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The hymn was originally written as a Baptist hymn and it is also used by the Salvation Army. [4] The lyrics are based on the Biblical verse in Hosea 6:3. [5] Then we shall know, If we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning, and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth
Since 1847, the hymn is usually only performed with 3 verses; [4] the most recent British Methodist hymn book, "Singing the Faith", [7] some of the additional verses are included as a separate hymn with the first line "Pray without ceasing, pray"; this was common practice in 19th century hymnals [8] In the hymn, the words "adamant and gold" are ...
Glass attributed this hymn to himself, but like several of the hymns so attributed, it is substantially the work of another. He attached to one of John Newton's Olney hymns of 1779 this refrain: There is balm in Gilead, To make the wounded whole; There's power enough in heaven, To cure a sin-sick soul.
"Have mercy on us God most High" A hymn to the Holy Trinity. Most famously set to the same air as 'The Star of the County Down' "I was wandering and weary" "Jesus gentlest Saviour, God of Might and Power" A hymn for Holy Communion "Jesus is God, the glorious bands" (n. 298, The Church Hymn Book (1872)), written in 1862 "Jesus my Lord, my God ...
The context of the verse is the passage in John 1:1-18, Hymn to the Word dealing with the divinity, incarnation and authority of Jesus. Most Christian scholars agree that these words teach us, that all created things, visible, or invisible, were made by this eternal word, that is the Son of God. [1]
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The Hymn of Jesus, H. 140, Op. 37, is a sacred work by Gustav Holst scored for two choruses, semi-chorus, and full orchestra. It was written in 1917–1919 and first performed in 1920. It was written in 1917–1919 and first performed in 1920.
The Lord of hosts is He, Christ Jesus, mighty Lord, God's only Son, adored. He holds the field victorious. Though hordes of devils fill the land All threat'ning to devour us, We tremble not, unmoved we stand; They cannot overpow'r us. Let this world's tyrant rage; In battle we'll engage. His might is doomed to fail; God's judgement must prevail!