1
God is the fountain whence
Ten thousand blessings flow;
To Him my life, my health, and friends,
And every good, I owe.
2
The comforts He affords
Are neither few nor small;
He is the source of fresh delights,
My portion and my all.
3
He fills my heart with joy,
My lips attunes for praise;
And to His glory I’ll devote
The remnant of my days.
Author: Benjamin Beddome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idMbMY6-DQo&list=RDidMbMY6-DQo&start_radio=1
1
Be not dismayed whate’er betide,
God will take care of you;
Beneath his wings of love abide,
God will take care of you.
Chorus:
God will take care of you,
through ev'ry day, o’er all the way;
He will take care of you,
God will take care of you.
2
Through days of toil when heart doth fail,
God will take care of you;
When dangers fierce your path assail,
God will take care of you. [Chorus]
3
No matter what may be the test,
God will take care of you;
Lean, weary one, upon his breast,
God will take care of you. [Chorus]
Author: Civilla D. Martin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijytLs96yig&list=RDijytLs96yig&start_radio=1
1
Grace! 'tis a charming sound
Harmonious to my ear;
Heaven with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.
2
Grace first contrived the way
To save rebellious man;
And all the steps that grace display
Which drew the wondrous plan.
3
Grace taught my wandering feet
To tread the heavenly road;
And new supplies each hour I meet,
While pressing on to God.
4
Grace all the works shall crown,
Through everlasting days;
It lays in heaven the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.
Author: Philip Doddridge
I found these lyrics with a different tune in lots of videos, but had a hard time finding one with the tune we used to sing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7atdqClzUo0&list=RD7atdqClzUo0&start_radio=1
Marvelous grace of our loving Lord,
Grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt!
Yonder on Calvary's mount out-poured–
There where the blood of the Lamb was spilt.
Chorus:
Grace, grace, God's grace,
Grace that will pardon and cleanse within;
Grace, grace, God's grace,
Grace that is greater than all our sin!
2
Sin and despair, like the sea-waves cold,
Threaten the soul with infinite loss;
Grace that is greater– yes, grace untold–
Points to the Refuge, the mighty Cross. [Chorus]
3
Marvelous, infinite, matchless grace,
Freely bestowed on all who believe!
All who are longing to see His face,
Will you this moment His grace receive? [Chorus]
Author: Julia H. Johnston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xUYE8s_Efw&list=RD4xUYE8s_Efw&start_radio=1
1
Laying up my treasures in that home above
Trusting fully trusting in my savior’s love
Doing what I can for Heaven’s holy dove
I’m gettin’ ready to leave this world
CHORUS
I’m gettin’ ready to leave this world (of sorrow)
I’m gettin’ ready for the gates of pearl (tomorrow)
Keeping my record right
Watching both day and night
I’m gettin’ ready to leave this (sinful) world
2
Trusting in the riches of his saving grace
In each earthly trial I his love can trace
Sure that up in Heaven I shall find a place
I'm gettin' ready to leave this world
[CHORUS]
3
To prepare a mansion Jesus said I’ll go
If it were not true I would have told you so
Just a little while to linger here below
I’m gettin’ ready to leave this world
[CHORUS]
Luther G. Presley
Here's a video that shows how much fun it is to sing these old 'convention' songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xt5trs3FBU&list=RD7Xt5trs3FBU&start_radio=1
1
Fear not, little flock, says the Savior divine,
The Father has willed that the kingdom be thine;
Oh, soil not your garments with sin here below,
My sheep and my lambs must be whiter than snow.
Chorus
Whiter than snow (I long to be, dear savior)
Whiter than snow (I long to be)
Whiter than snow (I long to be, dear savior)
Whiter than snow (whiter than the snow)
2
Far whiter than snow, and as fair as the day,
For Christ is the fountain to wash guilt away;
Oh, give him, poor sinner, that burden of thine,
And enter the fold with the ninety and nine. [Chorus]
3
Ride over temptation and cease your alarms;
Your shepherd is Jesus, your refuge his arms;
He'll never forsake you, a brother and friend,
But love you and save you in worlds without end.
Author: Mary A. Kidder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKHQGko1wuc&list=RDmKHQGko1wuc&start_radio=1
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1.
Father of mercies, day by day
My love to Thee grows more and more;
Thy gifts are strewn upon my way
Like sands upon the great seashore,
Like sands upon the great seashore.
