BLOW ye the trumpet, blow,
4-6s & 2-8s. Leviticus xxv.
1 BLOW ye the trumpet, blow,
The gladly solemn sound,
Let all the nations know,
To earth's remotest bound;
The year of Jubilee is come!
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.
2 Jesus, our great High-priest,
Hath full at ... read more
BRANCH of Jesse's stem, arise,
7s & 6s. Isaiah xi. 1 - 3.
1 BRANCH of Jesse's stem, arise,
And in our nature grow,
Turn our earth to paradise
By flourishing below:
Bless us with the Spirit of grace,
Immeasurably shed on thee;
Give to all the faithful race
The promised Deity. ... read more
BREAK FORTH, O BEAUTEOUS HEAVENLY LIGHT
Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light,
And usher in the morning;
O shepherds, shrink not with afright,
But hear the angels warning.
This Child, now weak in infancy,
Our confidence and joy shall be,
The power of Satan breaking,
Our peace eternal ... read more
BREAK FORTH, O JOYFUL HEART
Break forth, break forth, O joyful heart,
And make His goodness known,
Who all thy life, though undeserved,
Such love to thee has shown.
Refrain
Break forth, break forth, O joyful heart,
Break forth, no longer silent be;
Break forth, break fort ... read more
BREAK THOU THE BREAD OF LIFE
Break Thou the bread of life, dear Lord, to me,
As Thou didst break the loaves beside the sea;
Beyond the sacred page I seek Thee, Lord;
My spirit pants for Thee, O living Word!
Bless Thou the truth, dear Lord, to me, to me,
As Thou didst bless the ... read more
BREAK, NEWBORN YEAR
Break, newborn year, on glad eyes break,
Melodious voices move;
On, rolling time; thou canst not make
The Father cease to love.
The parted year had wingèd feet;
The Savior still doth stay;
The new year comes; but Spirit sweet,
Thou goest not away ... read more
Breaking Through the Clouds That Gather
Breaking through the clouds that gather,
Oer the Christians natal skies,
Distant beams, like floods of glory,
Fill the soul with glad surprise;
And we almost hear the echo
Of the pure and holy throng,
In the bright, the bright forever,
In the sum ... read more
BREAST THE WAVE, CHRISTIAN
Breast the wave, Christian, when it is strongest,
Watch for day, Christian, when the nights longest;
Onward and upward still be thine endeavor;
The rest that remaineth will be forever.
Fight the fight, Christian, Jesus is oer thee;
Run the race, ... read more
BRETHREN in Christ, and well-beloved,
L.M. Christian Fellowship.
1 BRETHREN in Christ, and well-beloved,
To Jesus and his servants dear,
Enter and show yourselves approved;
Enter, and find that God is here.
2 Welcome from earth: lo, the right hand
Of fellowship to you we give!
With ... read more
BRIGHT THE VISION THAT DELIGHTED
Bright the vision that delighted
Once the sight of Judahs seer;
Sweet the countless tongues united
To entrance the prophets ear.
Round the Lord in glory seated
Cherubim and seraphim
Filled His temple, and repeated
Each to each the alternate hym ... read more
BRIGHT WAS THE GUIDING STAR THAT LED
Bright was the guiding star that led,
With mild, benignant ray,
The Gentiles to the lowly shed,
Where the Redeemer lay.
But lo! a brighter, clearer, light
Now points to His abode;
It shines, through sin and sorrows night,
To guide us to our God. ... read more
BRIGHTEN THE CORNER WHERE YOU ARE
Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do,
Do not wait to shed your light afar,
To the many duties ever near you now be true,
Brighten the corner where you are.
Refrain
Brighten the corner where you are!
Brighten the corner where you a ... read more
BRIGHTER ARE THE SUNBEAMS
Brighter are the sunbeams on this day,
O rejoice, heart and voice!
Sweeter buds unfolding by the way,
Telling of the quickning life of spring;
Bright sunbeams tell out the story
Of the Easter joy and glory,
And winters gonecold and hoary,
All ha ... read more
BRIGHTER DAWN IS BREAKING, A
A brighter dawn is breaking,
And earth with praise is waking;
For Thou, O King, most highest,
The power of death defiest.
And Thou hast come victorious,
With risen body glorious,
Who now forever livest,
And life abundant givest.
O free the wor ... read more
BRIGHTEST AND BEST OF THE SONS OF THE MORNING
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid;
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining;
Low lies His head with the beas ... read more
Brightly Beams Our Fathers Mercy
Brightly beams our Fathers mercy from His lighthouse evermore,
But to us He gives the keeping of the lights along the shore.
Let the lower lights be burning! Send a gleam across the wave!
For to us He gives the keeping of the lights along the shore.
... read more
BRIGHTLY DID THE LIGHT DIVINE
Brightly did the light divine
From his words and actions shine
From the Twelve, with love unblamed,
Son of consolation, named.
Full of peace and lively joy
Sped he on his high employ,
By his mild exhorting word
Adding many to the Lord.
