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Come, Ye Sinners
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Come Ye Sinners
Words: Joseph Hart, 1759. Music: Cameron Gray, 2005
©2005 Rough Harbor Music.
Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched,
Weak and wounded, sick and sore;
Jesus, ready, stands to save you,
Full of pity joined with power.
He is able, He is able;
He is willing; doubt no more.
Come ye needy, come, and welcome,
God’s free bounty glorify;
True belief and true repentance,
Every grace that brings you nigh.
Without money, without money
Come to Jesus Christ and buy.
Come, ye weary, heavy laden,
Bruised and broken by the fall;
If you tarry ’til you’re better,
You will never come at all.
Not the righteous, not the righteous;
Sinners Jesus came to call.
Let not conscience make you linger,
Nor of fitness fondly dream;
All the fitness He requireth
Is to feel your need of Him.
This He gives you, this He gives you,
‘Tis the Spirit’s rising beam.
Lo! The Incarnate God, ascended;
Pleads the merit of His blood.
Venture on Him; venture wholly,
Let no other trust intrude.
None but Jesus, none but Jesus
Can do helpless sinners good.
Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched,
Weak and wounded sick and sore.
Scripture References
Rom 5:8; Matt 28:18; Matt 8:3; Jn 20:27; Eph 2:8; Mk 1:15; Jn 1:16; Mk 2:17; Rom 3:10; Rom 8:34; Jn 14:6; Eph 2:1
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Words: Charles Wesley, 1744. Music: Sandra McCracken and Derek Webb.
©2000 Niphon Music (ASCAP) / Same Old Dress Music, Inc. (ASCAP). CCLI Song #4299967
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 saints Thou art;
Dear desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.
CHORUS:
Come Thou long-awaited Emmanuel.
Born Thy people to deliver,
Born a child and yet a King,
Born to reign in us forever,
Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.
(Repeat Chorus)
By Thine own eternal Spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By Thine all sufficient merit,
Raise us to Thy glorious throne.
(Repeat Chorus)
Scripture References:
2 Cor 4:14; Rev 3:21; Isa 61:1-2; Luke 4:18-19; Rom 6:22
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Words: Robert Robinson, 1758. Music: American folk tune. Public Domain.
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.
Therefore I, Lord, will remember
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 that grace now 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, Lord, take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Here’s my heart, Lord, take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.
Scripture References
1 Sam 7:12-14; 2 Pet 2:25
Notes
The tune is known as Nettleton, by attribution to the evangelist Asahel Nettleton who composed it early in the nineteenth century.
“When [Robinson] was 17 he and some friends attended a meeting where George Whitefield was preaching. Robinson and his friends went for the purpose of ‘scoffing at the poor deluded Methodists.’ However, Whitefield’s strong evangelistic preaching so impressed him that he was converted to Christ.” 101 Hymns Stories by Kenneth Osbeck pg. 52.
Robinson penned these words at age 22 or 23 as a hymn-poem for the conclusion of his sermon for Whitsunday, 1758.
In stanza three, Robinson speaks of being “prone to wonder, prone to leave the God I love”. In his later life, he lapsed into sin. There is a well-known story of Robinson, riding a stagecoach with a lady who was deeply engrossed in a hymnbook. Seeking to encourage him, she asked him what he thought of the hymn Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. Robinson burst into tears and said, “Madam, I am the poor unhappy man who wrote that hymn many years ago, and I would give a thousand worlds, if I had them, to enjoy the feelings I had then.”
Ebenezer
The word “Ebenezer” comes from Hebrew and is actually two words pronounced together: Even Haazer. It literally means “Stone of Help”.
Fetter
1. A chain or shackle placed on the feet.
2. Usually, fetters. anything that confines or restrains.
Come, Believers
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Come, Believers
Words & Music: Cameron Gray, 2005. ©2005 Rough Harbor Music
O come, believers, sing the praises
Of my everlasting Lord
O come and hymn my holy Jesus
Who has washed me in His blood
Wretch, and to every evil prone,
In all my transgressions dead,
Yet, to claim me for His own,
In my place my Savior bled.
