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Sing The Praises Of The Savior

Author: N. Brum Clark Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 4 hymnals Refrain First Line: Allelujah is the chorus Lyrics: 1 Sing the praises of the Savior, Tune your hearts and sweetly sing; Join in asking for His favor, Ask, for He is listening. Refrain: Allelujah is the chorus, By the choirs of Heaven sung; By the loved ones gone before us, By the pure of every tongue. 2 Mercy was His chiefest pleasure, Ere the world began to move; Sweetly sing in numbered measure, Sing the dear Redeemer’s love. [Refrain] 3 Turn to Jesus—Prince of glory, Holy prophet, priest and king; Spread abroad the wondrous story, Children all, His praises sing. [Refrain] Used With Tune: ROUBAIX Text Sources: Songs of Gratitude by James Fillmore (Cincinnati: Fillmore Brothers, 1877)

Jesus, Hear My Prayer

Author: Fannie E. Davison Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Day by day, my Lord and Savior Refrain First Line: Blessed Savior, throned in Heaven Lyrics: 1 Day by day, my Lord and Savior, May I trust Thy tender care; Day by day grow wiser, better: Hear, O Jesus, hear my prayer. Refrain: Blessèd Savior, thronèd in Heaven, Hear, oh hear my earnest prayer; Blessèd Savior, pure and holy, Be Thou with me everywhere. 2 Teach me, Thou who art so holy, How I best may do Thy will; How in all my earthly living Thy commandments to fulfill. [Refrain] 3 Guide me in Thy ways of wisdom, Be Thou with me everywhere; Wheresoe’er my feet may wander, Let me feel that Thou art there. [Refrain] Used With Tune: WALPURGA Text Sources: Songs of Gratitude (Cincinnati: Fillmore Brothers, 1877)

Teach me how to do my duty

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: Teach me how to do my duty, In the service of the Lord. Then when time with me is over, I'll receive the great reward. And with Jesus Christ, my Savior, I shall live in endless day. Where my sorrows and my toiling Shall be banished far away. Used With Tune: STILL BETTER

Come Unto Me

Author: Caroline L. Shacklock Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Come, ye weary, heavy laden Refrain First Line: Still from Heav’n the Savior pleadeth Lyrics: 1 "Come, ye weary, heavy laden Faint and wounded in the strife; I will bear anew your burdens, I will give you light and life." Refrain: Still from Heav’n the Savior pleadeth, As of old in Galilee; "O ye weary, heavy laden, Weak and wounded, come to Me." 2 "Are you vanquished in the conflict With the myriad hosts of sin? I have borne the heat of battle, That the victory you might win." [Refrain] 3 "Does the way seem long and dreary Leading to the mansions blest? Soon, beside the living waters, Ye shall find the promised rest." [Refrain] 4 "Learn of Me, for I am lowly; Follow in the path I trod; For it leads to joy immortal, In the city of our God." [Refrain] Used With Tune: STURGIS Text Sources: The Brethren Hymnody by J. C. Ewing (Wilmington, OH: J. C. Ewing, 1883)

The Good Shepherd

Author: C. C. Webster Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Oh, there is a fold well tended Refrain First Line: Little children, come to Jesus Lyrics: 1 Oh, there is a fold well tended By a shepherd kind and strong; Ever from all harm defended— Do you to this fold belong? Refrain: Little children, come to Jesus: You may to this fold belong. Knock, and He will bid you enter. There is room enough for all. 2 All the lambs are kind and loving; All obey their shepherd’s voice. Day by day His kindness proving, In His love they all rejoice. [Refrain] 3 Kind and gentle, loving ever, Seeking those that go astray; Down beside the crystal river, There He leads them all the day. [Refrain] 4 Knock, and He will bid you enter; For He never turns away Those who seek His welcome tender, But receives and bids them stay. [Refrain] Used With Tune: COTTONWOOD Text Sources: Bright Gems (York, Penn.: Crider & Brother, 1881)