Bless ... read more
BRIGHTLY GLEAMS OUR BANNER
Brightly gleams our banner, pointing to the sky,
Waving on Christs soldiers to their home on high.
Marching through the desert, gladly thus we pray,
Still with hearts united, singing on our way.
Refrain
Brightly gleams our banner, pointing to th ... read more
BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE, ISABELLA
Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Bring a torch, come swiftly and run.
Christ is born, tell the folk of the village,
Jesus is sleeping in His cradle,
Ah, ah, beautiful is the mother,
Ah, ah, beautiful is her Son.
Hasten now, good folk of the villa ... read more
BRING IN THE CHILDREN
Bring in the children, O bring them today;
Speak to them gently, and show them the way;
Careless they wander, and thoughtless they roam;
Bring in the children, for here is their home.
Refrain
Bring, O bring the children,
O bring them today,
O b ... read more
BRING THEM IN
Hark! tis the Shepherds voice I hear
Out in the desert dark and drear,
Calling the sheep whove gone astray
Far from the Shepherds fold away.
Refrain
Bring them in, bring them in,
Bring them in from the fields of sin;
Bring them in, bring th ... read more
BRING YOUR VESSELS, NOT A FEW
Are you longing for the fullness
Of the blessing of the Lord
In your heart and life today?
Claim the promise of your Father;
Come according to His Word,
In the blessèd, old time way.
Refrain
He will fill your heart today to overflowing.
As the ... read more
BRING, O MORN, THY MUSIC
Bring, O morn, thy music! Night, thy starlit silence!
Oceans, laugh the rapture to the storm winds coursing free!
Suns and planets chorus, Thou art our Creator,
Who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be!
Life and death, Thy creatures, praise Thee, mi ... read more
BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES
Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness,
Sowing in the noontide and the dewy eve;
Waiting for the harvest, and the time of reaping,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.
Refrain
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves ... read more
BROAD IS THE ROAD
Broad is the road that leads to death,
And thousands walk together there;
But wisdom shows a narrower path,
With here and there a traveler.
Deny thyself, and take thy cross,
Is the Redeemers great command;
Nature must count her gold but dross, ... read more
BROKEN HEART, THE
Have you read the story of the cross,
Where Jesus bled and died,
Where your debt was paid by the precious blood
That flowed from His wounded side?
Refrain
He died of a broken heart for you,
He died of a broken heart;
Oh, wondrous love! for you, ... read more
BROOD OER US WITH THY SHELTERING WING
Brood oer us with Thy sheltering wing,
Neath which our spirits blend
Like brother birds, that soar and sing,
And on the same branch bend.
The arrow that doth wound the dove
Darts not from those who watch and love.
If thou the bending reed would ... read more
Brother, Art Thou Worn and Weary
Brother, art thou worn and weary,
Tempted, tried, and sore oppressed?
Listen to the word of Jesus,
Come unto Me, and rest!
Refrain
Come unto Me, and rest!
Come unto Me, and rest!
Come, ye weary, heavy laden,
Come unto Me, and rest!
... read more
Brother, Is Your Face Toward the Canaan of Rest?
Brother, is your face toward the Canaan of rest?
Trust in the promise of the Savior;
Sister, are you bound for the home of the blest?
Trust in the promise of thy Lord.
Refrain
He will walk beside us, in His mercy hide us;
With His eye Hell guid ... read more
BUT can it be, that I should prove
8s & 6s.
1 BUT can it be, that I should prove
For ever faithful to thy love,
From sin for ever cease?
I thank thee for the blessed hope;
It lifts my drooping spirits up,
It gives me back my peace.
2 In thee, O Lord, I put my trust,
Mighty, and ... read more
BUT who sufficient is to lead
6-8s. The same subject.
1 BUT who sufficient is to lead
And execute the vast design?
How can our arduous toil succeed,
When earth and hell their forces join
The meanest instruments to o'erthrow
Which thou hast ever used below?
2 Mountains, alas ... read more
BUT, above all, lay hold
S.M. SECOND PART.
1 BUT, above all, lay hold
On faith's victorious shield;
Armed with that adamant and gold,
Be sure to win the field:
If faith surround your heart,
Satan shall be subdued,
Repelled his every fiery dart,
And quenched with Jesu's ... read more
BY faith we find the place above,
C.M. Part II
1 BY faith we find the place above,
The Rock that rent in twain;
Beneath the shade of divine love,
And in the clefts remain.
2 Jesus, to thy dear wounds we flee,
We sink into thy side;
Assured that all who trust in thee
Shall everm ... read more
BY secret influence from above,
8s & 6s. Job vii. 17, 18.
1 BY secret influence from above,
Me thou dost every moment prove,
And labour to convert;
Ready to save I feel thee nigh,
And still I hear thy Spirit cry,
"My son, give me thy heart."
2 Why do I not the call obey,
Ca ... read more
BY the holy hills surrounded,
8 9 8, 8 9 8, 6 6, 4 4, 4 8.
