238 (Eb) RH 682 MP 431
The Church's one foundation
Is 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.
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.
3) Though with a scornful wonder
Men see her sore oppressed,
By schisms rent asunder,
By heresies distressed,
Yet saints their watch are keeping
Their cry goes up, "How long?"
And soon the night of weeping
Shall be the morn of song.
4) 'Mid toil and tribulation,
And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation
Of peace for evermore.
Till with the vision glorious
Her longing eyes are blest,
And the great Church victorious
Shall be the Church at rest.
239 (Eb) RH 165 MP 483
King of my life, I crown Thee now,
Thine shall the glory be;
Lest I forget Thy thorn-crowned brow,
Lead me to Calvary
Lest I forget Gethsemane,
Lest I forget Thine agony,
Lest I forget Thy love for me,
Lead me to Calvary.
2) Show me the tomb where Thou wast laid,
Tenderly mourned and wept;
Angels in robes of light arrayed,
Guarded Thee whilst Thou slept.
3) Let me, like Mary, through the gloom,
Come with a gift to Thee;
Show to me now the empty tomb,
Lead me to Calvary.
4) May I be willing, Lord, to bear
Daily my cross for Thee;
Even Thy cup of grief to share,
Thou hast borne all for me.
5) Fill me, O Lord, with Thy desire
For all who know not Thee;
Then touch my lips with holy fire,
To speak of Calvary.
240 (C) RH 507 MP 502
A wonderful Saviour is Jesus my Lord,
A wonderful Saviour to me,
He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock,
Where rivers of pleasure I see.
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Chorus:
He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock,
That shadows a dry thirsty land;
He hideth my life in the depths of His love,
And covers me there with His hand
And covers me there with His hand.
2) A wonderful Saviour is Jesus my Lord,
He taketh my burden away,
He holdeth me up, and I shall not be moved,
He giveth me strength as my day.
3) With numberless blessings
Each moment He crowns,
And filled with His fullness divine,
I sing in my rapture, oh, glory to God
For such a Redeemer as mine.
4) When clothed in His brightness
Transported I rise,
To meet Him in the clouds of the sky,
His perfect salvation, His wonderful love,
I'll shout with the millions on high.
241 (Ab) RH 519 MP 467
I have a song that Jesus gave me,
It was sent from heav'n above;
There never was a sweeter melody,
'Tis a melody of love.
In my heart there rings a melody,
There rings a melody
With heaven's harmony;
In my heart there rings a melody;
There rings a melody of love.
2) I love the Christ that died on Calv'ry
For He washed my sins away;
He put within my heart a melody,
And I know it's there to stay.
3) 'Twill be my endless theme in glory,
With the angels I will sing;
'Twill be a song with glorious harmony,
When the courts of heaven ring.
242 (Bb) RH 518 MP 389
Who can cheer the heart like Jesus,
By His presence all divine?
True and tender, pure and precious,
O how blest to call Him mine!
All that thrills my soul is Jesus;
He is more than life to me;
And the fairest of ten thousand,
In my blessed Lord I see.
2) Love of Christ so freely given
Grace of God beyond degree,
Mercy higher than the heaven
Deeper than the deepest sea.
3) What a wonderful redemption!
Never can a mortal know
How my sin, though red like crimson,
Can be whiter than the snow.
4) Ev'ry need His hand supplying,
Ev'ry good in Him I see;
On His strength divine relying,
He is all in all to me.
5) By the crystal-flowing river
With the ransomed I will sing,
And for ever and for ever
Praise and glorify the King.
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