In Our Work and in Our Play

In Our Work and in Our Play

Text written by Whitfield G. Wills (1841-1891)

Sung to ROSSLYN, an English melody

In Our Work and in Our Play

Isaiah 43:15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator, your King.

1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

V. 1 In our work and in our play,

Jesus, ever with us stay;

May we always strive to be

True and faithful unto Thee.

Then we truthfully can sing,

We are children of the King.

Philippians 4:13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

V. 2 May we in Thy strength subdue

Evil tempers, words untrue,

Thoughts impure, and deeds unkind,

All things hateful to Thy mind.

Then we truthfully can sing,

We are children of the King.

V. 3 Children of the King are we!

May we loyal to Him be;

Try to please Him every day,

In our work and in our play.

Then we truthfully can sing,

We are children of the King.

Nature With Open Volume Stands

Nature With Open Volume Stands

Text written by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Sung to ANGELUS, composed in the 17th century by Georg Joseph

Psalm 145:10 All your works praise you, Lord; your faithful people extol you.

V. 1 Nature with open volume stands,

To spread its Maker's praise abroad;

And every labor of His hands

Shows something worthy of our God.

Galatians 6:14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 

V. 2 But in the grace that rescued us

His brightest form of glory shines;

'Tis fairest drawn upon the cross

In precious blood and crimson lines.

1 Corinthians 1:24 ...but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

V. 3 Here His whole name appears complete.

Nor wit can guess, nor reason prove,

Which of the letters best is writ,

The pow'r, the wisdom, or the love.

Revelation 5:12 In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength

and honor and glory and praise!”

V. 4 We would forever speak His name

In sounds to mortal ears unknown,

With angels join to praise the Lamb,

And worship at His Father's throne.

Face to Face

Face to Face

Text written in 1898 by Mrs. Frank A Breck (1855-1934)

Tune composed in 1898 by Grant Colfax Tullar (1869-1950)

Face to Face

Revelation 22:4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 

V. 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?

Refrain: 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!

1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 

V. 2 Only faintly now I see Him,

With the darkening veil between,

But a blessed day is coming,

When His glory shall be seen.

Refrain

V. 3 What rejoicing in His presence,

When are banished grief and pain;

When the crooked ways are straightened,

And the dark things shall be plain!

Refrain

Revelation 1:5 ...and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,...

V. 4 Face to face! oh, blissful moment!

Face to face--to see and know;

Face to face with my Redeemer,

Jesus Christ, who loves me so.

Refrain

Day of Judgment, Day of Wonders!

Day of Judgment, Day of Wonders!

Text written by John Newton (1725-1807)

Sung to UNSER HERRSCHER, composed in 1680 by Joachim Neander (1650-1680)

1 Corinthians 15:52 In a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 

Hebrews 10:27 But only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 

V. 1 Day of judgment, day of wonders!

Hark the trumpet's awful sound,

Louder than a thousand thunders,

Shakes the vast creation round!

How the summons, 

How the summons 

Will the sinner's heart confound!

Isaiah 25:9 In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the Lord, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”

V. 2 See the Lord in glory nearing,

Clothed in majesty divine.

You who long for His appearing,

Then shall say, "This God is mine!"

Gracious Savior,

Gracious Savior,

Own me in that day as Thine.

Matthew 24:29 “Immediately after the distress of those days“ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky,

and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’

Revelation 20:12, 13 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.

V. 3 At His call the dead awaken,

Rise to life from earth and sea!

All the powers of nature shaken

By His looks prepare to flee.

Careless sinner,

Careless sinner,

What will then become of thee?

Matthew 25:34  Then the King will say to those on his right, "Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world."

V. 4 But to those who have confessed

Loved and served the Lord below,

He will say, "Come near, ye blessed,

See the kingdom I bestow;

You forever,

You forever 

Shall My love and glory know."

Soon Shall the Trump of God

Soon Shall the Trump of God

Text is anonymous

Sung to UNITED MAN, composed by Norman L. Warren (1934 - ?)

1 Corinthians 15:51, 52 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

V. 1 Soon shall the trump of God

Give out the welcome sound,

That shakes death's silent chamber walls,

And breaks the turf-sealed ground.

1 Corinthians 2:9 However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” — the things God has prepared for those who love him....

V. 2 You dwellers in the dust,

Awake, come forth, and sing;

Sharp has your frost of winter been,

But bright shall be your spring.

1 Corinthians 15:43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.

V. 3 'Twas sown in weakness here;

'Twill then be raised in power;

That which was sown an earthly seed

Shall rise a heav'nly flower.

