Text 1Work for the night is coming,Work through the morning hours;Work while the dew is sparkling;Work ‘mid springing flow’rs.Work when the day grows brighter,Work in the glowing sun;Work for the night is coming,When man’s work is done. 2Work for the night is coming,Work thro’ the sunny noon;Fill brightest hours with labor,Rest comes sure and soon.Give…
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Text 1Lord of creation, to you be all praise!Most mighty your working, most wondrous your ways!Your glory and might are beyond us to tell,And yet in the heart of the humble you dwell. 2Lord of all power, I give you my will,In joyful obedience your tasks to fulfill.Your bondage is freedom; your service is song;And…
Text 1Come, ye sinners poor and needy,Weak and wounded, sick and sore;Jesus ready stands to save you,Full of pity, love, and power. RefrainI will arise and go to Jesus,He will embrace me in His arms;In the arms of my dear Savior,O there are ten thousand charms. 2Come. ye thirsty, come, and welcome,God’s free bounty glorify;True…
Text 1Lord Jesus, once You spoke to menUpon the mountain and the plain,O help us listen now as thenAnd wonder at Your words again. 2We all have secret fears to face,Our minds and motives to amend.We seek Your truth,We need your grace,Our living Lord and present friend. 3The gospel speaks; and we receiveYour light, Your…
Text 1Jesus shall reign where’er the sunDoes his successive journeys run;His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 2People and realms of ev’ry tongueDwell on His love with sweetest song,And infant voices shall proclaimTheir early blessings on His name. 3Blessings abound wherever He reigns;The prisoner leaps to lose his…
Text 1The King shall come when morning dawnsAnd light triumphant breaks,When beauty gilds the eastern hillsAnd life to joy awakes. 2Not as of old a little child,To bear and fight and die,But crowned with glory like the sunThat lights the morning sky. 3O, brighter than that rising mornWhen Christ, victorious, roseAnd left the lonesome place…
Text 1That glorious day is coming,The hour is hastening on;Its radiant light is nearing,Far brighter than the sun;In yonder clouds of heaven,The Saviour will appear,And gather all His chosen,To meet Him in the air. 2The saints, then all victoriousWill go to meet their Lord;An earth both bright and glorious,Will then be their reward;And God Himself…
Text 1The Lord is coming, let this beThe herald note of jubilee;And when we meet and when we partThe salutation from the heart. Refrain:The Lord is coming, let this beThe herald note of jubilee,The herald note of jubilee. 2The Lord is coming, sound it forthFrom east to west, from south to north;Speed on! Speed on…
Text 1The head that once was crowned with thornsIs crowned with glory now;A royal diadem adornsThe mighty victor’s brow. 2The highest place that heaven affordsIs His, is His by right;The King of kings, and Lord of lords,And heaven’s eternal light. 3The joy of all who dwell above,The joy of all below,To whom He manifests His…
Text 1Alleluia! sing to Jesus! His the scepter, His the throne.Alleluia! His the triumph, His the victory alone.Hark! the songs of peaceful Zion thunder like a mighty flood.Jesus out of every nation has redeemed us by His blood. 2Alleluia! not as orphans are we left in sorrow now;Alleluia! He is near us, faith believes, nor…