast,Shelter me safe in that haven of rest,Shelter me safe in that haven of rest. 2Nearer, still nearer, nothing I bring,Nought as an offering to Jesus my King-Only my sinful now contrite heart,Grant me
1In the blood from the cross,I have been washed from sin;But to be free from dross,Still I would enter in. RefrainDeeper yet, deeper yet,Into the crimson flood;Deeper yet, deeper yet,Under the precious blood. 2Day by day, hour by hour,Blessings are sent to me;But for more of His power,Ever my prayer shall be. 3Near to Christ
1Beneath the cross of JesusI fain would take my stand,the shadow of a mighty rockwithin a weary land;a home within the wilderness,a rest upon the way,from the burning of the noontide heat,and the burden of the day. 2Upon that cross of Jesusmine eye at times can seethe very dying form of Onewho suffered there for
1Faith of our fathers, living still,In spite of dungeon, fire and sword;O how our hearts beat high with joyWhenever we hear that glorious Word!Faith of our fathers, holy faith!We will be true to thee till death. 2Our fathers, chained in prisons dark,Were still in heart and conscience free:How sweet would be their children’s fate.If they,
1In the morning, when I riseIn the morning, when I riseIn the morning, when I rise RefrainGive me Jesus.Give me Jesus,Give me Jesus.You can have all this world,Just give me Jesus. 2Dark mid-night was my cry,Dark mid-night was my cry,Dark midnight was my cry,Give me Jesus. 3Just about the break of day,Just about the break
1I am thine, O Lord, I have heard thy voice,and it told thy love to me;but I long to rise in the arms of faithand be closer drawn to thee. RefrainDraw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,to the cross where thou hast died.Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,to thy precious, bleeding side. 2Consecrate me now
1I am coming to the cross;I am poor and weak and blind;I am counting all but dross;I shall full salvation find. RefrainI am trusting, Lord, in Thee.O thou Lamb of Calvary;Humbly at Thy cross I bow.Save me, Jesus, save me now. 2Long my heart has sighed for Thee;Long has evil reigned within;Jesus sweetly speaks to
1I would be, dear Savior, wholly Thine;Teach me how, teach me how;I would do Thy will, O Lord, not mine;Help me, help me now. RefrainWholly Thine, wholly Thine,Wholly Thine, this is my vow;Wholly Thine, wholly Thine,Wholly Thine, O Lord, just now. 2What is worldly pleasure, wealth or fame,Without Thee, without Thee?I will leave them all