1 BY the holy hills surrounded,
On her firm base securely founded,
Stands fast the city of the Lord;
None shall rend her walls asunder;
On her men look with fear and wonder,
And mark who here keeps watch and ward.
He sl ... read more
C.M. Revelation v. 12, 13.
C.M. "Thou shalt call his name Jesus." Matt. i, 21.
1 HOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.
2 It makes the wounded spirit whole,
And calms the troubled breas ... read more
CALL Jehovah thy salvation,
8s & 7s. Psalm xci.
1 CALL Jehovah thy salvation,
Rest beneath the Almighty's shade;
In his secret habitation
Dwell, nor ever be dismayed;
There no tumult can alarm thee,
Thou shalt dread no hidden snare;
Guile nor violence can harm thee,
In eter ... read more
CAPTAIN of Israel's host, and guide
6-8s. Exodus xiii. 21.
1 CAPTAIN of Israel's host, and guide
Of all who seek the land above,
Beneath thy shadow we abide,
The cloud of thy protecting love;
Our strength, thy grace; our rule, thy word;
Our end, the glory of the Lord.
2 By thine ... read more
CAPTAIN of our salvation, take
6-8s. The same subject.
1 CAPTAIN of our salvation, take
The souls we here present to thee,
And fit for thy great service make
These heirs of immortality;
And let them in thine image rise,
And then transplant to Paradise.
2 Unspotted from the wo ... read more
CARRY THE LIGHT
Many in darkness are far astray,
Carry the light, carry the light,
Spreading the beams of the Gospel day,
Carry the beautiful light;
Tell them the gift of the Fathers love,
How the dear Savior He gave;
Tell them of mercy that smiles above,
Jesus a ... read more
CAST on the fidelity
7s & 6s.
1 CAST on the fidelity
Of my redeeming Lord,
I shall his salvation see,
According to his word:
Credence to his word I give;
My Saviour in distresses past
Will not now his servant leave,
But bring me through at last.
2 Better than my b ... read more
CENTRE of our hopes thou art,
6-7s.
1 CENTRE of our hopes thou art,
End of our enlarged desires;
Stamp thine image on our heart,
Fill us now with heavenly fires;
Cemented by love divine,
Seal our souls for ever thine.
2 All our works in thee be wrought,
Levelled at one comm ... read more
CHRIST, from whom all blessings flow,
7s.
1 CHRIST, from whom all blessings flow,
Perfecting the saints below,
Hear us, who thy nature share,
Who thy mystic body are.
2 Join us, in one spirit join,
Let us still receive of thine;
Still for more on thee we call;
Thou who fillest all ... read more
CHRIST, of all my hopes the ground,
7s. Philippians i. 21.
1 CHRIST, of all my hopes the ground,
Christ, the spring of all my joy,
Still in thee may I be found,
Still for thee my powers employ.
2 Let thy love my heart inflame,
Keep thy fear before my sight,
Be thy praise my highes ... read more
CHRIST, our Head, gone up on high
7s.
1 CHRIST, our Head, gone up on high
Be thou in thy Spirit nigh:
Advocate with God, give ear
To thine own effectual prayer!
2 One the Father is with thee;
Knit us in like unity;
Make us, O uniting Son,
One, as Thou and He are one!
3 Stil ... read more
CHRIST, the true anointed seer,
8-7s.
1 CHRIST, the true anointed seer,
Messenger from the most High,
Thy prophetic character
To my conscience signify:
Signify thy Father's will;
By that unction from above,
Mysteries of grace reveal,
Teach my heart that God is love.
2 Thou ... read more
CHRIST, whose glory fills the skies, That
7s & 6s. Ezekiel xxxiv. 29, 30.
1 CHRIST, whose glory fills the skies,
That famous Plant thou art:
Tree of Life eternal, rise
In every longing heart!
Bid us find the food in thee
For which our deathless spirits pine,
Fed with immortality,
And fill ... read more
CHRISTIANS, awake, salute the happy morn
10 10, 10 10, 10 10. Luke ii. 8-17.
1 CHRISTIANS, awake, salute the happy morn
Whereon the Saviour of mankind was born
Rise to adore the mystery of love,
Which hosts of angels chanted from above;
With them the joyful tidings first begun
Of God incar ... read more
CLAP your hands, ye people all,
7s. Psalm xlvii.
1 CLAP your hands, ye people all,
Praise the God on whom ye call;
Lift your voice, and shout his praise,
Triumph in his sovereign grace!
2 Glorious is the Lord most High,
Terrible in majesty;
He his sovereign sway maintains,
Ki ... read more
COME away to the skies,
5 5 9, 5 5 9.
1 COME away to the skies,
My beloved, arise,
And rejoice in the day thou wast born;
On this festival day,
Come exulting away,
And with singing to Zion return.
2 We have laid up our love
And treasure above,
Though our bodies conti ... read more
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