More Holiness Give Me

Posted on 27th Nov 2023 by hymnoftheday

Philip P. Bliss (1838-1876) was converted at a revival meeting at age twelve and became an itinerant music teacher. His first song was published in 1864, and in 1868 Dwight L. Moody advised him to become a singing evangelist. For the last two years of his life Bliss traveled with Major D. W. Whittle and led the music at revival meetings in the Midwest and Southern United States. Bliss and Ira D. Sankey published a popular series of hymn collections entitled Gospel Hymns. More Holiness Give Me” first appeared under the title “My Prayer” in the author’s second collection of hymns, Sunshine for the Sunday Schools, including one of my favourites “Hallelujah! What a Saviour,”.¹ Enjoy and make this one your prayer today.

More holiness give me,
More strivings within,
More patience in suff’ring,
More sorrow for sin,
More faith in my Savior,
More sense of his care,
More joy in his service,
More purpose in prayer.

More gratitude give me,
More trust in the Lord,
More pride in his glory,
More hope in his word,
More tears for his sorrows,
More pain at his grief,
More meekness in trial,
More praise for relief.

More purity give me,
More strength to o’ercome,
More freedom from earth-stains,
More longing for home.
More fit for the kingdom,
More used would I be,
More blessed and holy—
More, Saviour, like thee.

¹https://hymnary.org/person/Bliss_Philip

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Jesus Is Mine

Posted on 26th Nov 2023 by hymnoftheday

Off the back of yesterday’s hymn, today’s hymn is rewrite of Bonar’s hymn, written by Matt Merker, Keith Getty and Jordan Kauflin. Enjoy!

Fade, fade each earthly joy;
Jesus is mine.
Stronger than fleeting hopes,
Jesus is mine.
Dark is the wilderness,
Earth has no resting place,
Jesus alone can bless;
Jesus is mine.

In days of fragile peace,
Jesus is mine.
Through tearful nights of grief,
Jesus is mine.
His voice commands the storm
His presence stills my soul,
He will sustain my hope
Jesus is mine.

Refrain
Jesus is mine,
Jesus is mine,
When all else fails, He still remains;
Jesus is mine.

When on that final day,
Jesus is mine.
Before His radiant face,
Jesus is mine.
Safe in His arms I’ll cling,
Praising my Saviour King,
Forevermore I’ll sing:
”Jesus is mine.”

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Fade, Fade, Each Earthly Joy

Posted on 25th Nov 2023 by hymnoftheday

Today’s words come from Jane Catherine Bonar, the wife of famous Scottish clergyman and hymn writer Horatius Bonar. Enjoy!

Fade, fade, each earthly joy;
Jesus is mine.
Break every tender tie;
Jesus is mine.
Dark is the wilderness,
Earth has no resting-place,
Jesus alone can bless;
Jesus is mine.

Tempt not my soul away;
Jesus is mine.
Here would I ever stay;
Jesus is mine.
Perishing things of clay,
Born but for one brief day,
Pass from my heart away;
Jesus is mine.

Farewell, ye dreams of night;
Jesus is mine.
Lost, in this dawning bright,
Jesus is mine.
All that my soul has tried
Left but a dismal void;
Jesus has satisfied;
Jesus is mine.

Farewell, mortality;
Jesus is mine.
Welcome, eternity;
Jesus is mine.
Welcome, O loved and blest,
Welcome, sweet scenes of rest,
Welcome, my Saviour’s breast;
Jesus is mine.

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All I Ever Need Is Found In Thee

Posted on 24th Nov 2023 by hymnoftheday

For today’s hymn, I could not find much information about it, not even who wrote it! All the information I could find is that it’s a Russian Hymn, sung by the persecuted Church in the Soviet Union. Perhaps that says everything we need to know about it right? Below is the tune which is quite easy to catch. Enjoy!

Not in words of prayer do I rely;
Nor in songs to be my soul’s supply;
Song of Songs, Thou art to me;
All I ever need is found in Thee.
Song of Songs, Thou art to me;
All I ever need is found in Thee.

Not for selfish gain do I seek peace;
Nor for earthly pleasures to increase;
Thou, O Christ, art all to me;
All I ever need is found in Thee.
Thou, O Christ, art all to me;
All I ever need is found in Thee.