What a Wonderful Savior

What a Wonderful Savior

Text and music written in 1891 by Elisha A. Hoffman (1839-1929)

Romans 5:11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

1 Peter 1:18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors.

V. 1 Christ has for sin atonement made,

What a wonderful Savior!

We are redeemed! the price is paid!

What a wonderful Savior!

Isaiah 6:9 He said, “Go and tell this people:

“ ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;

be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’"

Refrain: What a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Jesus!

What a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Lord!

Romans 5:10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

V. 2 I praise Him for the cleansing blood,

What a wonderful Savior!

That reconciled my soul to God;

What a wonderful Savior!

Refrain

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

V. 3 He walks beside me all the way,

What a wonderful Savior!

And keeps me faithful day by day;

What a wonderful Savior!

Refrain

1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

V. 4 He gives me overcoming power,

What a wonderful Savior!

And triumph in each trying hour;

What a wonderful Savior!

Refrain

Holy Spirit, Gracious Guest

Holy Spirit, Gracious Guest

Text based on 1 Corinthians 13, written by Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885)

Sung to GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL, composed by Grayston Ives (1948-?)

1 Corinthians 12:31 Now eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most excellent way.

V. 1 Holy Spirit, gracious guest,

Hear and grant our heart's request

For that gift supreme and best:

Holy heav'nly love.

1 Corinthians 13:1, 2 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 

V. 2 Faith that mountains could remove,

Tongues of earth or heaven above,

Knowledge, all things, empty prove

If I have no love.

1 Corinthians 13:3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. 

V. 3 Though I as a martyr bleed,

Give my goods the poor to feed,

All is vain if love I need:

Therefore give me love.

Song of Solomon 8:6 Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave.

It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.

1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 

V. 4 Love is kind and suffers long,

Love is pure and thinks no wrong,

Love than death itself more strong:

Therefore give us love.

1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 

V. 5 Prophecy will fade away,

Melting in the light of day;

Love will ever with us stay:

Therefore give us love.

1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

V. 5 Faith and hope and love we see

Joining hand in hand agree--

But the greatest of the three,

And the best is love.

Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty

Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty

Text written by Benjamin Schmolck (1672-1737), translated by Catherine Winkworth (1829-1878)

Sung to UNSWER HERRSCHER, composed by Joachim Neander (1650-1680)

Psalm 119:19 I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.

V. 1 Open now Thy gates of beauty,

Zion, let me enter there,

Where my soul in joyful duty

Waits for God who answers prayer.

Oh, how blessed is this place,

Filled with solace, light, and grace!

1 Corinthians 3:16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?

V. 2 Gracious God, I come before Thee;

Come Thou also unto me;

Where we find Thee and adore Thee,

There a heav'n on earth must be.

To my heart, oh, enter Thou,

Let it be Thy temple now!

V. 3 Here Thy praise is gladly chanted,

Here Thy seed is duly sown;

Let my soul, where it is planted,

Bring forth precious sheaves alone.

So that all I hear may be

Fruitful unto life in me.

Luke 17:5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 

V. 4 Thou my faith increase and quicken,

Let me keep Thy gift divine;

Howsoe'er temptations thicken,

May Thy Word still o'er me shine

As my guiding star through life,

As my comfort in all strife.

1 Samuel 3:10 The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” 

V. 5 Speak, O God, and I will hear Thee,

Let Thy will be done indeed;

May I, undisturbed, draw near Thee

While Thou dost Thy people feed

Here of life the fountain flows;

Here is balm for all our woes.

Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying

Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying

Text written in 1599 by Philip Nicolai (1556-1608), translated in 1858 by Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878)

Sung to WACHET AUF, composed in 1599 by Philip Nicolai, harmonized by J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

Isaiah 21:12 The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again.”

Matthew 25:6, 7  At midnight the cry rang out: "Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!" Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.

V. 1 Wake, awake, for night is flying,

The watchmen on the heights are crying,

Awake, Jerusalem, arise!

Midnight's solemn hour is tolling,

His chariot wheels are nearer rolling, 

He comes; prepare, ye virgins wise.

Rise up, with willing feet

Go forth, the Bridegroom meet;

Alleluia!

Bear through the night your well-trimmed light,

Speed forth to join the marriage rite.

Psalm 97:8 Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad

because of your judgments, Lord.

V. 2 Zion hears the watchmen singing,

Her heart with deep delight is springing,

She wakes, she rises from her gloom;

Forth her Bridegroom comes, all-glorious,

In grace arrayed, by truth victorious;

Her star is risen, her Light is come!

All hail, incarnate Lord,

Our crown, and our reward!

Alleluia!

