Hymns and Songs

Sunday Hymn – Praise him, Praise Him!

Here is a hymn that we sang during the Breaking of Bread/Communion service. It’s another great hymn by Fanny Crosby.

Verse three calls the Lord Jesus “prophet, and priest, and king!” The Lord truly is Prophet (Deuteronomy 18:15), Priest (Psalm 110:4), and King (Psalm 2:6).

Praise him, Praise Him!
Words by Fanny J. Crosby & music by Chester G. Allen

1. Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed redeemer!
Sing, O earth, his wonderful love proclaim!
Hail him, hail him! Highest archangels in glory!
Strength and honor give to his holy name!
Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard his children.
In his arms he carries them all day long.

Chorus:
Praise him! Praise him! tell of his excellent greatness.
Praise him! Praise him! ever in joyful song.

2. Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed redeemer!
For our sins, he suffered, and bled, and died.
He our rock, our hope of eternal salvation,
hail him, hail him! Jesus, the crucified.
Sound his praises, Jesus who bore our sorrows,
love unbounded, wonderful, deep, and strong.

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3. Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed redeemer!
Heav’nly portals loud with hosannas ring!
Jesus, Savior, reigneth forever and ever!
Crown him, crown him! prophet, and priest, and king!
Christ is coming, over the world victorious.
Pow’r and glory unto the Lord belong.

Chorus

Friday Night Hymn – Count Your Blessings

Friday Night Hymn – Count Your Blessings

We sang “Count Your Blessings”, words by Johnson Oatman, Jr. & music by Edwin O. Excel, at our last Friday family night. While the concept may seem simple, this is very good advice. The Bible teaches, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7). Thanksgiving is a way of counting our blessings. Of course, we need to look at the situation for what it is, but by focusing on the good, we don’t let the bad drag us down nor control us.

Mr. Excell, Who wrote the music for the song, seem to of had a positive attitude that fits with the music he wrote for it:
“Mr. Excell will be remembered as the great song leader. Probably no man who ever lived, and certainly in this country, was more capable than he in directing great audiences in singing. He was large of body and happy in his disposition. He was never known to lose his temper or his smile in his endeavor to make the people sing.”
— Herbert H. Smith, (ed.), Organized Sunday School Work in North America, 1918–1922
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Excell

Count Your Blessings
Words by Johnson Oatman, Jr. & music by Edwin O. Excell

1. When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
Chorus:
Count your blessings, name them one by one;
Count your blessings, see what God hath done;
Count your blessings, name them one by one;
Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.
2. Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings, ev’ry doubt will fly,
And you will be singing as the days go by.
Chorus
3. When you look at others with their lands and gold,
Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;
Count your many blessings, money cannot buy
Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.
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4. So, amid the conflict, whether great or small,
Do not be discouraged, God is over all;
Count your many blessings, angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end.
Chorus

Sunday Hymn – Hail, Thou Once-Despised Jesus!

It’s been said that much that we learn about God (our theology) is from the hymns that we sing. What we sing is easier to remember, easier to repeat, and there’s something about music that gets things deep into our soul. Here is a hymn we sang last Sunday that teaches us much biblical truth about the Lord Jesus.

Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus!
Words by John Blakewell & music by François H. Barthelemon

1. Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus!
Hail, Thou Galilean King!
Thou Didst Suffer To Release Us,
Thou Didst Free Salvation Bring.
Hail, Thou Agonizing Saviour,
Bearer Of Our Sin And Shame!
By Thy Merits We Find Favour,
Life Is Given Through Thy Name.

2. Paschal Lamb, By God Appointed,
All Our Sins Were On Thee Laid;
By Almighty Love Anointed,
Thou Hast Full Atonement Made.
All Thy People Are Forgiven,
Through The Virtue Of Thy Blood;
Opened Is The Gate Of Heaven,
Peace Is Made ‘Twixt Man And God.

3. Jesus, Hail! Enthroned In Glory,
There Forever To Abide;
All The Heavenly Hosts Adore Thee,
Seated At Thy Father’s Side.
There For Sinners Thou Art Pleading,
There Thou Dost Our Place Prepare;
Ever For Us Interceding,
Till In Glory We Appear.

