Hold to God's Unchanging Hand

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Time is filled with swift transition.  

Naught of earth unmoved can stand.  

Build your hopes on things eternal.  

Hold to God’s unchanging hand.  

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Trust in Him who will not leave you.  

Whatsoever years may bring.  

If by earthly friends forsaken,  

Still more closely to Him cling.  

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Covet not this world’s vain riches  

That so rapidly decay.  

Seek to gain the heav’nly treasures.  

They will never pass away.  

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When your journey is completed,  

If to God you have been true,  

Fair and bright the home in Glory  

Your enraptured soul will view.    

Refrain:  

Hold to God’s unchanging hand.  

Hold to God’s unchanging hand.  

Build your hopes on things eternal.  

Hold to God’s unchanging hand.

  

Author: Jennie Wilson    

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=navP_n3mtH0&list=RDnavP_n3mtH0&start_radio=1

 Matthew 6:19-21 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.    

Malachi 3:6 For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.    

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.    

Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.    

John 14:14 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

When He Comes In Glory By and By

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O how sweet ’twill be to meet the Lord,  

When He comes in glory, by and by;  

What a song of praise will be outpoured,  

When He comes in glory, by and by.  

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We will have our robes all white as snow,  

When He comes in glory, by and by;  

O be ready with the Lord to go,  

When He comes in glory, by and by.  

3   

I am longing for that happy day,  

When He comes in glory, by and by;  

For with Him I hope to soar away,  

When He comes in glory, by and by.    

Refrain:  

How sweet 'twill be! 

How sweet 'twill be!  

When He comes again in the love-lit sky!  

What joy 'twill be! What joy 'twill be!  

When He comes in glory, by and by. 

 

Author: Arthur A. Westbrook    

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZbd7bfp_Lc&list=RDKZbd7bfp_Lc&start_radio=1

Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.    

Mark 13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. 26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.    

Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.    

1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Praise Him! Praise Him!

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Praise him, praise him!  Jesus, our blessed redeemer!   

Sing, O earth, his wonderful love proclaim!  

Hail him, hail him!  Highest archangels in glory!  

Strength and honor give to his holy name!  

Like a shepherd,  Jesus will guard his children.  

In his arms he carries them all day long.  

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Praise him, praise him!  Jesus, our blessed redeemer!  

For our sins, he suffered, and bled, and died.  

He our rock, our  hope of eternal salvation,  

Hail him, hail him! Jesus, the crucified.  

Sound his praises,  Jesus who bore our sorrows,  

Love unbounded, wonderful, deep, and strong.  

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Praise him, praise him!  Jesus, our blessed redeemer!  

Heav’nly portals loud with hosannas ring!  

Jesus, Savior,  reigneth forever and ever!  

Crown him, crown him! prophet, and priest, and king!  

Christ is coming,  over the world victorious.  

Pow’r and glory unto the Lord belong.     

Refrain:  

Praise him! Praise him!  tell of his excellent greatness.  

Praise him! Praise him! ever in  joyful song.

  

Author: Fanny Crosby  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q98phadl5Ws&list=RDq98phadl5Ws&start_radio=1  

Psalm 150:1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. 5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord!    

Revelation 5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

In Heavenly Love Abiding

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In heavenly love abiding,  no change my heart shall fear;  

And safe is such confiding,  for nothing changes here:  

The storm may roar without me,  my heart may low be laid;  

But God is round about me,  and can I be dismayed?  

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Wherever he may guide me,  no want shall turn me back;  

My Shepherd is beside me,  and nothing can I lack:  

His wisdom ever waketh,  his sight is never dim,  

He knows the way he taketh,  and I will walk with him.  

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Green pastures are before me,  which yet I have not seen;  

Bright skies will soon be o'er me,  where darkest clouds have been;  

My hope I cannot measure,  my path to life is free;  

My Saviour has my treasure,  and he will walk with me.

