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Words: Unknown author. Music: Closer Walk, traditional folk song. I am weak, but Thou art strong; Jesus, keep me from all wrong; I’ll be satisfied as long As I walk, let me walk close to Thee. Refrain Just a closer walk with Thee, Grant it, Jesus, is my plea, Daily walking close to Thee, Let it be, […]
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Words: Augustus M. Toplady, 1776. Music: Toplady, Thomas Hastings, 1830. Alternate tunes: Cuyler, J. Hyatt Brewer (1851-1931) Redhead, Richard Redhead, 1853 Sir William Henry Wills, in a letter to Dean Lefroy, published in the [London] Times in June, 1898, says ‘Toplady was one day overtaken by a thunderstorm in Burrington Coombe, on the edge of my property, Blagdon, a rocky glen running up […]
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Words: Henry Vaughan, Silex Scintillans, or Sacred Poems, 1650. Music: Vulpius, Melchior Vulpius, Ein Schön Geistlich Gesangbuch (Jena, Germany: 1609). My soul, there is a country, Afar beyond the stars, Where stands a wingèd sentry, All skillful in the wars. There, above noise and danger, Sweet Peace sits crowned with smiles, And One born in a manger Commands the beauteous files. […]
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Words: John Newton, Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779). Music: St. Peter (Reinagle), Alexander R. Reinagle, Psalm Tunes for the Voice and Pianoforte (Oxford, England: 1836). Alternate tunes: Heber, George Kingsley, 1838 Ortonville, Thomas Hastings, 1837 How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds In a believer’s ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. It makes the wounded spirit […]
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Words: William Cowper, in Twenty-six Letters on Religious Subjects, by John Newton, 1774. It is reportedly the last hymn Cowper ever wrote, with a fascinating (though unsubstantiated) story behind it. Cowper often struggled with depression and doubt. One night he decided to commit suicide by drowning himself. He called a cab and told the driver to take […]
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Words: James Montgomery, Poet’s Portfolio, 1835. Music: Terra Beata, traditional English melody, arranged by Franklin L. Sheppard in his Alleluia, 1915. Alternate tune: Nearer Home, Isaac B. Woodbury, 1852; harmony by Arthur S. Sullivan, 1874 “Forever with the Lord!” Amen, so let it be! Life from His death is in that word ’Tis immortality. Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I […]
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Words: Katharina A. von Schlegel, in Neue Sammlung Geistlicher Lieder, 1752 (Stille, meine Wille, dein Jesus hilft siegen); translated from German to English by Jane L. Borthwick in Hymns from the Land of Luther, 1855. Music: Finlandia, Jean Sibelius, 1899. Alternate tune: Unde et Memores, William H. Monk, 1875 This hymn was reportedly the favorite of Eric Liddell, the athlete who became […]
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