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Re: Share Your Best Hymns by megabyte2(f): 8:28pm On Jun 29, 2014
Sing ye raise your voices in song to the thy Lord our king, that holy king might redeem us and send his heavenly help.
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by NonsoChris(m): 8:35pm On Jun 29, 2014
When we walk with the Lord in the light of His word, What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will, He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.

Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

Not a shadow can rise, not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,
But is blessed if we trust and obey.

But we never can prove the delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows, for the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do, where He sends we will go;
Never fear, only trust and obey.

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Re: Share Your Best Hymns by Nobody: 8:38pm On Jun 29, 2014
1. On Christ the solid rock i stand, all other ground is sinking sand....this hymn reassures me of a glorious future.


2. Old rugged cross....this hymn brings tears out of my soul.


3. Blessed assurance & What a friend we have in Jesus.....whenever i think of Jesus, this hymns come to mind.


4. It is well with my soul....when i'm troubled & i need peace, this hymn does it all.


So many soul lifting hymns!
God bless the composers wherever they may be.

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Re: Share Your Best Hymns by Nimi22(f): 8:38pm On Jun 29, 2014
Come thou fount of every blessing
tune my heart to seek thy face
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...............
I never get tired of that hymn.. I even cry sometimes when i sing it.

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Re: Share Your Best Hymns by smileandlove(f): 8:45pm On Jun 29, 2014
Hoii: Hymns are very inspirational. Its a part of Sunday service i don't miss. May God continue to bless the composers alive, and may the dead ones continue to rest in perfect peace.
Lets share our best hymns. Just the 1st stanza & the chorus. Mine is
.
1. I am so glad that our Father in heaven
Tells of His love in the Book He has given
Wonderful things in the Bible i see
This is the dearest, that Jesus loves me.
.
Chorus:
I am so glad that Jesus loves me,
Jesus loves me, Jesus loves me
I am so glad that Jesus loves me
Jesus loves even me
. This is the hymn for our sermon today. I love it! #methodist, Worthy is the Lamb!

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Re: Share Your Best Hymns by Noneroone(m): 8:56pm On Jun 29, 2014
Talius:
I love this one u mentioned and some other like
and now o father mindful of the love....
praise my soul the king of heaven
praise to the lord the almighty
I hunger and I thirst
all hail the power of Jesus name
o worship the king
God be with u till we meet again
rejoice the lord is king
stand up stand up for Jesus
all things bright and beautiful
nearer my God to thee
I gave my life for thee
bread of heaven
etc

I really love the Anglican communion and hat I'm a chorister. God bless us all
Thats my best hymn!
Not forgetting:
just as i am, breathe on me, all creatures of our God and king, hark the herald angel sing, o come let us adore him (and other ones for Chrismas) They are endless!
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by adwem2003(m): 8:57pm On Jun 29, 2014
DEVA1: Who remembers hymn 444? All things bright and beautiful

That's my favourite hymn as a kid, can never forget it. From song of praise(SOP)
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by armyofone(m): 9:01pm On Jun 29, 2014
There is a chorus to it now and it goes:

My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, amazing grace


Victoriousvic: Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind, but now I see.

T'was grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.

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Re: Share Your Best Hymns by Nobody: 9:09pm On Jun 29, 2014
armyofone: There is a chorus to it now and it goes:

My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, amazing grace


That's by Michael W. Smith, not the actual hymn.
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by delt2010(m): 9:18pm On Jun 29, 2014
A f'ope f'Olorun,
l'okan ati l'ohun wa.
S S S L L S:
S F M R M R D:
D D D M F R:
M S L Fe S:
S L S F M S:
M R D T D.

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Re: Share Your Best Hymns by lonelydora: 9:20pm On Jun 29, 2014
God is here and that to bless us......etc

Chorus:
Let it come oh Lord we pray thee
Let the showers of heaven fall
We are waiting we are waiting
O revive the hearts of all.