2.
Father of mercies, God of love,
Whose gentle gifts all creatures share,
The rolling seasons as they move
Proclaim to all Thy constant care,
Proclaim to all Thy constant care.
3.
Father of mercies, may our hearts
Ne’er overlook Thy bounteous care,
But what our Father’s hand imparts
Still own in grateful praise and prayer,
Still own in grateful praise and prayer.
Frederick W. Faber (1849), Alice Flowerdew (1803)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_9cSC5mVTA&list=RDY_9cSC5mVTA&start_radio=1
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1
Father, hear the prayer we offer:
not for ease that prayer shall be,
but for strength that we may ever
live our lives courageously.
2
Not for ever by still waters
would we idly rest and stay;
but would smite the living fountains
from the rocks along our way.
3
Be our strength in hours of
weakness,
in our wanderings be our guide;
through endeavour, failure, danger,
Father, be thou at our side.
4
Let our path be bright or dreary,
Storm or sunshine be our share,
May our souls in hope unweary
Make thy work our ceaseless prayer.
Amen
Author: Love M. Whitcomb Willis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPzMZ1y14GI&list=RDhPzMZ1y14GI&start_radio=1
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1
Far
and near the fields are teeming
with
the waves of ripened grain;
far
and near their gold is gleaming
o'er
the sunny slope and plain.
Chorus:
Lord
of harvest, send forth reapers;
hear
us, Lord, to thee we cry;
send
them now the sheaves to gather,
ere
the harvest-time pass by.
2
Send
them forth with morn's first beaming,
send
them in the noontide's glare;
when
the sun's last rays are gleaming,
bid
them gather ev'rywhere. [Chorus]
3
Thou
whom Christ the Lord is sending,
gather
now the sheaves of gold;
heav'nward
then at evening wending,
thou
shalt come with joy untold. [Chorus]
Author:
James Oren Thompson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtpIP1_6jTQ&list=RDUtpIP1_6jTQ&start_radio=1
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1
Faith
of our fathers, living still
In
spite of dungeon, fire and sword,
O how
our hearts beat high with joy
Whene’er
we hear that glorious word!
Faith
of our fathers! holy faith!
We
will be true to thee till death!
2
Our
fathers, chained in prisons dark,
Were
still in heart and conscience free;
And
blest would be their children’s fate,
If
they, like them should die for thee:
Faith
of our fathers! holy faith!
We
will be true to thee till death!
3
Faith
of our fathers, we will strive
To win
all nations unto thee;
And
through the truth that comes from God
Mankind
shall then indeed be free.
Faith
of our fathers! holy faith!
We
will be true to thee till death!
4
Faith
of our fathers, we will love
Both
friend and foe in all our strife,
And
preach thee, too, as love knows how
By
kindly words and virtuous life.
Faith
of our fathers! holy faith!
We will be true to thee till death!
Lyrics:Frederick William Faber (1814-1863)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxuLFgajZ04&list=RDuxuLFgajZ04&start_radio=1
Hebrews
11
1 Now
faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2
For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that
the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were
not made of things which do appear. 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more
excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was
righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found,
because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this
testimony, that he pleased God. 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. 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God
of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of
his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the
righteousness which is by faith. 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go
out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and
he went out, not knowing whither he went. 9 By faith he sojourned in the land
of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and
Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city
which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11 Through faith also
Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child
when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. 12
Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the
stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore
innumerable. 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but
having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and
confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they that
say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. 15 And truly, if they
had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had
opportunity to have returned. 16 But now they desire a better country, that is,
an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath
prepared for them a city. 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up
Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19 Accounting that
God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received
him in a figure. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to
come. 21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph;
and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when he
died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave
commandment concerning his bones. 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid
three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they
were not afraid of the king's commandment. 24 By faith Moses, when he was come
to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25 Choosing
rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures
of sin for a season; 26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than
the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he
endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 28 Through faith he kept the passover,
and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch
them. 29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the
Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell
down, after they were compassed about seven days. 31 By faith the harlot Rahab
perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with
peace. 32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of
Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and
Samuel, and of the prophets: 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought
righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. 34 Quenched the
violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made
strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35
Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not
accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: 36 And
others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and
imprisonment: 37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being
destitute, afflicted, tormented; 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they
wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 39
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the
promise: 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us
should not be made perfect.
