... His beauty



By cool Siloam’s shady rill
How fair the lily grows!
How sweet the breath, beneath the hill,
Of Sharon’s dewy rose!

Lo! such the child whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod,
Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
Is upward drawn to God.

O Thou Whose infant feet were found
Within Thy Father’s shrine,
Whose years with changeless virtue crowned,
Were all alike divine.

Dependent on Thy bounteous breath,
We seek Thy grace alone,
In childhood, manhood, age, and death
To keep us still Thine own.



Tune: Belmont
[url=http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/b/b211.html]http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/b/b211.html[/url]

[url=http://www.billysloan.co.uk/songs/by_cool_siloams_shady_rill.html]http://www.billysloan.co.uk/songs/by_cool_siloams_shady_rill.html[/url]

[url=http://opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=541]http://opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=541[/url]



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New](NKJV) 2 John 1:1

THE ELDER,

To the elect lady and her children,

whom I love in truth,

and not only I, but also

all those who have known the truth,[/font][/color][/size][/b]

... the out-working of God's purposes as we cleave to Him



Father of everlasting grace,
Thy goodness and Thy truth we praise,
Thy goodness and Thy truth we prove,
Thou hast in honour of Thy Son
The gift unspeakable sent down,
The Spirit of life, and power, and love;

The purchased Comforter is given,
For Jesus is returned to heaven
To claim, and then the Grace impart:
Our day of Pentecost is come,
And God vouchsafes to fix His home
In every poor expecting heart.

Father, on Thee whoever call
Confess thy promise is for all,
While every one that askes receives,
Receives the Gift, and Giver too,
And witnesses that Thou art true,
And in Thy Spirit walks, and lives.

Send us the Spirit of Thy Son
To make the depths of Godhead known,
To make us share the life Divine
Send Him the sprinkled blood to apply,
Send Him, our souls to sanctfy
And show, and seal us ever Thine.

So shall we pray, and never cease,
So shall we thankfully confess
Thy wisdom, truth, and power, and love;
With joy unspeakable adore,
And bless, and praise Thee evermore,
And serve Thee like Thy hosts above:

Till, added to that heavenly choir,
We raise our songs of triumph higher
And praise Thee in a bolder strain,
Out-soar the first-born seraph's flight,
And sing with all our friends in light,
Thine everlasting love to man.



Tune: David's Harp
[url=http://ccel.org/cceh/0012/x001255.htm]http://ccel.org/cceh/0012/x001255.htm[/url]

Tune: Pater Omnium
[url=http://ccel.org/cceh/0007/x000768.htm]http://ccel.org/cceh/0007/x000768.htm[/url]

Tune: Nashville
[url=http://ccel.org/cceh/0013/x001345.htm]http://ccel.org/cceh/0013/x001345.htm[/url]



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]2 John 1:2

because of the truth

which abides in us

and will be with us

forever: [/font][/color][/size][/b]

... His peace and encouragement to my spirit



To God be the glory, great things He has done;
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the life gate that all may go in.

[i]Refrain[/i]
[i]Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory, great things He has done.[/i]

O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
To every believer the promise of God;
The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.

[i]Refrain[/i]

Great things He has taught us, great things He has done,
And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
But purer, and higher, and greater will be
Our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.

[i]Refrain[/i]


Tune: To God be the Glory
[url=http://www.hymnal.net/Hymns/Hymnal/midi/e0039_i.mid]http://www.hymnal.net/Hymns/Hymnal/midi/e0039_i.mid[/url]

[url=http://ccel.org/cceh/0000/x000033.htm]http://ccel.org/cceh/0000/x000033.htm[/url]



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]2 John 1:3

Grace, mercy, and peace

will be with you from God the Father

and from the Lord Jesus Christ

the Son of the Father,

in truth and love.[/font][/color][/size][/b]

... His life and word which makes me whole



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]2 John 1:4

I rejoiced greatly

that I have found some of your children

walking in truth, as we received

commandment from the Father.[/font][/color][/size][/b]


Sing Hallelujah to the Lord!
[url=http://www.higherpraise.com/AMidDefault/SingHallelujah.htm]http://www.higherpraise.com/AMidDefault/SingHallelujah.htm[/url]

[url=http://www.higherpraise.com/Lyrics3/SingHallelujah.htm]http://www.higherpraise.com/Lyrics3/SingHallelujah.htm[/url]

... for all His faithfulness and love



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]2 John 1:5

And now I plead with you, lady,

not as though I wrote a new commandment

to you, but that which we have had

from the beginning: that

we love one another. [/font][/color][/size][/b]


Lord, I lift Your Name on high,
Lord, I love to sing your praises.
I'm so glad You're in my life,
I'm so glad You came to save us.

You came from heaven to earth - to show the way
From the earth to the cross - to show the way
From the cross to the grave -
From the grave to the sky -
Lord, I lift Your Name on high.


