The name Adventist was born out of the belief that Christ is coming soon, literally. Hence, it is not really a surprise when Seventh-day Adventists sing hymns that feature just that. However, this belief is not privy to Adventists alone. Many other denominations believed it and sang it. And in the case of Presbyterian minister,…
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Text 1To the name that brings salvationLet the nations bow the head;Let them kneel in adorationWhen this name of names is said;Let them pray for restorationOf all things in Christ the head. 2He through every generationRules in endless majesty;May the kings of every nationNow foreswear their enmity,And with humble venerationIn the love of God agree.…
Text 1O happy band of pilgrims,If onward ye will treadWith Jesus as your fellow,To Jesus as your Head! 2O happy if ye laborAs Jesus did for men;O happy if ye hungerAs Jesus hungered then! 3The trials that beset you,The sorrows ye endure,The manifold temptationsThat death alone can cure, 4What are they but His jewelsOf right…
Text 1Jerusalem the golden,With milk and honey blest,Beneath thy contemplationSink heart and voice oppressed.I know not, O I know notWhat holy joys are there;What radiancy of glory,What bliss beyond compare. 2They stand, those hall of Zion,All jubilant with song,And bright with many an angel,And all the martyr throng.The Prince is ever in them,The daylight is…
Text 1For thee, O dear country,Mine eyes their vigils keep;For very love beholdingThy holy name, they weep. 2O one, O only mansion!O Paradise of joy!Where tears are ever banish’dAnd smiles have no alloy; 3With jasper glow thy bulwarks,Thy streets with emeralds blaze;The sardius and the topazUnite in thee their rays; 4The cross is all thy…
Text 1Christ is made the sure foundation,Christ the head and cornerstone,chosen of the Lord, and precious,binding all the Church in one;holy Zion’s help for ever,and her confidence alone. 2All that dedicated city,dearly loved of God on high,in exultant jubilationpours perpetual melody;God the One in Three adoringin glad hymns eternally. 3To this temple, where we call…
Text 1All glory, laud, and honor,to thee, Redeemer, King,to whom the lips of childrenmade sweet hosannas ring.Thou art the King of Israel,thou David’s royal Son,who in the Lord’s name comest,the King and Blessed One. 2The company of angelsare praising thee on high,and we with all creationin chorus make reply.The people of the Hebrewswith psalms before…
Text 1Come, you faithful, raise the strainOf triumphant gladness;God has brought His IsraelInto joy from sadness;Loosed from Pharoah’s bitter yokeJacob’s sons and daughters;Led them with unmoistened footThrough the Red Sea waters. 2‘Tis the spring of souls today;Christ has burst His prison,And from three days’ sleep in deathAs a sun has risen;All the winter of our…
Text 1Come, you faithful, raise the strainOf triumphant gladness;God has brought His peopleNow rejoice, Jerusalem,And with true affectionWelcome in unwearied strainsJesus’ resurrection. 2‘Tis the spring of souls today;Christ has burst His prisonFrom the frost and gloom of deathlight and life have risenAll the winter of our sins,Long and dark, is flyingFrom His light, to whom…
Text 1Good Christians, now rejoice,With heart, and soul, and voice;Give ye heed to what we say:Jesus Christ is born today;Ox and ass before Him bow,And He is in the manger now.Crist is born today!Crist is born today! 2Good Christians, now rejoice,With heart, and soul, and voice;Now ye hear of endless bliss:Jesus Christ was born for…