    

 Author: Anna Letitia Waring (1850)    

This video is a congregation singing this hymn without accompaniment. It's not particularly good quality, but I was not able to find a good recording of this song with this tune. (The lyrics are often set to a different tune.) Anyway, this is authentic in that it is pretty typical of how you would hear this hymn sung in any Church of Christ.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prG7wpsmbOk&list=RDprG7wpsmbOk&start_radio=1

John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.    

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.   

 

Isaiah 25:4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.    

Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.    2 

Samuel 23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.    

Acts 2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:    

Matthew 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

No, Not One

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There's not a friend like the lowly Jesus –  

No, not one! no, not one!  

None else could heal all our soul's diseases –  

No, not one! no, not one!  

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No friend like Him is so high and holy –  

No, not one! no, not one!  

And yet no friend is so meek and lowly –  

No, not one! no, not one!   

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There's not an hour that He is not near us –  

No, not one! no, not one!  

No night so dark but His love can cheer us –  

No, not one! no, not one!     

Refrain:  

Jesus knows all about our struggles,  

He will guide till the day is done;  

There's not a friend like the lowly Jesus –  

No, not one! no, not one!  

 

Author: Johnson Oatman    

Now for something a little different...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3jemN_D0nU&list=RDg3jemN_D0nU&start_radio=1

Every once in a while I get a great desire to go to a pentecostal church.

Henceforth I call you not servants, for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth, but I have called you friends. ~John 15:15

 "None else could heal all our soul's diseases"  

Matthew 9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.    

 "Jesus knows all about our struggles"  

Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.     

"meek and lowly"  

Matthew 21 21 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet*, saying, 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. 6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. 8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. 9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.    

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.    

 "no night so dark but his love can cheer us"  

John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

'Tis So Sweet to Trust In Jesus

  

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’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,  

Just to take Him at His word;  

Just to rest upon His promise;  

Just to know, Thus saith the Lord. 

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O how sweet to trust in Jesus,  

Just to trust His cleansing blood;  

Just in simple faith to plunge me,  

’Neath the healing, cleansing flood.  

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Yes, ’tis sweet to trust in Jesus,  

Just from sin and self to cease;  

Just from Jesus simply taking  

Life, and rest, and joy, and peace.  

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I’m so glad I learned to trust Thee,  

Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend;  

And I know that Thou art with me,  

Wilt be with me to the end.  

REFRAIN  

Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him,  

How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er,  

Jesus, Jesus, Precious Jesus!  

O for grace to trust Him more   

 Author:Louisa M. R. Stead   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3V58-VcHJs&list=RDL3V58-VcHJs&start_radio=1

Trust in the Lord with all your heart. ~Proverbs 3:5

 "trust in Jesus"  

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.  

Psalm 5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.  

Psalm 9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.     

"his cleansing blood"  

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.  

Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,   

 "to plunge me 'neath the healing cleansing flood"  

Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.  

  "life and rest and joy and peace"  

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.  

Matthew 11:28-29 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.  

John 16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.  

John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.     

"wilt be with me to the end"  

Matthew 28:19-20 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

To Christ Be True

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To Christ be loyal and be true;   

His banner be unfurled,  

And borne aloft till is secured   

The conquest of the world.  

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To Christ be loyal and be true;   

He needs brave volunteers  

To stand against the pow’rs of sin,  

Moved not by frowns or fears.  

3  

To Christ be loyal and be true;   

In noble service prove  

Your faith and your fidelity,   

The fervor of your love.  

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To Christ be loyal and be true,   

And He will be your friend,  

Defending and protecting you   

To life’s triumphant end.  

Refrain:  

To Christ, the Lord, be true,  

For He will go with you,  

And help you all your conflicts thru;  

To Christ, the Lord, be true.

    

Author: Elisha Albright Hoffman 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK6RD7MJtPM&list=RDwK6RD7MJtPM&start_radio=1

John 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. 

Psalm 60:4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth.    

Romans 8:37-39 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.    

Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.    

2 Corinthians 7:5-6 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;       

John 15:13-15 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.    

Matthew 28:20 And, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.    

Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.