Welcome, Welcome, Day of Rest

Welcome, Welcome, Day of Rest

Text is Anonymous

Sung to PLEYEL'S HYMN, arranged in 1791 from Ignace Pleyel (1757-1831)

Isaiah 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words....

V. 1 Welcome, welcome, day of rest,

To the world in kindness given;

Welcome to this humble breast,

As the beaming light from heaven.

V. 2 Day of calm and sweet repose,

Gently now thy moments run;

Balm to soothe our cares and woes,

Till our labor here is done.

V. 3 Holy day that most we prize,

Day of solemn praise and prayer,

Day to make the simple wise,

O, how great thy blessings are!

V. 4 Welcome, welcome, day of rest,

With thy influence all divine;

May thy hallowed hours be blessed

to this waiting heart of mine.

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Text written in 1923 by Thomas O. Chisholm (1866-1960)

Sung to FAITHFULNESS, composed in 1925 by William M. Runyan

Lamentations 3:22, 23 It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: 

great is thy faithfulness.

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.

V. 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!

Psalm 36:5 Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

V. 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

Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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.

V. 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 min, with ten thousand beside.

Refrain

Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing

Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing

Text written in 1820 by James Edmeston (1791-1867)

Sung to EVENING PRAYER, composed in 1878 by George C. Stebbins (1846-1945)

Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing

V. 1 Savior, breathe an evening blessing,

Ere repose our spirits seal;

Sin and want we come confessing;

Thou canst save, and Thou canst heal.

Psalm 121:4 Indeed, he who watches over Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep.

Psalm 139:12 Even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

V. 2 Though the night be dark and dreary,

Darkness cannot hide from Thee;

Thou art He who, never weary,

Watchest where Thy people be.

Psalm 34:7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him,

and he delivers them.

Psalm 91:5, 6 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.

V. 3 Though destruction walk around us,

Though the arrow past us fly,

Angel guards from Thee surround us,

We are safe if Thou art night.

V. 4 Should swift death this night o'er-take us,

And our couch become our tomb,

May the morn of glory wake us,

Clad in light and deathless bloom.

Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners

Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners

Text written in 1910 by J. Wilbur Chapman (1859-1918)

Sung to HOLY MANNA from Wm. Moore's "Columbian Harmony, 1825", arr. in 1984 by Wayne Hooper (1920 -    )

Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners

Luke 7:34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

V. 1 Jesus! what a Friend for sinner!

Jesus! Lover of my soul;

Friends may fail me, foes assail me,

He, my Savior, makes me whole.

Refrain: Hallelujah! what a Savior!

Hallelujah! what a Friend!

Saving, helping, keeping, loving, 

He is with me to the end.

Psalm 143:9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: 

I flee unto thee to hide me.

V. 2 Jesus! what a Strength for weakness!

Let me hide myself in Him;

Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing,

He, my Strength, my vict'ry wins.

Refrain

Psalm 33:20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.

V. 3 Jesus! what a Help in sorrow!

While the billows o'er me roll,

Even when my heart is breaking,

He, my Comfort, helps my soul.

Refrain

Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins....

V. 4 Jesus! I do now receive Him,

More than all in Him I find,

He hath granted me forgiveness,

I am His, and He is mine.

Refrain

Take Time to Be Holy

Take Time to Be Holy

Text written in 1882 by W. D. Longstaff (1822-1894)

Sung to HOLINESS, composed in 1890 by George C. Stebbins (1846-1945)

1 Peter 1:16 ...for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

V. 1 Take time to be holy,

Speak oft with thy Lord;

Abide in Him always,

And feed on His word;

Make friends of God's children,

Help those who are weak,

Forgetting in nothing

His blessing to seek.

2 Corinthians 3:18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. 

V. 2 Take time to be holy,

The world rushes on;

Spend much time in secret

With Jesus alone;

By looking to Jesus,

Like Him thou shalt be;

Thy friends in thy conduct

His likeness shall see.

Psalm 23:3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths

for his name’s sake.

V. 3 Take time to be holy, 

Let Him be thy Guide,

And run not before Him,

Whatever betide;

In joy or in sorrow,

Still follow thy Lord,

And, looking to Jesus,

Still trust in His word.

V. 4 Take time to be holy,

Be calm in thy soul,

Each thought and each motive

Beneath His control;

Thus led by His Spirit

To fountains of love,

Thou soon shalt be fitted

For service above.

Thanks to God

Thanks to God

Text written by R. T. Brooks (1918-1985)

Sung to WYLDE GREEN, composed in 1956 by Peter Cutts (1937-    )

Psalm 33:9 For he spoke, and it came to be;

he commanded, and it stood firm.

V. 1 Thanks to God whose Word was spoken

In the deed that made the earth.

His the voice that called a nation;

His the fires that tried her worth.

God has spoken;

Praise Him for His open Word.

John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

V. 2 Thanks to God whose Word incarnate

Glorified the flesh of man.

Deeds and words and death and rising

Tell the grace in heaven's plan.

God has spoken;

Praise Him for His open Word.

V. 3 Thanks to God whose Word is answered

By the Spirit's voice within.

Here we drink of joy unmeasured, 

Life redeemed from death and sin.

God is speaking;

Praise Him for His open word.

How Sweet the Name!

How Sweet the Name!

Text written in 1779 by John Newton (1725-1807)

Sung to ST. PETER, composed in 1836 by Alexander R. Reinagle (1799-1877)

Song of Solomon 1:3  Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you!

V. 1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds

In a believer's ear!

It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,

And drives away his fear.

Proverbs 18:14 The human spirit can endure in sickness,

but a crushed spirit who can bear?

V. 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole,

And calms the troubled breast;

'Tis manna to the hungry soul,

And to the weary, rest.

Psalm 3:3 But you, Lord, are a shield around me,

my glory, the One who lifts my head high.

Psalm 32:7 You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble

and surround me with songs of deliverance.

V. 3 Dear name, the rock on which I build,

My shield and hiding place, 

My never-failing treasury, filled

With boundless stores of grace.

Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

Matthew 21:5 Say to Daughter Zion, "See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey."

John 6:14 After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” 

John 20:28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

Hebrews 7:26 Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

James 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. 

V. 4 Jesus! my Shepherd, Guardian, Friend,

My Prophet, Priest, and King!

My Lord, my life, my way, my end!

Accept the praise I bring.

V. 5 Weak is the effort of my heart,

And cold my warmest thought;

But when I see Thee as Thou art,

I'll praise Thee as I ought.