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words: Robert Robinson, 1758
music: Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813
Come, thou fount of every blessing,
tune my heart to sing thy grace.
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet
sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it,
mount of thy redeeming love.
Here I raise mine Ebenezer,
hither by thy help I'm come.
And I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger
wandering from the fold of God.
He, to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.
O to grace, how great a debtor,
daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it.
Prone to leave the God I love.
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
seal it for thy courts above.
Come, thou fount of every blessing,
tune my heart to sing thy grace.
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Bring Forth the Kingdom
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Marty Haugen 1986
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKBFSW_et3w&list=UUNhlavtmEqMxwE9G_hilfZQ&index=27
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Fairest Lord Jesus
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Words: Munster Gesangbuch, 1677; trans. Joseph August Seiss, 1873
Music: Schlesische Volklieder, 1842; arr. by Richard Storrs Willis, 1850
Fairest Lord Jesus, ruler of all nature,
O thou of God and man the Son,
thee will I cherish, thee will I honor,
thou, my soul's glory, joy, and crown.
Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands,
robed in the blooming garb of spring:
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer,
who makes the woe-ful heart to sing.
Fair is the sunshine, fairer still the moonlight,
and all the twinkling starry host:
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
than all the angels heaven can boast.
Beautiful Savior! Lord of all the nations!
Son of God and Son of man!
Glory and honor, praise adoration,
now and forever more be thine.
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How Great Thou Art
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words and music by Stuart Hine, 1953
O Lord my God! when I in awesome wonder
consider all the works thy hands have made.
I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder,
thy power throughout the universe displayed.
refrain;
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee;
how great thou art, how great thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee;
how great thou art, how great thou art!
When through the woods and forest glades I wander,
and hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
when I look down from lofty mountain grandeur
and hear the brook, and feel the gentle breeze;
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And when I think that God, his Son not sparing,
sent him to die, I scarce can take it in;
that on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
he bled and died to take away my sin;
refrain
When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
and take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow in humble adoration,
and there proclaim, my God, how great thou art!
refrain
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What Child is This?
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Words: William C. Dix, 1865
Music: 16th cent. English melody
a.k.a. Greensleeves
arrangement and melody rewrite by dama
What child is this who, laid to rest, on Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, while shepards watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King, whom shepards guard and angles sing;
haste, haste to bring him laud, the babe, the son of Mary.
Why lies he in such mean estate where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christians, fear, for sinners here the silent Word is pleading.
This, this is Christ the King, whom shepards guard and angles sing;
haste, haste to bring him laud, the babe, the son of Mary.
So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh, come, peasant, king, to own him;
the King of kings salvation brings, let loving hearts enthrone him.
This, this is Christ the King, whom shepards guard and angles sing;
haste, haste to bring him laud, the babe, the son of Mary.
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Anonynous, circa 1880's
became popular in the 1930's and this version was refined and first published in 1940 by Kenneth Morris
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The Easter Song
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The Easter Song
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYOcjRsaXOU&list=UUNhlavtmEqMxwE9G_hilfZQ&index=25
Words and music - Anne Herring, 1974
music rewritten and arranged by dama, March 2020
Hear the bells ringing, they're singing
Christ is risen from the dead.
Hear the bells ringing, they're singing
that we can be born again.
The Angel up on the tombstone said
"He is risen just as he said.
Quickly now, go tell his didsciples
that Jesus Christ is no longer dead!"
Joy to the world, he is risen!
Alleluia! He's risen! Alleluia! He's risen!
Alleluia!
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Words and music by Thomas A. Dorsey, 1938
Refrain;
Precious Lord, take my hand
lead me on, let me stand,
I am tired, I am weak, I am worn.
Thru the storm, thru the night,
lead me on to the light.
Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home.
When my way grows drear,
precious Lord, linger near,
When my life is almost gone.
Hear my cry, hear my call,
hold my hand, lest I fall.
Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home.
Refrain
When the darkness appears
and the light draws near,
and the day is past and gone,
at the river I stand,
guide my feet, hold my hand.
Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home.
Refrain
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Beams of Heaven as I Go
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Words and Music: Rev. Charles Albert Tindley, ca. 1906
Beams of Heaven, as I go through this wilderness below,
guide my feet in peaceful ways, turn my midnights into days.
When in the darkness I would grope, faith always sees a star of hope,
and soon from all life's grief and danger I shall be free some day.
refrain;
I do not know how long it'll be, nor what the future holds for me,
but this i know; if Jesus leads me, I shall get home some day.
Often times my sky is clear, joy abounds without a tear;
though a day so bright begun, clouds may hide tomorrow's sun.
There'll be a day that's always bright, a day that never yields to night,
and in its light the streets of glory I shall behold some day.
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Harder yet may be the fight; right may often yield to might;
wickedness a while may reign; Satan's cause may seem to gain.
There is a God that rules above with hand of power and heart of love.
If I am right, he'll fight my battle. I shall have peace some day.
refrain
Burdens now may crush me down, disappointments all around.
Troubles speak in mournful sigh, sorrow through a tear-stained eye.
There is a world where pleasure reigns. No mourning soul shall roam its plains,
and to that land of peace and glory, I want to go some day.
refrain
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Adam James Buffalo, New York
pianist
singer
songwriter
composer
guitarist
artist
trembling optimist
philoso-rock-on-teur
"There are a million reasons not to go to war. If you can't think of one reason not to, then you shouldn't. If you can, then you wouldn't."
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