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Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 197 hymnals First Line: Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father Lyrics: 1 Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father, there is no shadow of turning with thee; thou changest not, thy compassions they fail not; as thou hast been thou forever wilt be. Refrain: Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; all I have needed thy hand hath provided-- Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! 2 Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, sun, moon and stars in their courses above join with all nature in manifold witness to thy great faithfulness, mercy and love. [Refrain] 3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide; strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain] Topics: God the Father Majesty and Power; God Changelessness; God Faithfulness; God Presence of; Changing Seasons Scripture: Genesis 8:22 Used With Tune: FAITHFULNESS

Lord, Who Throughout

Author: Claudia F. Hernaman Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 87 hymnals First Line: Lord, who throughout these forty days Lyrics: 1 Lord, who throughout these forty days for us didst fast and pray, teach us with you to mourn our sins and close by you to stay. 2 As you with Satan did contend, and did the victory win, O give us strength in you to fight, in you to conquer sin. 3 As you did hunger and did thirst, so teach us, gracious Lord, to die to self, and so to live by your most holy Word. 4 And thro' these days of penitence, and thro' your Passiontide, forevermore, in life and death, O Lord, with us abide. 5 Abide with us, that through this life of doubts and hope and pain, an Easter of unending joy we may at last attain! Topics: Doubts; Jesus Christ Temptation; Jesus Christ Final Victory; Self-Denial Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11 Used With Tune: LAND OF REST

The Savior Is Waiting

Author: Ralph Carmichael Meter: 11.7.11.7 with refrain Appears in 29 hymnals First Line: The Savior is waiting to enter your heart Refrain First Line: Time after time he has waited before Topics: Invitation To Salvation Scripture: John 6:37 Used With Tune: CARMICHAEL

Give to the Winds Your Fears

Author: Paul Gerhardt; John Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 522 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Give to the winds your fears, in hope be undismayed; God hears your sighs and counts your tears, God shall lift up your head; through waves and clouds and storms he gently clears the way; wait for his time, so shall the night soon end in joyous day. 2 Far, far above your thought his counsel shall appear, when fully he the work has wrought that caused your needless fear. Leave to God's sovereign will to choose and to command: with wonder filled you then shall own how wise, how strong his hand. Topics: Encouragement; Fears; God Comforter; God Mystery; God Sovereign Scripture: Psalm 37:1-9 Used With Tune: DIADEMATA

Search Me, O God

Author: J. Edwin Orr Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 118 hymnals First Line: Search me, O God, and know my heart today Lyrics: 1 Search me, O God, wnd know my heart today; try me, O Savior, know my thoughts, I pray. See if there be some wicked way in me; cleanse me from every sin and set me free. 2 I praise thee, Lord, for cleansing me from sin; fulfill thy Word and make me pure within. Fill me with fire where once I burned with shame; grant my desire to magnify thy name. 3 Lord, take my life, and make it wholly thine; fill my poor heart with thy great love divine. Take all my will, my passion, self, and pride; I now surrender, Lord--in me abide. 4 O Holy Spirit, revival comes from thee; send a revival--start the work in me. Thy Word declares thou wilt supply our need; for blessings now, O Lord, I humbly plead. Topics: Cleansing; Confession; Dedications of Life; Holy Spirit renewing; Sin; Surrender Scripture: Psalm 51:12 Used With Tune: ELLERS

Earth and All Stars

Author: Herbert Brokering Meter: 4.5.7.4.5.7 with refrain Appears in 33 hymnals Refrain First Line: He has done marvelous things Topics: God in Creation God's Work in Nature; Education, General; God Mighty Acts; General Education; God Creator; God Mighty Acts; Labor; Music and Singing; Science Scripture: Psalm 147:4 Used With Tune: EARTH AND ALL STARS

There's a Wideness in God's Mercy

Author: Frederick W. Faber Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 917 hymnals Lyrics: 1 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy like the wideness of the sea; there’s a kindness in his justice which is more than liberty. 2 There is welcome for the sinner and more graces for the good; there is mercy with the Savior; there is healing in his blood. 3 For the love of God is broader than the measure of our mind; and the heart of the Eternal is most wonderfully kind. 4 If our love were but more simple, we would take him at his word, and our lives would be illumined by the presence of our Lord. Topics: Redemption in Christ Christ's Saving Work; God Justice; God Mercy; Love Our Love of God Scripture: Psalm 86:15 Used With Tune: WELLESLEY

God Be in My Head

Meter: 12.10.10.10.11 Appears in 72 hymnals First Line: God be in my head, and in my understanding Lyrics: God be in my head, and in my understanding; God be in mine eyes, and in my looking; God be in my mouth, and in my speaking; God be in my heart, and in my thinking; God be at mine end, and at my departing. Topics: Benedictions; Musical Responses to Prayer Scripture: Psalm 19:14 Used With Tune: FIELD Text Sources: From the French, c. 1490; tr. Sarum Primer, 1514

The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want

Author: William Whittingham Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 599 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want; he makes me down to lie in pastures green; he leadeth me the quiet waters by. 2 My soul he doth restore again; and me to walk doth make within the paths of righteousness, e'en for his own name’s sake. 3 Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale, yet will I fear no ill; for thou art with me, and thy rod and staff me comfort still. 4 My table thou hast furnished in presence of my foes; my head thou dost with oil anoint, and my cup overflows. 5 Goodness and mercy all my life shall surely follow me; and in God’s house forevermore my dwelling place shall be. Topics: God Sustainer; Assurance; Descants; God Comforter; God Guide; God Shepherd; God Sustainer; Heaven; Psalms Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: CRIMOND Text Sources: Scottish Psalter, 1650

Jesus Is All the World to Me

Author: Will L. Thompson Meter: Irregular Appears in 324 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus is all the world to me, my life, my joy, my all; he is my strength from day to day, without him I would fall. When I am sad, to him I go, no other one can cheer me so; when I am sad he makes me glad, he's my friend. 2 Jesus is all the world to me, my friend in trials sore; I go to him for blessings, and he gives them o'er and o'er. He sends the sunshine and the rain, he sends the harvest's golden grain, sunshine and rain, harvest of grain, he's my friend. 3 Jesus is all the world to me, and true to him I'll be; O, how could I this friend deny, when he's so true to me? Following him I know I'm right, he watches o'er me day and night; following him by day and night, he's my friend. 4 Jesus is all the world to me, I want no better friend; I trust him now, I'll trust him when life's fleeting days shall end. Beautiful life with such a friend, beautiful life that has no end; eternal life, eternal joy, he's my friend. Topics: Adoration of Jesus Christ; Faithfulness of Believers; Adoration of Jesus Christ; Faithfulness of Believers; Jesus Christ Friend; Submission; Testimony; Trials Scripture: Proverbs 18:24 Used With Tune: ELIZABETH