One Step At a Time

 

1 

One step at a time, dear Savior:

I cannot take any more;

The flesh is so weak and hopeless:

I know not what is before.

2 

One step at a time, dear Savior:

I am not walking by sight;

Keep step with my soul, dear Savior:

I walk by faith in Thy might.

3 

One step at a time, dear Savior:

O guard my faltering feet!

Keep hold of my hand, dear Savior,

Till I my journey complete.

4 

One step at a time, dear Savior:

Thou knowest all of my fear;

One word from Thy heart, dear Savior,

And Heaven’s mansions appear.

Chorus:

One step at a time, dear Savior,

Till faith grows stronger in Thee;

One step at a time, dear Savior,

Till hope grows stronger in me.

Author: T. J. Shelton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65zdFLYVgmo&list=RD65zdFLYVgmo&start_radio=1

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

~II Corinthians 5:7

Precious Memories

 

1 

Precious mem'ries, unseen angels,

Sent from somewhere to my soul;

How they linger, ever near me,

And the sacred past unfold.

Chorus:

Precious mem'ries, how they linger,

How they ever flood my soul;

In the stillness of the midnight,

Precious, sacred scenes unfold.

2 

Precious father, loving mother,

Fly across the lonely years;

And old home scenes of my childhood,

In fond memory appear. [Chorus]

3 

As I travel on life's pathway,

Know not what the years may hold;

As I ponder, hope grows fonder,

Precious mem'ries flood my soul. [Chorus]

John Braselton Fillmore Wright

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q36bBZukTJ0&list=RDq36bBZukTJ0&start_radio=1

John 14.2-3

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. 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.

WILL WE BE REUNITED WITH OUR LOVED ONES WHEN WE DIE?

Genesis 25:8

Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

Victory in Jesus

 

1

I heard an old, old story,

How a Savior came from glory,

How He gave His life on Calvary

To save a wretch like me;

I heard about His groaning,

Of His precious blood's atoning

Then I repented of my sins 

and won the victory.

2

I heard about His healing, 

Of His cleansing pow'r revealing,

How He made the lame to walk again

And caused the blind to see;

And then I cried "dear Jesus,

Come and heal my broken spirit,"

I then obeyed His blest commands 

and gained the victory.

3

I heard about a mansion

He has built for me in glory,

And I heard about the streets of gold

Beyond the crystal sea;

About the angels singing,

And the old redemption story,

And some sweet day I'll sing up there

The song of victory.

CHORUS

O victory in Jesus,

My Savior forever,

He sought me and bo't me

With His redeeming blood;

He loved me ere I knew Him,

And all my love is due Him,

He plunged me to victory,

Beneath the cleansing flood.

E.M. Bartlett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEmkUrsloaU&list=RDNEmkUrsloaU&start_radio=1

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. ~I Corinthians 15.57

Angry Words

1

Angry words! O let them never

From the tongue unbridled slip;

May the heart's best impulse ever

Check them ere they soil the lip.

2

Love is much too pure and holy,

Friendship is too sacred far,

For a moment's reckless folly

Thus to desolate and mar.

3

Angry words are lightly spoken,

Bitt'rest tho'ts are rashly stirred,

Brightest links of life are broken,

By a single angry word.

CHORUS

"Love one another"

Thus saith the Savior;

Children, obey the Father's blest command;

"Love one another"

Thus saith the Savior;

Children, obey His blest command.

Horatio Richmond Palmer 1867

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DugrPG5Q2DE&list=RDDugrPG5Q2DE&start_radio=1

John 13:34-35

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

O Why Not Tonight?

 

1  

O do not let the word depart,  

And close thine eyes against the light;  

Poor sinner, harden not your heart;  

Be saved, O tonight.   

2  

Tomorrow’s sun may never rise  

To bless thy long deluded sight;  

This is the time, O then be wise,  

Be saved, O tonight. 

3  

Our Lord in pity lingers still,  

And wilt thou thus His love requite?  

Renounce at once thy stubborn will,  

Be saved, O tonight.  

4  

Our blessed Lord refuses none  

Who would to Him their souls unite;  

Believe, obey, the work is done;  

Be saved, O tonight.  

Refrain:  

O why not tonight?  

O why not tonight?  

Wilt thou be saved?  

Then why not tonight?

 Author: Eliza Holmes Reed   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYGoFmXFHbQ&list=RDpYGoFmXFHbQ&start_radio=1

Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. ~Hebrews 3:15

Hebrews 10

22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.    

2 Peter 3

8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

THE PLAN OF SALVATION  

In the New Testament book of Acts, in chapter 16, is an account of the apostles Paul and Silas, having been arrested and put into prison:    25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. 27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. 29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. 34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.  

This passage of scripture is frequently used in the Church of Christ as indicative of "the plan of salvation." I don't know if any other churches have this particular terminology or theology, but in the Church of Christ it is basic dogma. The Plan of Salvation consists of five steps:    

 1. HEAR the Gospel  Romans 10:17  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.  John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.  

 2. BELIEVE the Gospel   Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.  John 20:31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.    

 3. REPENT of past sins   Luke 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.  Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:    

 4. CONFESS faith in Jesus Christ   Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  Matthew 10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.    

 5. BE BAPTIZED   Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.  Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.  Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

(In the Church of Christ, baptism must be by immersion in water.)

The song O Why Not Tonight, because it says specifically "tonight", evokes images of old fashioned tent revivals.

This is one of our family photos (I added the text for this post). On this occasion my great grandparents, Ulys and Annie Hicks, and Ulys' brother Felix and his wife Ida, were baptized. This was around 1910.

I'll Be a Friend to Jesus

 

1

They tried my Lord and Master,

With no one to defend;

Within the halls of Pilate

He stood without a friend.

2

The world may turn against Him,

I'll love Him to the end,

And while on earth I'm living,

My Lord shall have a friend.

3

I'll do what He may bid me;

I'll go where He may send;

I'll try each flying moment

To prove that I'm His friend.

4

To all who need a Savior,

My Friend I recommend,

Because He bro't salvation,

Is why I am His friend.

CHORUS

I'll be a friend to Jesus,

My life for Him I'll spend;

I'll be a friend to Jesus,

Until my years shall end.

Johnson Oatman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2zsOUpklI&list=RD-t2zsOUpklI&start_radio=1

Matthew 27

1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. 3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. 6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. 7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. 8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. 9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; 10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. 11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. 12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. 15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. 16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? 18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. 19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. 22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. 24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. 26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Home of the Soul

1

If for the prize we have striven,

After our labors are o'er,

Rest to our souls will be given,

On the eternal shore.

2

Yes, a sweet rest is remaining

For the true children of God,

Where there will be no complaining,

Never a chast'ning rod.

3

Soon, the bright homeland adorning,

We shall behold the glad dawn;

Lean on the Lord till the morning,

Trust till the night is gone.

CHORUS

Home of the soul, beautiful home,

There we shall rest, never to roam;

Free from all care, happy and bright,

Jesus is there, He is the light!

Oft, in the storm, lonely are we,

Sighing for home, longing for Thee.

Beautiful home of the ransomed 

Beside the crystal sea.

James Rowe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sStXfLPss14&list=RDsStXfLPss14&start_radio=1

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours. ~Revelation 14:13

For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. ~Hebrews 4:8-10