Faithful Men in Song

Faithful Men in Song

1. How Firm a Foundation

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word What more can He say than to you He hath said To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled

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Fear not, I am with thee; oh be not dismayed For I am thy God and will still give thee aid I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand

When through the deep waters I call thee to go The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress

When through fiery trials thy pathways shall lie My grace all sufficient shall be thy supply The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine

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The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose I will not, I will not desert to its foes That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake I’ll never, no never, no never forsake Words by "K" in Rippon's Hymns (1787), traditional American melody

2. For the Beauty of the Earth

For the beauty of the earth For the beauty of the skies For the love wich from our birth Over and around us lies Lord of all to thee we raise This our joyful hymn of praise

For the beauty of the hour

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Of the day and of the night Hill and vale And tree and flower Sun and moon and stars of light Lord of all to thee we raise This our joyful hymn of praise

For the joy of human love Brother, sister, parent, child Friends on earth And friends above For all gentle Thoughts and mild Lord of all to thee we raise This our joyful hymn of praise

For each perfect gift of thine To our race so freely given Graces human and divine Flow'rs of earth and buds of heav'n Lord of all to thee we raise

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This our joyful hymn of praise Songwriter: JOHN RUTTER

3. He Walks With Me

I come to the garden alone while the dew is still on the roses and the voice I hear falling on my ear the son of god discloses and he walks with me and he talks with me and he tells me I am his own and the joy we share as we tarry there none other has ever known He speaks and the sound of his voice is so sweet the birds hush their singing and the melody that he gave to me within my heart is ringing and he walks with me and he talks with me and he tells me I am his own and the joy we share as we tarry there none other has ever known

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I'd stay in the garden with him though the night around me is falling but he bids me go through the voice of woe his voice to me is calling and he walks with me and he talks with me and he tells me I am his own and the joy we share as we tarry there none other has ever known Songwriter: Merle Haggard

4. Are You Washed in the Blood?

Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?

Are you washed in the blood of the lamb?

Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?

Are you washed in the blood of the lamb?

Are you washed in the blood In the soul-cleansing blood of the lamb?

Are your garments spotless? Are they white as snow?

Are you washed in the blood of the lamb?

Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin

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And be washed in the blood of the lamb There's a fountain flowing for the soul unclean O, be washed in the blood of the lamb Are you washed in the blood In the soul-cleansing blood of the lamb?

Are your garments spotless? Are they white as snow?

Are you washed in the blood of the lamb?

Songwriter: Alan Jackson

5. It is Finished

There's a line that is drawn through the ages On that line stands an old rugged cross On that cross, a battle is raging To gain a man's soul or it's loss On one side, march the forces of evil

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All the demons, all the devils of hell On the other, the angels of glory And they meet on Golgotha's hill The earth shakes with the force of the conflict And the sun refuses to shine For there hangs God's son, in the balance And then through the darkness he cries

It is finished, the battle is over It is finished, there'll be no more war It is finished, the end of the conflict It is finished and Jesus is Lord

Yet in my heart, the battle was still raging Not all prisoners of war had come home These were battlefields of my own making I didn't know that the war had been won Oh, but then I heard the king of the ages Had fought all the battles for me And that victory was mine for the claiming And now praise his name, I am free.

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It is finished, the battle is over It is finished, there'll be no more war It is finished, the end of the conflict It is finished and Jesus is Lord Songwriters: Gloria Gaither / William J. Gaither

6.Jesus, All for Jesus

Jesus, all for Jesus All I am and have and ever hope to be Jesus, all for Jesus All I am and have and ever hope to be

All of my ambitions, hopes and plans

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I surrender these into Your hands All of my ambitions, hopes and plans I surrender these into Your hands

For it's only in Your will that I am free For it's only in Your will that I am free Jesus, all for Jesus All I am and have and ever hope to be.

Songwriter: Robin Mark

7. There is No Other Name

There is no other name By which man can be saved There is no other name under Heaven

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There is rest for my soul And the wounded made whole And the captives set free and forgiven

Such love as I've never known I've found in the grace that flowed to me In my unrighteousness This is why my heart and soul And tongue confess

There is no other name By which man can be saved There is no other name under Heaven There is rest for my soul And the wounded made whole And the captives set free and forgiven.

Songwriter: ROBIN MARK

8. Psalm 63 in the Scottish Psalter

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1 Lord, thee my God, I'll early seek: my soul doth thirst for thee; My flesh longs in a dry parched land, wherein no waters be: 2 That I thy power may behold, and brightness of thy face, As I have seen thee heretofore within thy holy place.

3 Since better is thy love than life, my lips thee praise shall give.

4 I in thy name will lift my hands, and bless thee while I live.

5 Ev'n as with marrow and with fat my soul shall filled be; Then shall my mouth with joyful lips sing praises unto thee: 6 When I do thee upon my bed remember with delight, And when on thee I meditate in watches of the night.

7 In shadow of thy wings I'll joy; for thou mine help hast been.

8 My soul thee follows hard; and me

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thy right hand doth sustain.

9 Who seek my soul to spill shall sink down to earth's lowest room.

10 They by the sword shall be cut off, and foxes' prey become.

11 Yet shall the king in God rejoice, and each one glory shall That swear by him: but stopped shall be the mouth of liars all.

9. Take Time to Be Holy

Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord; Abide in Him always, and feed on His Word.

Make friends of God's children, help those who are weak, Forgetting in nothing His blessing to seek.

Take time to be holy, the world rushes on; Spend much time in secret, with Jesus alone.

By looking to Jesus, like Him thou shalt be; Thy friends in thy conduct His likeness shall see.

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Take time to be holy, let Him be thy Guide; And run not before Him, whatever betide.

In joy or in sorrow, still follow the Lord, And, looking to Jesus, still trust in His Word.

Take time to be holy, be calm in thy soul, Each thought and each motive beneath His control.

Thus led by His Spirit to fountains of love, Thou soon shalt be fitted for service above.

Songwriters: John Longhurst

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