Whose I Am |
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Jesus, Master, whose I am, Other lords have long held sway; Jesus, Master! I am Thine; |
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Be Not Weary |
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Yes! He knows the way is dreary, Look to Him who once was willing Look to Him, the Lord of Glory, Look to Him who ever liveth, Look to Him, and faith shall brighten, |
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'This Same Jesus' —Acts 1:11 |
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'This same Jesus!' Oh! how sweetly He who healed the hopeless leper, He who wandered, poor and homeless, He who spake as none had spoken, He who gently called the weary, 'Neath our sin-cursed bending low; 'This same Jesus!' When the vision When, else dimly apprehended, Then, we lift our hearts adoring He Himself, and 'not another,' For this word, O Lord, we bless Thee, |
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Daily Strength |
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'As thy day thy strength shall be!' When thy days are veiled in night, Cold and wintry though they prove, When thy days on earth are past, |
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'The Things Which are Behind' |
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Leave behind earth's empty pleasure, Leave, oh, leave thy fond aspirings, Leave behind thy faithless sorrow, Leave behind the doubting spirit, Leave the darkness gathering o'er thee, |
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God The Provider 'My God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.' |
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Who shall tell our untold need, He hath said it! so we know Through the whole of life's long way, Great our need, but greater far Yet we often vainly plead Can we count redemption's teasure, One the channel, deep and broad, |
Selection of poems from The Ministry of Song by Francis Ridley Havergal. New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Co., [n.d.].
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