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Re: Share Your Best Hymns by Mintayo(m): 9:23pm On Jun 29, 2014
Adedayo layo:
on a hill far away stood an old rugged cross
Thank you woman,i am so grateful
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by deife(m): 9:32pm On Jun 29, 2014
My fave is :

It pays to serve Jesus I speak from my heart
He'll always be with us when we do our part
There's nought in this wide world can pleasure afford
There's peace and contentment in serving the Lord

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Re: Share Your Best Hymns by Nobody: 9:33pm On Jun 29, 2014
delt2010: A f'ope f'Olorun,
l'okan ati l'ohun wa.
S S S L L S:
S F M R M R D:
D D D M F R:
M S L Fe S:
S L S F M S:
M R D T D.
. Smh,c as u fall ur hand ursef.
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by phibah: 9:34pm On Jun 29, 2014
Immortal, invisible God only wise
In light inaccessible, hid from our eyes
Great Father of Glory, the Ancient of days
Almighty, Victorious, thy Great name we praise.
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by Nobody: 9:41pm On Jun 29, 2014
My best hymns both in eng n yoruba.... 1. Am glad am yours 2.all things bright n beautiful 3.jerusalem on high 3.afi iyin ailopin 4.olori ijo to'run 4.all creatures 5.fight d good fight 6.ten thousand angels 7.at d cross 8.our God reigns 9.I must tell jesus 10.no not one. At d end of dz list I found out dt I neva had a favourite hymn, I dnt think a hymn lover/chorister/organist will av a favourite one ...d ones above jz came across my mind.

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Re: Share Your Best Hymns by Nobody: 9:55pm On Jun 29, 2014
My modern day church doesn't sing hymns.

I was shocked to realize that a part of my spiritual discipline has just been taken away by modern church.

My God !
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by armyofone(m): 10:00pm On Jun 29, 2014
Yep but some churches sing Amazing Grace with "my chains are gone"

singing
My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, amazing grace

Victoriousvic:
That's by Michael W. Smith, not the actual hymn.
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by armyofone(m): 10:04pm On Jun 29, 2014
I love this song so much

Fade, fade each earthly joy;
Jesus is mine.
Break every tender tie;
Jesus is mine.
Dark is the wilderness,
Earth has no resting place,
Jesus alone can bless;
Jesus is mine.

2
Tempt not my soul away;
Jesus is mine.
Here would I ever stay;
Jesus is mine.
Perishing things of clay,
Born but for one brief day,
Pass from my heart away;
Jesus is mine.

3
Farewell, ye dreams of night;
Jesus is mine.
Lost in this dawning bright;
Jesus is mine.
All that my soul has tried
Left but a dismal void;
Jesus has satisfied;
Jesus is mine.

4
Farewell, mortality;
Jesus is mine.
Welcome, eternity;
Jesus is mine.
Welcome, O Loved and Blest,
Welcome, sweet scenes of rest,
Welcome, my Savior’s breast;
Jesus is mine.


Source: http://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/531#ixzz3643EqIPH

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Re: Share Your Best Hymns by Cestmoi1(f): 10:05pm On Jun 29, 2014
bennyrazz: All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things wise and beautiful
The lord God may them all

Each little flower that opens
Each little birds that sings
He made their glowing colours
He made their tiny wings grin
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by faitheverest(f): 10:08pm On Jun 29, 2014
How shall it be on that day? God don't want to miss heaven!
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by Nobody: 10:09pm On Jun 29, 2014
Please someone with SS and S should write the hymn. ''Abide with me ''.

I can't even remember where my copy is kept..

I also remember the Baptist hymnal. God bless my parents..

I was even playing some of these hymns on my personal keyboard before I got a collar job.
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by mozele(m): 10:10pm On Jun 29, 2014
Old Rugged Cross.
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by Adonis4u: 10:16pm On Jun 29, 2014
Afope f' Olorun.
Onibu ore.
Okan mi yo nu Oluwa.
Kosun wa lati ma nkorin igbani.

And many more.
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by Nobody: 10:18pm On Jun 29, 2014
bennyrazz: Oh my comrades, see the signal
Waving in the sky!
Reinforcements now appearing
Victory is nigh!

