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I Know That My Redeemer Lives

Author: Medley Appears in 474 hymnals First Line: I know that my Redeemer live Lyrics: 1. I know that my Redeemer live What comfort this sweet sentence gives He lives, He lives, who once was dead; He lives, my ever-living head. He lives to bless me with His love, He lives to plead for me above, He lives, my hungry soul to feed, He lives to bless in time of need. 2. He lives to grant me rich supply, He lives to guide me with His eye, He lives to comfort me when faint, He lives to hear my soul's complaint. He lives to silence all my fears, He lives to wipe away my tears, He lives to calm my troubled heart, He lives, all blessings to impart. 3. He lives, my kind, wise heav'nly friend, He lives, and loves me to the end, He lives, and while He lives I'll sing, He lives, my Prophet, Priest and King. He lives, and grants me daily breath, He lives, and I shall conquer death, He lives, my mansion to prepare, He lives to bring me safely there. 4. He lives, all glory to His name! He lives, my Savior still the same; O sweet the joy this sentence gives, "I know that my Redeemer lives!" He lives, all glory to His name! He lives, my Savior still the same; O sweet the joy this sentence gives, "I know that my Redeemer lives!" Used With Tune: [I know that my Redeemer live]

I'll Praise My Maker

Author: Watts Appears in 528 hymnals First Line: I'll praise my Maker while I've breath Lyrics: 1. I'll praise my Maker while I've breath; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my noblest pow'rs My days of praise shall ne'er be past While life and thought and being last, Or immortality endures 2. Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God; He made the sky, And earth and sea. with all their train His truth forever stands secure; He saves the opprest He feeds the poor, And non shall find His promise vain 3. The Lord gives eyesight to the blind; The Lord supports the fainting mind; He sends the lab'ring conscience peace, He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless, And grants the prisoner sweet release. 4. I'll praise Him while He lends me breath, And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my noblest pow'rs, My days of praise shall ne'er be past While life and thought and being last, Or immortality endures. Used With Tune: [I'll praise my Maker while I've breath]

Should You Feel Inclined to Censure

Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: Should you feel inclin'd to censure Lyrics: 1. Should you feel inclin’d to censure Faults you may in others view, Ask your own heart, ere you venture, If that has not failings too. Let not friendly vows be broken; Rather strive a friend to gain; Many a word in anger spoken Find its passage home again. 2. Do not, then, in idle pleasure, Trifle with a brother’s fame; Guard it as a valued treasure, Sacred as your own good name. Do not form opinions blindly; Hastiness to trouble tends; Those of whom we tho’t unkindly, Oft become our warmest friends. Used With Tune: [Should you feel inclin'd to censure]

Great is the Lord

Author: Eliza R. Snow Appears in 18 hymnals First Line: Great is the Lord! 'tis good to praise Lyrics: 1. Great is the Lord! ’tis good to praise His high and holy name: Well may the Saints in latter days His wondrous love proclaim! To praise him let us all engage, For unto us is giv’n To live in this momentous age And share the light of heav’n. 2. We'll praise Him for our happy lot On this much-favored land, Where truth and righteousness are taught By His divine command. We'll praise Him for more glorious things Than language can express; The "Everlasting Gospel" brings The humble soul to bliss. 3. The Comforter is sent again; His pow’r the Church attends, And with the faithful will remain Till Jesus Christ descends. We'll praise Him for a Prophet's voice, His people's steps to guide; In this we do and will rejoice, Though all the world deride. 4. Praise Him! the time, the chosen time To favor Zion's come; And all the Saints from ev'ry clime Will soon be gathered home. The op'ning seals announce the day, By prophets long declared, When all, in one triumphant lay, Will join to praise the Lord. Used With Tune: [Great is the Lord! 'tis good to praise]

Arise O Glorious Zion

Author: W. G. Mills Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: Arise, O glorious Zion Lyrics: 1. Arise, O glorious Zion, Thou joy of latter days, Whom countless Saints rely on To gain a resting place; Arise and shine in splendor, Amid the world’s deep night, For God, thy sure defender, Is now thy life and light Arise and shine in splendor, Amid the world’s deep night; For God, thy sure defender, Is now thy life and light. 2. Let faithful Saints be rearing The city of our Lord, On mountain tops appearing, According to His word– A sought-out habitation, By men of truth of faith– A covert of salvation From ignorance and death. A sought-out habitation, By men of truth of faith– A covert of salvation From ignorance and death. 3. The Temple long expected Shall stand on Zion’s hill, By willing hearts erected, Who love Jehovah’s will; Let earth, her wealth bestowing, Adorn His holy seat, For nations great shall flow in, To worship at His feet. Let earth, her wealth bestowing, Adorn His holy seat, For nations great shall flow in, To worship at His feet. 4. O grant, Eternal Father, That we may faithful be, By all the just to gather, And Thy salvation see! Then, with the hosts of heaven, We’ll sing the immortal theme– To Him be glory given. Whose blood did us redeem. Then with the hosts of heaven, We’ll sing the immortal theme– To Him be glory given. Whose blood did us redeem. Used With Tune: [Arise, O glorious Zion]