[i]Words and music by Rick Founds[/i]



Midi
[url=http://www.higherpraise.com/AMidDefault/LordILiftYourNameOnHigh6.htm]http://www.higherpraise.com/AMidDefault/LordILiftYourNameOnHigh6.htm[/url]

... practical and spiritual progress



O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
Bow down before Him, His glory proclaim;
With gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness,
Kneel and adore Him: the Lord is His Name!

Low at His feet lay thy burden of carefulness,
High on His heart He will bear it for thee,
And comfort thy sorrows, and answer thy prayerfulness,
Guiding thy steps as may best for thee be.

Fear not to enter His courts in the slenderness
Of the poor wealth thou wouldst reckon as thine;
For truth in its beauty, and love in its tenderness,
These are the offerings to lay on His shrine.

These, though we bring them in trembling and fearfulness,
He will accept for the Name that is dear;
Mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness,
Trust for our trembling and hope for our fear.

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
Bow down before Him, His glory proclaim;
With gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness,
Kneel and adore Him: the Lord is His Name!



Tune: Was Lebet, Was Schwebet
[url=http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/w/oworship.htm]http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/w/oworship.htm[/url]

[url=http://ccel.org/cceh/0006/x000682.htm]http://ccel.org/cceh/0006/x000682.htm[/url]



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]2 John 1:6

This is love, that we

walk according to His commandments.


This is the commandment,

that as you have heard from the beginning,

you should walk in it.[/font][/color][/size][/b]

... the fellowship of love in the Holy Spirit



Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim,
And publish abroad his wonderful Name;
The Name, all victorious, of Jesus extol;
His kingdom is glorious, and rules over all.

God ruleth on high, almighty to save;
And still he is nigh—his presence we have:
The great congregation his triumph shall sing,
Ascribing salvation to Jesus, our King.

Salvation to God who sits on the throne!
Let all cry aloud and honor the Son:
The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim,
Fall down on their faces and worship the Lamb.

Then let us adore, and give him his right,
All glory and power, and wisdom and might,
All honor and blessing, with angels above,
And thanks never ceasing for infinite love.


[i]Charles Wesley[/i]



Tune: Laudate Dominum
[url=http://ccel.org/cceh/0006/x000659.htm]http://ccel.org/cceh/0006/x000659.htm[/url]

[url=http://www.opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=554]http://www.opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=554[/url]

Tune: Lyons
[url=http://www.opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=847]http://www.opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=847[/url]




[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]2 John 1:7

For many deceivers have gone out

into the world

who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming

in the flesh.


This is a deceiver and an antichrist.[/font][/color][/size][/b]

... having walked with me in my valley of the shadow of death - for walking with you in yours...



O Thou Who camest from above,
The pure celestial fire to impart,
Kindle a flame of sacred love
Upon the mean altar of my heart.

There let it for Thy glory burn
With inextinguishable blaze,
And trembling to its source return,
In humble prayer and fervent praise.

Jesus, confirm my heart’s desire
To work and speak and think for Thee;
Still let me guard the holy fire,
And still stir up Thy gift in me.

Ready for all Thy perfect will,
My acts of faith and love repeat,
Till death Thy endless mercies seal,
And make my sacrifice complete.



[i]Charles Wesley[/i]



Tune: Hereford (Wesley)
[url=http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/o/o649.html]http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/o/o649.html[/url]

[url=http://gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley/hymns/umh501.stm]http://gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley/hymns/umh501.stm[/url]



[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]2 John 1:8

Look to yourselves that we do not lose

those things we worked for

but that we may receive

a full reward.[/font][/color][/size][/b]

I thank God that He has kept me when I didn't want to be kept.

_________________
Leonardo Santana

... friendship - in the Lord



Tu eres el rey de Gloria
Tú eres el rey de paz
Tú eres Señor de cielos y tierras
Tú reinas en majestad
Todos se postran ante ti
Dándote la gloria
Tú eres palabra viviente
Tú eres Jesús el Señor

Hosanna al hijo de David
Hosanna al rey de reyes
Gloria sea en los cielos
Jesús el Mesías es.



You are the King of glory,
You are the Prince of Peace,
You are the Lord of heaven and earth,
You're the Sun of Righteousness,
Angels bow down before You -
Worship and adore,
For
You have the words of eternal life!
You are Jesus Christ the Lord!

Hosanna to the son of David,
Hosanna to the King of kings,
Glory in the highest heaven,
For Jesus the Messiah reigns!



[url=http://my.homewithgod.com/heavenlymidis2/king.html]http://my.homewithgod.com/heavenlymidis2/king.html[/url]




[b][size=small][color=006699][font=Courier New]2 John 1:9

Whoever transgresses and does not abide

in the doctrine of Christ does not have God.


He who abides in the doctrine of Christ

has both the Father and the Son.[/font][/color][/size][/b]