858 359 I need Thee, O I need Thee; I need Thee every hour; I need Thee every hour, I need Thee every hour; I need Thee every hour, O, make me Thine indeed, 78. & 68. D. Tune-"Bowdler"-No. 257. I love to tell the story Of Jesus and His love. I love to tell the story, I love to tell the story; 360 What seems, each time I tell it, More wonderfully sweet. I love to tell the story; For some have never heard The message of salvation From God's own holy word.-REF. I love to tell the story; For those who know it best Seem hungering and thirsting To hear it like the rest. And when, in scenes of glory, I sing the new, new song, "Twill be the old, old story That I have loved so long.-REF. KATHERINE HANKEY, 1870. Tune-"Even Me." 88. 78. & 38. Lord, I hear of showers of blessing, Thou art scattering full and free; Showers, the thirsty land refreshing; Let some droppings fall on me. REFRAIN. Even me, even me, Let some droppings fall on me. Pass me not, O gracious Father, Pass me not, O tender Savior, Let me live and cling to Thee; For I'm longing for Thy favor; Whilst Thou'rt calling, O call me! -REF Pass me not, O mighty Spirit, Thou canst make the blind to see; Witnesser of Jesus' merit, Speak the word of power to me.-REF. Love of God, so pure and changeless; Blood of Christ, so rich and free; Grace of God, so strong and boundless; Magnify it all in me.--REF. ELIZABETH CODNER, 1860. 361 118. Tune-"Adeste Fideles"-No. 81. 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 ? "Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed, For I am thy God, I will still give thee aid; I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, Upheld by my gracious, 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 trials to bless, And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. "When through fiery trials thy pathway 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. "E'en down to old age all My people 362 He is trampling out the vintage where REFRAIN. Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Our God is marching on! He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat; O be swift, my soul, to answer Him? be jubilant, my feet; Our God is marching on.-REF. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me ; As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.—REF. There is a wondrous river, It maketh all things live; Yea, all ye sons of men, No heat doth ever parch it, It is no desert-vision Which doth the thirsty mock. Life, healing, cleansing, comfort, None seeketh here in vain, This wondrous crystal river, Amid its streets of gold! EDWARD A. COLLIER, 1893. Jesus sought me when a stranger, Interposed His precious blood. Oh! to grace how great a debtor, Bind my wandering heart to Thee; Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it Prone to leave the God I loveHere's my heart-O take and seal it; Seal it from Thy courts above. ROBERT ROBINSON, 1757. 370 Tune-"Salzburg"-No 23. 88. 78. & 48. Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing, Fill our hearts with joy and peace; Let us each, Thy love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace; 1:0 refresh us, :] Traveling thro' this wilderness. Thanks we give and adoration, For Thy Gospel's joyful sound; May the fruits of Thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound; 1: May Thy presence :|| With us evermore be found. So, whene'er the signal's given, Reign with Christ in endless day. |