Table of Contents
- 1 - Be Still, My Soul
- 2 - Blessed Assurance
- 3 - Day By Day
- 4 - How Firm a Foundation
- 5 - Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
- 6 - Nearer, My God, to Thee
- 7 - Tis so Sweet to Trust in Jesus
- 8 - What a Friend We Have in Jesus
1 - Be Still, My Soul
Be Still, My Soul
Words: Katharina von Schlegel, b. 1697
Tune: Jean Sibelius, 1865-1957
Category: Life in Christ
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1. Be still, my soul! the Lord is on thy side;
2. Be still, my soul! thy God doth un -der - take
3. Be still, my soul! the hour is has-t'ning on
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1. Bear pa -tient-ly the cross of grief or pain;
2. To guide the fu-ture as He has the past.
3. When we shall be for -ev -er with the Lord,
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1. Leave to thy God to or-der and pro -vide
2. Thy hope, thy con-fi-dence let noth-ing shake;
3. When dis-ap -point-ment, grief, and fear are gone,
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1. In ev-'ry change He faith-ful will re-main.
2. All now mys-te-rious shall be bright at last.
3. Sor-row for-got, love's pur -est joys re-stored.
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1. Be still, my soul! thy best, thy heav'n-ly Friend
2. Be still, my soul! the waves and winds still know
3. Be still, my soul! when change and tears are past;
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1. Thru thorn-y ways leads to a joy-ful end.
2. His voice Who ruled them while He dwelt be-low.
3. All safe and bless-ed we shall meet at last.
2 - Blessed Assurance
Blessed Assurance
Words: Fanny J. Crosby 1820-1915
Tune: Phoebe P. Knapp 1939-1908
Category: Assurance
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1 Bless-ed as-sur-ance, Je-sus is mine!
2 Per-fect sub-mis-sion, per-fect de-light!
3 Per-fect sub-mis-sion- all is at rest,
D A E A
1 O what a fore -taste of glo-ry di-vine
2 Vi-sions of rap-ture now burst on my sight;
3 I in my Sav -ior am hap-py and blest
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1 Heir of sal-va-tion, pur-chase of God
2 An-gels de-scend-ing bring from a-bove
3 Watch-ing and wait-ing, look-ing a -bove,
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1 Born of His Spir-it, washed in His blood.
2 Ech-oes of mer -cy, whis -pers of love.
3 Filled with His good-ness, lost in His love.
Chorus
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This is my sto-ry, this is my song, Prais-ing my Sav-ior all the day long;
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This is my sto-ry, this is my song, Prais-ing my Sav-ior all the day long.
3 - Day By Day
Day by Day
Words: Carlina S. Berg 1832-1903
Tune: Oscar Ahnfelt 1813-1882
Category: Assurance
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1. Day by day and with each pass-ing mo -ment,
2. Ev-'ry day the Lord Him-self is near me
3. Help me then in ev-'ry trib-u- la -tion
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1. Strength I find to meet my tri-als here;
2. With a spe-cial mer-cy for each hour;
3. So to trust Thy prom-is-es, O Lord,
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1. Trusting in my fa-ther's wise be -stow -ment,
2. All my cares He fain would bear, and cheer me,
3. That I lose not faith's sweet con-so-la - tion
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1. I've no cause for wor-ry or for fear.
2. He whose name is Coun-sel-or and Pow'r
3. Of-fered me with-in Thy ho-ly Word.
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1. He whose heart is kind be-yond meas - ure
2. The pro-tec-tion of His child and treas - ure
3. Help me, Lord, when toil and trou-ble meet-ing,
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1. Gives un-to each day what He deems best
2. Is a charge that on Him-self He laid;
3. E'er to take, as from a fa-ther's hand
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1. Lov-ing-ly, its part of pain and pleas-ure,
2. ""As thy days, thy strength shall be in meas -ure,""
3. One by one, the day, the mo-ments fleet-ing,
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1. Ming-ling toil with peace and rest
2. This the pledge to me He made.
3. Till I reach the prom-ised land.
4 - How Firm a Foundation
How Firm a Foundation
Words: Rippon's Selection of Hymns 1787
Tune: Traditional American Melody
Category: Assurance
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1 How firm a foun- da-tion, ye saints of the lord,
2 Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dis -mayed,
3 When through fier-y tri-als they path-way shall lie,
4 The soul that on Je-sus hath leaned for re -pose
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1 Is laid for your faith in His ex- cel-lent Word!