12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily
beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that
was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at
the right hand of the throne of God.
1
Face
to face with Christ, my Savior
Face
to face, what will it be?
When
with rapture I behold him
Jesus Christ who died for me
2
Only
faintly now I see him
With
the darkened veil between
But a
blessed day is coming
When his glory shall be seen
3
Face
to face, oh, blissful moment
Face
to face, to see and know
Face
to face with my Redeemer
Jesus
Christ who loved me so
CHORUS
Face to face shall I behold him
Far beyond the starry sky
Face to face in all his glory
I shall see him by and by
Author:
Carrie Ellis Breck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuLig-W4wSU&list=RDSuLig-W4wSU&start_radio=1
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1 John 3:2
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Where the saved of earth shall soon the glory share;
Where the souls of men shall enter and live on forever
more,
Ev'rybody will be happy over there.
Chorus:
Ev'rybody will be happy (over there, over there)
will be happy over there,
We will shout and sing His praise (praises thru the never
ending ages);
Ev'rybody will be happy over there.
2
Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers will be singing
'round the throne,
In that land where no one ever knows a care;
And the Christians of all ages will join in the triumph
song,
Ev'rybody will be happy over there. [Chorus]
3
We will hear nobody praying and no mourning in that land,
For no burdens there will be for us to bear;
All the people will be singing "Glory, glory to the
Lamb",
Ev'rybody will be happy over there. [Chorus]
4
There we'll meet the One who saved us and who kept us by
His grace,
And who bro't us to that land so bright and fair;
We will praise His name forever as we look upon His face,
Ev'rybody will be happy over there. [Chorus]
Author: E. M. Bartlett
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5uPiyuzgOk&list=RDB5uPiyuzgOk&start_radio=1
Here is my favorite rendition of this song by Acappella:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd5yCzYSbjI&list=RDnd5yCzYSbjI&start_radio=1
1
Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm does bind the restless wave,
Who bids the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.
2
O Savior, whose almighty word
The winds and waves submissive heard,
Who walked upon the foaming deep,
And calm amid the rage did sleep;
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.
3
O Holy Spirit, who did brood
Upon the waters dark and rude,
And bid their angry tumult cease,
And give for wild confusion peace;
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.
4
O Trinity of love and pow'r,
Your children shield in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire, and foe,
Protect them where-so-e'er they go;
Thus, evermore shall rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.
Author: William Whiting
Composer: J.B.Dykes
This is the U.S. Navy Hymn. One of our local TV stations used to play this at 11pm each night before they went off the air. (Yes, I'm that old.) The harmonies are some of the most beautiful of all the hymns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O-WG3eKZS4&list=RD4O-WG3eKZS4&start_radio=1
Psalm 121:7
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
Mark 4
37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
1
Moses stood on holy ground
Fire from God descended down
Set the roadside bush on fire (bush on fire and ‘twas)
Then the Lord did there explain
Through His servant should remain
All the echoes from the bush on fire (the bush on fire)
CHORUS
Oh, the echoes from the bush (I can hear those lovely echoes from the burning bush)
How they thrill my soul (how they thrill my soul)
Oh, the echoes from the bush (I can hear those thrilling echoes from the burning bush)
Point me to the goal (point me to the goal)
I no more am doubting, but with joy I'm shouting
With no thought of shame to blush (no shame to blush)
This my song shall ever be, words that are so sweet to me
Echoes from the burning bush (the burning bush)
2
Oh the God of saints of old
Just the same so we are told
Spoke His message from the fire (yes, from the fire, so that)
Each and ev'ry tribe on earth
Could receive a great new birth
Through the echoes from the bush on fire (the bush on fire)
3
God sent down His only Son
Just to ransom everyone
By the echoes from the fire (from the fire, and the)
God of every earthly land
Would not pick nor choose a man
For His blood will save us from the fire (eternal fire)
Byron Faust and V.O. Summar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gmI1F_RgGw
We learned this song from the Chuck Wagon Gang, singing from the Chuck Wagon Gang songbook. We didn't use that songbook in church, only at home. Today is the first time I've heard it recorded by any other group -- The Cathedrals, with the late great George Younce and Glenn Payne.
Exodus 3
New International Version
Moses and the Burning Bush
1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3 So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”
4 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!”
And Moses said, “Here I am.”
5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” 6 Then he said, “I am the God of your father,[a] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
7 The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. 8 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
