Sunday, September 25, 2016

Come Ye Sinners. Listen online...



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  • Come ye sinners, poor and needy,
    Weak and wounded, sick and sore;
    Jesus ready stands to save you,
    Full of pity, love, and pow'r.

  • I 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.

  • Come, ye thirsty, come and welcome,
    God's free bounty glorify;
    True belief and true repentance,
    Ev'ry grace that brings you nigh.

  • Come ye weary, heavy laden,
    Lost and ruined by the fall;
    If you tarry till you're better,
    You will never come at all.

  • Let not conscience make you linger,
    Nor of fitness fondly dream;
    All the fitness He requireth
    Is to feel your need of Him.

  • I will arise and go to Jesus
    He will embrace me in His arms
    In the arms of my dear Savior
    Oh, there are ten thousand charms

  • Feel Him Prostate in the garden
    On the ground your Maker lies
    On the bloody tree, behold him
    Sinner, will this not suffice?

  • Lo, the incarnate God ascended
    Pleads the merit of his blood
    Venture on him, venture wholly
    Let no other trust intrude

  • I will arise and go to Jesus
    He will embrace me in His arms
    In the arms of my dear Savior
    Oh, there are ten thousand charms


- Hymn by Joseph Hart, 1759



Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted. Listen online...


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  • Stricken, smitten, and afflicted,
    See Him dying on the tree!
    'Tis the Christ by man rejected;
    Yes, my soul, 'tis He, 'tis He!
    'Tis the long-expected Prophet,
    David's Son, yet David's Lord;
    Proofs I see sufficient of it:
    'Tis the true and faithful Word.

  • Tell me, ye who hear Him groaning,
    Was there ever grief like His?
    Friends through fear His cause disowning,
    Foes insulting His distress;
    Many hands were raised to wound Him,
    None would interpose to save;
    But the deepest stroke that pierced Him
    Was the stroke that Justice gave.

  • Ye who think of sin but lightly
    Nor suppose the evil great
    Here may view its nature rightly,
    Here its guilt may estimate.
    Mark the sacrifice appointed,
    See who bears the awful load;
    'Tis the Word, the Lord's anointed,
    Son of Man and Son of God.

  • Here we have a firm foundation;
    Here the refuge of the lost;
    Christ, the Rock of our salvation,
    His the name of which we boast.
    Lamb of God, for sinners wounded,
    Sacrifice to cancel guilt!
    None shall ever be confounded
    Who on Him their hope have built.


Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Come, thou long expected Jesus. Listen online...



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  • Come, thou long expected Jesus,
    born to set thy people free;
    from our fears and sins release us,
    let us find our rest in thee.

  • Israel's strength and consolation,
    hope of all the earth thou art;
    dear desire of every nation,
    joy of every longing heart.

  • Born thy people to deliver,
    born a child and yet a King,
    born to reign in us forever,
    now thy gracious kingdom bring.

  • By thine own eternal spirit
    rule in all our hearts alone;
    by thine all sufficient merit,
    raise us to thy glorious throne.

- Charles Wesley, United Methodist Hymnal, 1744