Bayly, Albert Frederick b: September 6, 1901; Bexhill, Sussexd. July 26, 1984; Chichester Family and Personality Married Marjorie Shilston (1933) and, after her death in 1948, Grace Fountain (1950) Shy, hospitable, gracious and humble man; also a diligent and devoted pastor His Always had a youthfulness of mind and sense of wonder and delight that…
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Text 1Lord of all good, our gifts we bring You now;Use them Your holy purpose to fulfill.Tokens of love and pledges they shall beThat our whole life is offered to Your will. 2We give our minds to understand Your ways;Hands, voices, eyes to serve Your great design;Hearts with the flame of your own love ablaze:Thus…
Text 1What does the Lord require for praise and offering?What sacrifice, desire or tribute bid you bring?Do justly; Love mercy; Walk humbly with your God. 2Rulers of men, give ear! Should you not justice show?Will God your pleading hear, while crime and cruelty grow?Do justly; Love mercy; Walk humbly with your God. 3How shall our…
Text 1Lord, whose love in humble serviceBore the weight of human need,Who upon the cross, forsaken,Worked Your mercy’s perfect deed:We, Your servants, bring the worshipNot of voice alone, but heart;Consecrating to Your purposeEvery gift which You impart. 2Still Your children wander homeless;Still the hungry cry for bread;Still the captives long for freedom;Still in grief we…
Text 1Thy love, O God, has all mankind created,And led Thy people to this present hour;In Christ we see life’s glory consummated;Thy Spirit manifests His living power. 2From out the darkness of our hope’s frustration,From all the broken idols of our pride,We turn to seek Thy truth’s illumination,And find Thy mercy waiting at our side.…
Text 1Fire of God, Thou sacred flame,Spirit who in splendor came,Let Thy heat my soul refineTill it glows with love divine. 2Breath of God, that swept in powerIn the pentecostal hour,Holy Breath, be Thou in meSource of vital energy. 3Strength of God, Thy might withinConquers sorrow, pain, and sin:Fortify from evil’s artAll the gateways of…
Text 1Lord of the boundless curves of spaceAnd time’s deep mystery,To Your creative might we traceAll nature’s energy. 2Your mind conceived the galaxy,Each atom’s secret planned,And every age of historyYour purpose, Lord, has spanned. 3Yours is the image stamped on man,Though marred by man’s own sin;And Yours the liberating planAgain his soul to win. 4Give…