Chorus

Hold the fort, for I am coming
Jesus signals still
Wave the answer back to heaven
By the grace we will


cheesy

Why do the modern churches despise hymns ?

I am vexed..

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Re: Share Your Best Hymns by Maybellyne(f): 10:20pm On Jun 29, 2014
This is my all time favorite. Can't get enough of it.
Blackchampion: There Shall Be Showers of Blessing
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1 There shall be showers of blessing:
This is the promise of love;
There shall be seasons refreshing,
Sent from the Savior above.
.
Refrain:
Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need:
Mercy-drops round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.
.
2 There shall be showers of blessing,
Precious reviving again;
Over the hills and the valleys,
Sound of abundance of rain. [Refrain]
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3 There shall be showers of blessing;
Send them upon us, O Lord;
Grant to us now a refreshing,
Come, and now honor Thy Word. [Refrain]
.
4 There shall be showers of blessing:
Oh, that today they might fall,
Now as to God we’re confessing,
Now as on Jesus we call! [Refrain]
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5 There shall be showers of blessing,
If we but trust and obey;
There shall be seasons refreshing,
If we let God have His way. [Refrain]

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Re: Share Your Best Hymns by franedima(f): 10:29pm On Jun 29, 2014
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Together let us sweetly live
I am bound for the land of Canaan
Together love to Jesus give
I am bound for the land of Canaan

Chorus
O Canaan, bright Canaan
I am bound for the land of Canaan
O Canaan, it is my happy home
I am bound for the land of Canaan
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by aliciababe(f): 10:43pm On Jun 29, 2014
My favourite is
HE KEEPETH HIS PROMISE FOREVER

The Lord has declared and the Lord will perform, behold I am near to deliver,
A refuge, a fortress, a covert in storm.
He keepeth His promise forever

Chorus; forever, forever onot for a day,
He keepeth His promise forever
To all who believe to all who obey, He keepeth. His promise forever.
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by Nobody: 10:44pm On Jun 29, 2014
Choi!
PAGAN 9JA:
The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.


I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.


By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.


Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.


I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.


Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded.
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.


How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.


O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.


Re: Share Your Best Hymns by delt2010(m): 10:47pm On Jun 29, 2014
Psalmuelh2o: . Smh,c as u fall ur hand ursef.

Continue Shaking ur head till Kingdom come.
Re: Share Your Best Hymns by lonelydude: 10:50pm On Jun 29, 2014
We plough the fields and scatter
The good seed on the land
But it is fed and watered
By God's Almighty hands
He sends the snow in winter
The warmth to swell the grain
The breezes and the sunshine
And soft refreshing rain

Chorus:
All good gifts around us
Are sent from heaven above
Then thank the Lord, oh thank the Lord
For all his love.

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Re: Share Your Best Hymns by Nobody: 10:54pm On Jun 29, 2014
alextayo: TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE

Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879) was an unusually gifted and passionate saint. The daughter of a church rector, she was raised in Worcester, England and attended schools in England and Germany. In her love of learning, she grew to become an able scholar and a talented singer and pianist.

The deepest desire of her heart, however, was in “personal spiritual influence upon others”. This led her to value most of all her ability to write; for that reason she expended the majority of her life’s labors in writing prose and poetry that would be spiritually beneficial to the saints.

Havergal suffered poor health and was taken by the Lord at just 42 years of age. But the Lord prospered her ministry; her writings had a large impact in her own day, and several continue to be read and sung today.

As a result of her poor health and declaration from her doctor that she has few months to live, she gave away all her possesion into charity.

The story of “Take My Life” gives a good picture of the kind of passion and joy she had in ministering to others.

Take my life, and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Take my hands, and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love;
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee.

Take my voice, and let me sing
Always, only, for my King;
Take my lips, and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee.

Take my silver and my gold;
Not a mite would I withhold;
Take my intellect, and use
Every power as Thou shalt choose.

Take my will, and make it Thine;
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart; it is Thine own;
It shall be Thy royal throne.

Take my love; my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure-store.
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee.

Very touching.

Missionary life indeed. What are our present pastors doing ?

Now I understand why God gets angry with the modern church...

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