Table of Contents
- 1 - Brethren We Have Met to Worship
- 2 - Count Your Blessings
- 3 - Day By Day
- 4 - Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
- 5 - Under His Wings
- 6 - We Gather Together
- 7 - We're God's Little People
1 - Brethren We Have Met to Worship
Brethre We Have Met to Worship
Words: George Atkins
Tune: William Moore
Verse 1
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Brethren, we have met to worship and adore the Lord our God;
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Will you pray with all your power, while we try to preach the Word?
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All is vain unless the Spirit of the Holy One comes down;
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Brethren, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.
Verse 2
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Brethren, see poor sinners round you slumbering on the brink of woe;
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Death is coming, hell is moving, can you bear to let them go?
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See our fathers and our mothers, and our children sinking down;
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Brethren, pray and holy manna will be showered all around.
Verse 3
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Sisters, will you join and help us? Moses' sister aided him;
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Will you help the trembling mourners who are struggling hard with sin?
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Tell them all about the Savior, tell them that He will be found;
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Sisters, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.
Verse 4
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Let us love our God supremely, let us love each other, too;
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Let us love and pray for sinners, till our God makes all things new.
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Then He'll call us home to Heaven, at His table we'll sit down;
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Christ will gird Himself and serve us with sweet manna all around.
2 - Count Your Blessings
Count Your Blessings
Words: Johnson Oatman, JR.
Tune: Edwin Excell
VERSE 1
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When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed,
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When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
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Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
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And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
CHORUS
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Count your blessings, name them one by one,
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Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
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Count your blessings, name them one by one,
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And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
VERSE 2
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Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
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Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
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Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly,
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And you will keep singing as the days go by.
VERSE 3
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When you look at others with their lands and gold,
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Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;
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Count your many blessings. Wealth can nev -er buy
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Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.
VERSE 4
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So, amid the conflict whether great or small,
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Do not be disheartened, God is over all;
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Count your many blessings, angels will att-end,
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Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end.
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 - 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,
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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.
5 - Under His Wings
Under His Wings
Words: William O. Cushing
Tune: Ira D. Sankey
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1. Under His wings I am safely abi-ding,
2. Under His wings, what a refuge in sor-row!
3. Under His wings, oh, what precious en-joy-ment!
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1. Though the night deepens and tempests are wild,
2. How the heart yearningly turns to His rest!
3. There will I hide till life’s trials are o’er;
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1. Still I can trust Him; I know He will keep me,
2. Often when earth has no balm for my heal -ing,
3. Sheltered, protected, no evil can harm me,
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1. He has redeem-ed me, and I am His child.
2. There I find comfort, and there I am blessed.
3. Resting in Jesus, I’m safe ever- more.
Refrain
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Under His wings, under His wings,
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Who from His love can sev-er?
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Under His wings my soul shall abide,
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Safely abide forev-er.
6 - We Gather Together
We Gather Together
Words: Adrianus Valerius
Tune: Adrianus Valerius
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1. We ga -ther togeth-er to ask the Lord’s blessing;
2. Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
3. We all do extol Thee, Thou Lead-er tri - umphant,
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1. He chastens and hastens His will to make known.
2. Or- daining, main -taining His kingdom di - vine;
3. And pray that Thou still our De -fender will be.
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1. The wicked op- pressing now cease from dis-tressing.
2. So from the be-ginning the fight we were winning;
3. Let Thy congre -gation es - cape tribu - lation;
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1. Sing praises to His Name; He for- gets not His own.
2. Thou, Lord, were at our side, all glor -y be Thine!
3. Thy Name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
7 - We're God's Little People
VERSES
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1. You may wonder what we children do with skinned up knees and tennis shoes
2. David was a kid with a sling in his hand and old Goliath was a BIG BIG man
3. Zacchaeus was little just like me So he climbed up in a sycamore tree
4. Lord I'd like to give my best to you But there's a lot of things that I can't do
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1. We may not look like we're worth a lot.
2. He said David I'll kill you with my sword.
3. So he could see Jesus passing through
4. I know I'm not tall and I'm not strong
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1. But being loved by God's own, makes us as big as anyone
2. But David brought him down to size, With that rock between his eyes
3. But he slid down so fast they say, "There's still no bark on that tree today!"
4. But for small people everywhere, We've got somethin' for the world to hear
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1. Because we don't look big doesn't mean we're not
2. Because he came in the name of the Lord
3. Jesus said I'm coming home with you **NO CHORUS AFTER THIS VERSE
4. Lord, I'd like to sing to you this song.
CHORUS
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And we're G - o - d's little people
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We got a light and we're gonna let it shine
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And we're G - o - d's little people
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God's little people are God's big people some-times.
REPEAT ON LAST CHORUS