4. Worship, Honour, Power, And Blessing,
Thou Art Worthy To Receive;
Loudest Praises, Without Ceasing,
Meet It Is For Us To Give.
Help, Ye Bright Angelic Spirits,
Bring Your Sweetest, Noblest Lays;
Help To Sing Our Saviour’s Merits,
Help To Chant Immanuel’s Praise.

Sunday Hymn – The Family of God

“The Family of God”, words by William J. Gaither & Gloria Gaither and music by William J. Gaither, was an part of our worship service last Sunday.

It was played as introductory music and was our closing hymn. In between, the sermon by Sohrab Ramtin was from I Thessalonians 2:7-12, “Parent Pictures of Ministry”, about how the apostle Paul was like a mother and father to the Thessalonians.

I don’t know if our CCLI license allows us to put the lyrics here, as it is still copyrighted, but we can share it as our closing hymn on YouTube HERE

Friday Night Hymn – I Love to Tell the Story

On Friday family nights, we sing a few hymns. The Gospel (Good News) of our Lord Jesus Christ has also been called The Greatest Story Ever Told, His-story, Perfect Myth and Perfect Fact (in “Myth Became Fact” by C.S. Lewis), and in one of the hymns we sang,“I Love to Tell the Story”, it’s called The Old, Old Story.

I Love to Tell the Story
Words by A. Katherine Hankey, Music by William G. Fischer

1. I love to tell the story of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love;
I love to tell the story, because I know ’tis true,
It satisfies my longings as nothing else would do.

Chorus:
I love to tell the story,
’Twill be my theme in glory,
To tell the old, old story
Of Jesus and His love.

2. I love to tell the story, more wonderful it seems
Than all the golden fancies of all our golden dreams;
I love to tell the story, it did so much for me,
And that is just the reason I tell it now to thee.

Chorus

3. I love to tell the story, ’tis pleasant to repeat,
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.

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4. 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.

Chorus

Sunday Hymn – Once for All

There are many ways of calling people to Christ, preaching, door-to-door evangelism, street preaching, personal evangelism, books, tracts, and also songs. Here is a song, a hymn, we sang last Sunday which calls people to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Once For All
Words & Music by Philip P. Bliss

1. Free from the law, O happy condition,
Jesus has bled, and there is remission;
Cursed by the law and bruised by the fall,
Grace has redeemed us once for all.

Chorus:
Once for all, O sinner, receive it,
Once for all, O friend, now believe it;
Cling to the cross, the burden will fall,
Christ has redeemed us once for all.

2. Now we are free, there’s no condemnation,
Jesus provides a perfect salvation;
“Come unto Me,” oh, hear His sweet call,
Come, and He saves us once for all.

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3. “Children of God,” O glorious calling,
Surely His grace will keep us from falling;
Passing from death to life at His call,
Blessed salvation once for all.

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Sunday Hymn – Saved by the Blood

Here is one of the hymns we sang last Sunday. Try reading or singing it as if you had never heard of Christianity or the Bible before. Listen to what it is really saying as if for the first time. This is a way of seeing just how amazing God and His salvation is. (And remember that crucifixion was used as a shameful and painful from of execution.)

Saved by the Blood
Words by S.J. Henderson, Music by Daniel B. Towner

1. Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
Now ransomed from sin and a new work begun,
Sing praise to the Father and praise to the Son,
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!

Chorus:
Glory, I’m saved! Glory, I’m saved!
My sins are all pardoned, my guilt is all gone!
Glory, I’m saved! Glory, I’m saved!
I’m saved by the blood of the Crucified One!

2. Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
The angels rejoicing because it is done;
A child of the Father, joint-heir with the Son,
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!

Chorus

3. Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
The Father He spake, and His will it was done;
Great price of my pardon, His own precious Son;
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!

Chorus

4. Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
All hail to the Father, all hail to the Son,
All hail to the Spirit, the great Three in One!
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!

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