All The World To Me

Author: Tullius C. O'Kane Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I have sought in worldly pleasure Refrain First Line: Jesus satisfies my longings Lyrics: 1 I have sought in worldly pleasure Unalloyed delight to find, But in Christ I’ve found a treasure Satisfying heart and mind. Refrain: Jesus satisfies my longings, All I need, in Him I see; Glory, glory hallelujah, Christ is all the world to me. 2 He’s my joy and consolation, Elder brother, truest friend: He’s my rock, my full salvation, And His love will never end. [Refrain] 3 Be the pathway bright or dreary, Full of hope, or shadowed be, Whether strong, or faint and weary, Christ is all the world to me. [Refrain] Used With Tune: KRASNOYARSK Text Sources: Glorious Things in Sacred Song by Tullius C. O'Kane (Delaware, OH: T. C. O'Kane, 1886)

Jesus Only

Author: Jane F. Crewdson Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Jesus only! Let the vision Refrain First Line: Jesus only! Jesus only! Lyrics: 1 Jesus only! Let the vision In its glory pass away; Vanish all the light Elysian! ’Tis enough if Jesus stay. Refrain: Jesus only! Jesus only! Can my inmost soul now say: Jesus only! Jesus only! ’Tis enough if Jesus stay. 2 When we leave the height of Tabor, For earth’s valleys dim and cold ’Mid life’s toil and care and labor, Only Jesus can uphold. [Refrain] 3 When our path seems dark and lonely, Comforts failing poor and sad, Friends estranged, with Jesus only We are rich, and full and glad. [Refrain] Used With Tune: LUHANSK Text Sources: Joy to the World by Tullius C. O'Kane, John Sweney and Charles Mc Cabe (Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden, 1878)

Come, Holy Spirit

Author: Daniel W. Whittle Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: As softly thro’ the silent hours Refrain First Line: Come, Holy Spirit, like the dew Lyrics: 1 As softly thro’ the silent hours, The dew to earth is given, So Lord, revive our weary powers, And send us dew from Heaven. Refrain: Come, Holy Spirit, like the dew, Our weary souls refreshing; Our hearts and minds in Christ renew, O fill us now with blessing. 2 How hushed and calm the air and hour, When God the dew distilleth; How lowly bends the thirsty flower, As He its blossoms filleth. [Refrain] 3 Thus give us, Lord, the quiet heart, The lowly mind and merit; As we for prayer have come apart, To seek Thy Holy Spirit. [Refrain] 4 Look down upon Thy garden, Lord, Behold the dry ground riven; See drooping plant and parching sward, And send the dew from Heaven. [Refrain] 5 Thy gracious promise, Lord, we plead, Thy word to Israel given; O hear our cry, behold our need, And send the dew from Heaven. [Refrain] Used With Tune: BALLARD Text Sources: The Gospel Choir No. 2, by Ira D. Sankey, James McGranahan and George C. Stebbins (Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company, 1895)

I Will Trust Him

Author: Mrs. H. F. Thomas Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Tho’ He slay me, I will trust Him Refrain First Line: I will trust Him, I will Trust Him Lyrics: 1 Tho’ He slay me, I will trust Him, Trust Him in the darkest day; Trust Him tho’ I cannot see Him, Trust Him, trust Him all the way. Refrain: I will trust Him, I will Trust Him, I will trust Him every day; I will trust Him, I will Trust Him, I will trust Him every day. 2 Tho’ He slay me, I will trust Him, Clinging closer, closer still; Closer till the cross shall lift me, Nearer, nearer to His will. [Refrain] 3 Tho’ He slay me, I will trust Him, Faith shall leap the bounds of life! Hid with Christ in God forever, I shall dwell above the the strife. [Refrain] Used With Tune: XINJIANG Text Sources: Gospel Herald in Song by William S. Nickle, George J. Meyer, and Owen F. Pugh (Chicago: Meyer & Brother, 1899)

Living Water, Bread of Life

Author: Gayle D. Garrison Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: God sends springs into the valleys Scripture: Psalm 37:25-26 Used With Tune: [God sends springs into the valleys]