We haste along, in pomp of song,

And gladsome join the marriage throng.

1 Corinthians 2:9 However, as it is written:

“What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him....

Revelation 21:2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 

V. 3 Lamb of God, the heavens adore Thee,

And men and angels sing before Thee,

With harp and cymbal's clearest tone.

By the pearly gates in wonder

We stand, and swell the voice of thunder,

That echoes round Thy dazzling throne.

No vision ever brought,

No ear hath ever caught,

Such bliss and joy;

We raise the song, we swell the throng,

To praise Thee ages all along.

God Himself Is With Us

God Himself Is With Us

Text written in 1729 by Gerhard Tersteegen (1608-1769), Tr. by "Hymnal 1940"

Sung to WUNDERBARER KONIG, composed in 1680 by Joachim Neander (1650-1680)

Psalm 33:8 Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the people of the world revere him.

V. 1 God Himself is with us;

Let us all adore Him,

And with awe appear before Him.

God is here within us;

Soul, in silence fear Him,

Humbly, fervently draw near Him.

Now His own who have known 

God, in worship lowly, 

Yield their spirits wholly.

1 Corinthians 3:16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?

V. 2 Come, abide within me;

Let my soul, like Mary,

Be Thine earthly sanctuary,

Come, indwelling Spirit,

With transfigured splendor;

Love and honor will I render.

Where I go here below,

Let me bow before Thee,

Know Thee and adore Thee.

Matthew 22:37 Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind."

1 John 3:16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 

V. 3 Gladly we surrender

Earth's deceitful treasures,

Pride of life, and sinful pleasures:

Gladly, Lord, we offer

Thine to be forever,

Soul and life and each endeavor.

Thou alone shalt be known

Lord of all our being,

Life's true way decreeing.

Jesus, Priceless Treasure

Jesus, Priceless Treasure

Text written by Johann Franck (1618-1677), translated by Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878)

Sung to JESU, MEINE FREUDE, melody composed by Johann Cruger (1598-1662), as arranged by Johann S. Bach (1685-1750)

Psalm 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?

1 Corinthians 6:20 You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

V. 1 Jesus, priceless treasure,

Source of purest pleasure,

Truest Friend to me:

Ah! how long I've panted,

And my heart has fainted,

Thirsting, Lord, for Thee.

Thine I am, O spotless Lamb,

I will suffer naught to hide Thee, 

Nought I ask beside Thee.

Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemies before you, saying, "Destroy them!"

Psalm 46:2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way

and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea.

V. 2 In Thine arm I rest me;

Foes who would molest me

Cannot reach me here;

Though the earth be shaking,

Every heart be quaking,

Jesus calms my fear;

Sin and hell in conflict fell

With their bitter storms assail me:

Jesus will not fail me.

John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

V. 3 Hence all fears and sadness! 

For the Lord of gladness,

Jesus enters in;

Those who love the Father,

Tho' the storms may gather,

Still have peace within;

Yea, whate'er I here must bear,

Still in Thee lies purest pleasure,

Jesus, priceless treasure!

The Church Has One Foundation

The Church Has One Foundation

Text written in 1866 by Samuel J. Stone (1839-1900)

Sung to AURELIA, composed in 1864 by Samuel S. Wesley (1810-1876)

The Church Has One Foundation

Isaiah 54:5 For your Maker is your husband—the Lord Almighty is his name—

the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.

1 Corinthians 3:11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 

1 Corinthians 6:20 You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

V. 1 The church has one foundation,

'Tis Jesus Christ her Lord;

She is His new creation,

By water and the word;

From heaven He came and sought her

To be His holy bride;

With His own blood He bought her,

And for her life He died.

Ephesians 4:5 ...one Lord, one faith, one baptism....

V. 2 Elect from every nation,

Yet one o'er all the earth,

Her charter of salvation,

One Lord, one faith, one birth;

One holy name she blesses,

Partakes one holy food,

And to one hope she presses,

With every grace endued.

Psalm 30:5 For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime;

weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

Matthew 16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

Revelation 6:10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?”

V. 3 Though with a scornful wonder, 

Men see her sore oppressed,

Though foes would rend asunder

The Rock where she doth rest,

Yet saints their faith are keeping;

Their cry goes up, "How long?"

And soon the night of weeping

Shall be the morn of song.

V. 4 'Mid toil and tribulation,

And tumult of her war,

She waits the consummation

Of peace forevermore;

Till with the vision glorious

Her longing eyes are blest,

And the great church victorious

Shall be the church at rest.