I need Thy peace and holiness within;
I’ll hide in Thee, O keep me from all sin.
Help me more Thy cross to see;
All I ever need is found in Thee.
Help me more Thy cross to see;
All I ever need is found in Thee.

Christ revealed His eternal love;
Can there yet be greater joys above?
This my soul delights to see;
All I ever need is found in Thee.
This my soul delights to see;
All I ever need is found in Thee.

Thou my Shade in a dry and weary land;
I’ll rest beneath Thy strong and mighty hand;
Living Waters be to me;
All I ever need is found in Thee.
Living Waters be to me;
All I ever need is found in Thee

When oppressed by fears on every side;
In Thy strength alone may I abide;
Thou wilt give the victory,
All I ever need is found in Thee.
Thou wilt give the victory,
All I ever need is found in Thee.

Thou my Strength, my Fortress, and my Shield,
To Thee, Saviour, help me ever yield,
Thou art All in All to me,
All I ever need is found in Thee.
Thou art All in All to me,
All I ever need is found in Thee.

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We Remember

Posted on 23rd Nov 2023 by hymnoftheday

Today’s song comes from my favourite music group, Emu Music, and it’s from their new album Here We Stand. This one would be a great song to sing as a congregation to prepare your heart right before you take Communion on a Sunday. Enjoy!

Almighty God, our Father
In mercy, you did give us Christ
Upon the cross your suffering Son
Has made the perfect sacrifice

For though our sins are scarlet
His blood has made them spotless white
We come in full repentance now
As we receive the bread and wine

Refrain
So we come to the table
And we join in the feast
We remember the sacrifice
God’s love poured out at Calvary

We come now to remember
As Jesus asked before he died
His body broken, blood poured out
The death he died has brought us life

With thankful hearts we receive him
We trust that we have been made clean
He will sustain and dwell in us
And we will ever dwell in him

Refrain

We celebrate he is risen
That by his death he conquered death
We look ahead to the promised hope
That he is coming back again

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Come, Every Soul By Sin Oppressed

Posted on 22nd Nov 2023 by hymnoftheday

Today’s hymn is from Only Methodist Episcopal Church minister John H. Stockton (1813-1877) Stockton worked with D L Moody and Ira Sankey in their Philadelphia meetings in 1874, writing several songs for use in the revivals. When it was published in Moody and Sankey’s Sacred Songs and Solos (1875), Matthew 11:29 appeared on the page with the hymn, “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; . . . and ye shall find rest unto your souls.” This hymn also seems to be inspired by Charles Wesley’s famous hymn “Come, sinners to the gospel feast”¹. Enjoy the below version sung by a choir.

Come, every soul by sin oppressed,
There’s mercy with the Lord;
And He will surely give you rest,
By trusting in His word.
Only trust Him, only trust Him,
Only trust Him now;

Refrain:
He will save you, He will save you,
He will save you now.

For Jesus shed His precious blood
Rich blessings to bestow;
Plunge now into the crimson flood
That washes white as snow.
Come to Jesus, come to Jesus,
Come to Jesus now.

Refrain

Yes, Jesus is the truth, the way,
That leads you into rest;
Believe in Him without delay,
And you are fully blest.
Don’t reject Him, don’t reject Him,
Don’t reject Him now.

Refrain

Come then and join this holy band,
And on to glory go,
To dwell in that celestial land,
Where joys immortal flow.
I will trust Him, I will trust Him,
I will trust Him now.

Refrain

¹umcdiscipleship.org/resources/history-of-hymns-only-trust-him

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The Gospel Shows The Father’s Grace

Posted on 21st Nov 2023 by hymnoftheday

Today’s hymn is all about the gospel.The writer, Matthew Loy (1828-1915) was President of the Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, and contributed several original hymns, and translations from German, to the Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal. Enjoy meditating on this one!

The Gospel shows the Father’s grace,
Who sent His Son to save our race,
Proclaims how Jesus lived and died
That we might thus be justified.

It sets the Lamb before our eyes,
Who made the atoning sacrifice,
And calls the souls with guilt oppressed
To come and find eternal rest.