He takes the wounded to His healing,
His mercy spilled is not in vain.
Salvation poured out, flowing freely for
Helpless and needy, blind and lame.
His depth of grace no soul can sound,
O Lamb of God, for sinners slain!
That cleansing flood’s sweet source is found
At fountains flowing from His veins.
CHORUS:
O—Come, believers!
O—Sing His praise.
O—Come, believers!
Abounding Grace, O Love Redeeming,
Unchain my tongue to sing Thy praise!
I’ll join the songs of saints beseeching:
“O speed the day we see Thy face!”
In this my soul’s sole consolation;
In this my hope, my joy abide:
What shall I trust for my salvation?
None but Christ and Him crucified.
(Repeat Chorus)
O come, believers, sing the praises
Of my everlasting Lord.
Notes
Wrote this in late 2005, when I first started reading the Gadsby Hymnal. Recorded sometime early 2006 in my bedroom.
Blessed Be Your Name
Blessed Be Your Name
Words & Music: Beth Redman & Matt Redman.
©2002 Kingsway’s Thankyou Music. CCLI Song #3798438
Blessed be Your Name in the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your Name
And blessed be Your Name when I’m found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed be Your Name
PRE-CHORUS:
Every blessing You pour out I’ll turn back to praise
And when the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will say
CHORUS:
Blessed be the Name of the Lord
Blessed be Your Name
Blessed be the Name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious Name
Blessed be Your Name when the sun’s shining down on me
When the world is as it should be
Blessed be Your Name
And blessed be Your Name on the road marked with suffering
When there’s pain in the offering
Blessed be Your Name
(Repeat Pre-Chorus/Chorus)
BRIDGE:
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your Name
Scripture References
Job 1:21; Job 13:15; Isaiah 35:3-6; Isaiah 43:20-21
Be Unto Your Name
Be Unto Your Name
Words & Music: Lynn DeShazo & Gary Sadler. ©1998 Integrity’s Hosanna! Music. CCLI #2177476
We are a moment, You are forever
Lord of the ages, God before time
We are a vapor, You are eternal
Love everlasting, reigning on high.
CHORUS:
Holy, holy Lord God Almighty
Worthy is the Lamb Who was slain
Highest praises, honor and glory
Be unto Your name,
Be unto Your name.
We are the broken, You are the healer,
Jesus, Redeemer, mighty to save;
You are the love song we’ll sing forever,
Bowing before You, blessing Your name.
(Repeat CHORUS)
Scripture References:
Rev 5:12
Better Is One Day
Better Is One Day
Words & Music: Matt Redman. ©1995 Thankyou Music. CCLI Song #1097451
How lovely is Your dwelling place,
O Lord Almighty;
For my soul longs and even faints for You.
For here my heart is satisfied
Within Your presence;
I sing beneath the shadow of Your wings.
CHORUS:
Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere
One thing I ask and I would seek:
To see Your beauty;
To find You in the place Your glory dwells.
On Thing I ask and I would seek:
To see Your beauty;
To find You in the place Your glory dwells.
(Repeat Chorus)
BRIDGE:
My heart and flesh cry out
For You the living God,
Your Spirit’s water to my soul;
I’ve tasted and I’ve seen,
Come once again to me;
I will draw near to You,
I will draw near to You.
(Repeat Chorus)
Scripture References:
Ps 84:1-12; Ps 27:4
Be To Our God
Be Thou My Vision
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Be Thou My Vision
Words: Attributed to Dallan Forgaill, 8th Century. Music: Irish folk melody, arr. by Cameron Gray, 2008. ©2008 Rough Harbor Music
Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.
Be Thou my wisdom, and Thou my true Word
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord
Thou my great Father, and I Thy true son,
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.
CHORUS:
O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me save that Thou art
O Lord of my heart
Be Thou my vision, Be thou my vision
Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High king of heaven, my treasure Thou art.
CHORUS 2:
O Lord of my heart
High King of Heaven, my treasure Thou art
O Lord of my heart
Be Thou my vision, Be thou my vision
High king of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s Son!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my vision, O ruler of all.