The Strife Is O'er

The Strife Is O'er

Latin Hymn, c. 1695, transcribed by Francis Pott (1832-1909)

Sung to VICTORY, composed by Giovanni P. da Palestrina (1525-1594)

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

V. 1 The strife is o'er, the battle done;

Now is the victor's triumph won!

Now be the song of praise begun.

Alleluia!

Luke 22:53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour—when darkness reigns.

V. 2 The pow'rs of death have done their worst,

But Christ their legions has dispersed.

Let shouts of holy joy outburst.

Alleluia!

Luke 24:6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee.

V. 3 The three sad days have quickly sped,

He rises glorious from the dead.

All glory to our risen head!

Alleluia!

1 Corinthians 15:55 “Where, O death, is your victory?

Where, O death, is your sting?”

Revelation 19:1 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God.

V. 4 Lord, by the stripes which wounded You,

From death's sting free Your servants too,

That we may live and sing to You.

Alleluia!

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

Spring Has Now Unwrapped the Flowers

In honor of the arrival of spring, I bring you

Spring Has Now Unwrapped the Flowers

Text written by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Sung to ANGELUS, composed in the 17th century by Georg Joseph

Psalm 145:10 All your works praise you, Lord; your faithful people extol you.

V. 1 Nature with open volume stands,

To spread its Maker's praise abroad;

And every labor of His hands

Shows something worthy of our God.

Galatians 6:14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 

V. 2 But in the grace that rescued us

His brightest form of glory shines;

'Tis fairest drawn upon the cross

In precious blood and crimson lines.

1 Corinthians 1:24 But to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 

V. 3 Here His whole name appears complete.

Nor wit can guess, nor reason prove,

Which of the letters best is writ,

The pow'r, the wisdom, or the love.

Revelation 5:12 In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength

and honor and glory and praise!”

V. 4 We would forever speak His name

In sounds to mortal ears unknown,

With angels join to praise the Lamb,

And worship at His Father's throne.

Jesus, Your Blood and Righteousness

Jesus, Your Blood and Righteousness

Text written by Nicolaus L. von Zinzendorf (1700-1760), translated by John Wesley (1703-1791)

Sung to GARDINER, from "Wm. Gardiner's Sacred Melodies," 1815

Psalm 3:3 But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.

1 Corinthians 1:30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.

V. 1 Jesus, Your blood and righteousness

My beauty are, my glorious dress;

Mid flaming worlds, in these arrayed,

With joy shall I lift up my head.

John 8:10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

V. 2 Bold shall I stand in that great day,

Cleansed and redeemed, no debt to pay;

For by Your cross, absolved I am

From sin and guilt, from fear and shame.

Romans 5:11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

V. 3 Lord, I believe Your precious blood,

Which at the mercy seat of God

Please for the captives' liberty,

Was also shed in love for me.

John 5:25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.

V. 4 When from the dust of death I rise

To claim my mansion in the skies,

This then shall be my only plea:

Christ Jesus lived and died for me.

Built on the Rock

Built on the Rock

Text written by Nikolai F. S. Grundvig (1783-1872), translated by Carl Doving (1867-1937) adapted

Sung to KIRKEN DEN ER ET, composed by Ludvig M. Lindeman (1812-1887)

Matthew 16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

V. 1 Built on the Rock the Church shall stand,

Even when steeples are falling;

Crumbled have spires in every land,

Bells still are chiming and calling

Calling the young and old to rest,

Calling the souls of those distressed,

Longing for life everlasting.

1 Kings 8:27 But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! 

Acts 7:48 However, the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands....

1 Corinthians 3:16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? 

V. 2 Not in our temples made with hands

God, the Almighty, is dwelling;

High in the heav'ns His temple stands,

All earthly temples excelling.

Yet He who dwells in heav'n above

Deigns to abide with us in love,

Making our bodies His temple.

Matthew 18:20 For where two or three gather in my name, 

there am I with them.

1 Peter 2:5 ...you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

V. 3 We are God's house of living stones,

Built for His own habitation;

He fills our hearts, His humble thrones,

Granting us life and salvation.

Were two or three to seek His face,

He in their midst would show His grace,

Blessings upon them bestowing.

John 16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

V. 4 Yet in this house, an earthly frame,

Jesus His children is blessing;

Hither we come to praise His name,

Faith in our Savior confessing.

Jesus to us His Spirit sent,

Making with us His covenant,

Granting His children the kingdom.

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

V. 5 Thro' all the passing years, O Lord,

Grant that, when church bells are ringing,

Many may come to hear God's Word

Where He this promise is bringing:

I know My own, My own know Me:

You, not the world, My face shall see;

My peace I leave with you. Amen.