It brings the Saviour’s righteousness
To robe our souls in royal dress;
From all our guilt it brings release
And gives the troubled conscience peace.

It is the pow’r of God to save
From sin and Satan and the grave;
It works the faith which firmly clings
To all the treasures which it brings.

It bears to all the tidings glad
And bids their hearts no more be sad;
The weary, burdened souls it cheers
And banishes their guilty fears.

May we in faith its message learn
Nor thanklessly its blessings spurn;
May we in faith its truth confess
And praise the Lord, our righteousness.

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Forth in Thy Name

Posted on 20th Nov 2023 by hymnoftheday

Today’s hymn is written by Charles Wesley and is a great hymn for you to mediate on at the opening of this day, to commit all your ways to the Lord; enjoy!

Forth in Thy name, O Lord, I go,
my daily labour to pursue,
determined only you to know
in all I think or speak or do.

The task your wisdom has assigned,
O let me cheerfully fulfill;
in all my works your presence find,
and prove your good and perfect will.

May I find you at my right hand;
your eyes see truly what I do.
I labor on at your command
and offer all my works to you.

Give me to bear your easy yoke
and ev’ry moment watch and pray
and still to things eternal look,
and hasten to your glorious day.

For you I joyously employ
whate’er you in grace have giv’n:
I run my daily course with joy
and closely walk with you to heav’n.

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Lord of the Church, We Pray For Our Renewing

Posted on 19th Nov 2023 by hymnoftheday

Today’s hymn on this Lord’s Day is written by Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926). He was educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church positions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham’s 1955 London crusade. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). committee that published Psalm Praise (1973)¹. You’ll notice it has the same time to the hymn “I Cannot Tell”, also known as the Londondery Air tune. Enjoy!

Lord of the church we pray for our renewing
Christ over all our undivided aim
Fire of the Spirit burn for our enduing
Wind of the Spirit fan the living flame
We turn to Christ amid our fear and failing
The will that lacks the courage to be free
The weary labours all but unavailing
To bring us nearer what a church should be

Lord of the church we seek a Father’s blessing
A true repentance and a faith restored
A swift obedience and a new possessing
Filled with the Holy Spirit of the Lord
We turn to Christ from all our restless striving
Unnumbered voices with a single prayer-
The living water for our souls’ reviving
In Christ to live and love and serve and care

Lord of the church we long for our uniting
True to one calling by one vision stirred
One cross proclaiming and one creed reciting
One in the truth of Jesus and His word
So lead us on till toil and trouble ended
One church triumphant one new song shall sing
To praise His glory risen and ascended
Christ over all the everlasting King

¹/hymnary.org/person/DudleySmith_T

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Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord

Posted on 18th Nov 2023 by hymnoftheday

Today’s hymn is written by Benjamin Mansell Ramsey (1849 -1923), an English organist and amateur composer, who is best remembered for the 1919 tune “Camacha” set to this hymn. He was an music teacher at Bournemouth Grammar School, secretary of the Bournemouth Musical Association, conductor of the amateur orchestra in the 1880s and involved with the establishment of Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra in 1893. His works for children included “Robinson Crusoe: A Cantata or Operetta for Boys” (1896) and “Clouds and Sunshine: A Fairy Play”¹. This hymn is based on Psalm 27:11 “teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies”. Enjoy!

Teach me thy way, O Lord;
teach me thy way!
Thy guiding grace afford;
teach me thy way!
Help me to walk aright,
more by faith, less by sight;
lead me with heav’nly light;
teach me thy way!

When I am sad at heart,
teach me thy way!
When earthly joys depart,
teach me thy way!
In hours of loneliness,
in times of dire distress,
in failure or success,
teach me thy way!

When doubts and fears arise,
teach me thy way!
When storms o’erspread the skies,
teach me thy way!
Shine thro’ the cloud and rain,
thro’ sorrow, toil, and pain;
make thou my pathway plain;
teach me thy way!

Long as my life shall last,
teach me thy way!
Where’er my lot be cast,
teach me thy way!
Until the race is run,
until the journey’s done,
until the crown is won,
teach me thy way!