2 For I am thy God, I will still give thee aid;
3 My grace, all suf -fi -cient, shall be thy sup -ply
4 I will not, I will not de -sert to his foes;
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1 What more can He say than to you He hath said,
2 I'll strength-en thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
3 The flame shall not hurt thee; I on-ly de -sign,
4 That soul, though all hell should en -deav-or to shake,
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1 To you who for ref -uge to Je - sus have fled?
2 Up -held by My right-eous, om-nip -o-tent hand.
3 Thy dross to con -sume and thy gold to re -fine.
4 I'll ne- ver, no nev -er, no nev -er for -sake!
5 - Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
Words: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: Anthony J. Showalter
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1. What a fellow -ship, what a joy divine
2. O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way,
3. What have I to dread, what have I to fear,
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1. Leaning on the everlasting arms;
2. Leaning on the everlasting arms;
3. Leaning on the everlasting arms;
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1. What a blessed - ness, what a peace is mine,
2. O how bright the path grows from day to day,
3. I have blessed peace with my Lord so near,
D A D
1. Leaning on the everlast-ing arms.
2. Leaning on the everlasting arms.
3. Leaning on the everlasting arms.
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Lean-ing, leaning, safe and secure from all a-larms;
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Lean-ing, lean-ing, leaning on the ever-lasting arms.
6 - Nearer, My God, to Thee
Nearer, My God, to Thee
Words: Sarah F. Adams, 1805-1848
Tune: Lowell Mason 1792-1872
Category: Prayer and Death
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1 Near -er, my God, to Thee, Near-er to Thee!
2 There let the Way ap-pear, Steps un-to heav'n;
3 Then with my wak-ing thoughts Bright with Thy praise,
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1 E'en though it be a cross That rais-eth me;
2 All that thou send-est me, In mer-cy giv'n;
3 out of my ston-y griefs Beth-el I'll raise;
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1 Still all my song shall be, Near-er, my God, to Thee!
2 An -gels to beck-on me Near-er, my God, to Thee!
3 So by my woes to be Near-er, my God, to Thee!
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1 Near-er, my God, to Thee, Near-er to Thee!
2 Near-er, my God, to Thee, Near-er to Thee!
3 Near-er, my God, to Thee, Near-er to Thee!
7 - Tis so Sweet to Trust in Jesus
Tis so Sweet to Trust in Jesus
Words: Louisa M. R. Stead 1850-1917
Tune: William J. Kirkpatrick 1838-1921
Category: Faith and Trust
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1'Tis so sweet to trust in Je - sus, Just to take Him at His Word;
2 O how sweet to trust in Je - sus, Just to trust His cleans-ing blood;
3 Yes,'tis sweet to trust in Je - sus, Just from sin and self to cease;
4 I'm so glad I learned to trust Him, Pre-cious Je-sus, Sav -ior, Friend;
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1 Just to rest up -on His prom -ise, Just to know, "Thus saith the Lord."
2 Just in sim -ple faith to plunge me ' Neath the heal-ing, cleans-ing flood!
3 Just from je-sus sim-ply tak -ing Life and rest, and joy and peace.
4 And I know that he is with me, Will be with me to the end.
Chorus
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Je-sus, Je-sus, how I trust Him! How I've proved Him o'er and o'er!
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Je-sus, Je-sus, pre-cious Je-sus! O for grace to trust Him more!
8 - What a Friend We Have in Jesus
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Words: Joseph Scriven 1819-1886
Tune: Charles C. Converse 1832-1918
Category: Jesus Christ
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1. What a friend we have in Je-sus, All our sins and griefs to bear!
2. Have we tri-als and temp-ta-tions? Is there trou-ble an-y -where?
3. Are we weak and heav-y lad-en, Cum-bered with a load of care?
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1. What a priv-i-lege to car -ry Ev-'ry -thing to God in prayer!
2. We should nev-er be dis -cour-aged- Take it to the Lord in prayer!
3. Pre-cious Sav-ior, still our ref -uge- Take it to the Lord in prayer!
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1. O, what peace we of-ten for-feit, O, what need-less pain we bear,
2. Can we find a friend so faith-ful, Who will all our sor-rows share?
3. Do thy friends de-spise, for-sake thee? Take it to the Lord in prayer!
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1. All be-cause we do not car-ry Ev-'ry -thing to God in prayer.
2. Je-sus knows our ev-'ry weak-ness- Take it to the Lord in prayer!
3. In His arms he'll take and shield thee- Thou wilt find a sol-ace there.