O Jesus, the Giver

Author: W. W. Phelps Appears in 45 hymnals First Line: O Jesus, the giver Of all we enjoy Lyrics: 1. O Jesus, the giver Of all we enjoy, Our lives to Thy honor We wish to employ; With praises unceasing, We’ll sing of Thy name; Thy goodness increasing, Thy love we’ll proclaim. 2. With joy we remember The dawn of that day, When cold as December In darkness we lay; The sweet invatation We heard with surprise, And witnessed salvation Flow down from the skies. 3. The wonderful name Of our Jesus we’ll sing. And publish the fame Of our Captain and King. With sweet exultation His goodness we prove; His name is salvation, His nature is love. 4. We now are enlisted In Jesus’ blest cause, Divinely assisted To conquer his foes: His grace will support us Till conflicts are o’er, He then will escort us To Zion’s bright shore. Used With Tune: [O Jesus, the giver Of all we enjoy]

O Ye Mountains High

Author: C. W. Penrose Appears in 14 hymnals First Line: O ye mountains high, where the clear blue sky Lyrics: 1. O ye mountains high, where the clear blue sky Arches over the vales of the free, Where the pure breezes blow and the clear streamlets flow, How I've longed to your bosom to flee! O Zion! dear Zion! land of the free, Now my own mountain home, unto thee I have come– All my fond hopes are centered in thee 2. Tho' the great and the wise all thy beauties despise, To the humble and pure thou art dear; Tho' the haughty may smile and the wicked revile, Yet we love thy glad tidings to hear. O Zion! dear Zion! home of the free, Tho' thou wert forc'd to fly to thy chambers on high, Yet we'll share joy and sorrow with thee 3. In thy mountain retreat, God will strengthen thy feet; On the necks of thy foes thou shalt tread; And their silver and gold, as the Prophets foretold, Shall be brought to adorn thy fair head. O Zion! dear Zion! home of the free, Soon thy towers shall shine with a splendor divine, And eternal thy glory shall be 4. Here our voices we'll raise, and we'll sing to thy praise, Sacred home of the prophets of God; Thy deliv'rance is nigh, thy oppressors shall die, And the Gentiles shall bow 'neath thy rod. O Zion! dear Zion! land of the free, In thy temples we'll bend; all thy rights we'll defend; And our home shall be ever with thee. Used With Tune: [O ye mountains high, where the clear blue sky]

O, Awake My Slumbering Minstrell

Author: E. R. Snow Appears in 20 hymnals First Line: O awake! my slumb'ring minstrel Lyrics: 1. O awake! my slumb’ring minstrel, Let my harp forget its spell; Say, O say in sweetest accents, Zion prospers, all is well, Say, O say in sweetest accents, Zion prospers, all is well. 2. Strike a chord unknown to sadness, Strike and let its numbers tell, In celestial tones of gladness, Zion prospers, all is well, In celestial tones of gladness, Zion prospers, all is well. 3. Zion’s welfare is my portion, And I feel my bosom swell With a warm, divine emotion, When she prospers, all is well, With a warm, divine emotion, When she prospers, all is well. 4. Zion, lo! thy day is dawning, Tho’ the darksome shadows swell, Faith and hope prelude the morning; Thou art prosp’ring, all is well, Faith and hope prelude the morning; Thou art prosp’ring, all is well. 5. Thy swift messengers are treading Thy high courts where princes dwell, And thy glorious light is spreading; Zion prospers, all is well, And thy glorious light is spreading; Zion prospers, all is well. Used With Tune: [O awake! my slumb'ring minstrel]

Do What is Right.

Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Do what is right, the day-dawn is breaking Refrain First Line: Do what is right, let the consequence follow Lyrics: 1. Do what is right, the day-dawn is breaking, Hailing a future of freedom and light. Angels above us are silent notes taking Of ev’ry action, do what is right! Refrain: Do what is right, let the consequence follow. Battle for freedom in spirit and might; And with stout hearts look ye forth till tomorrow; God will protect you; then do what is right! 2. Do what is right, the shackles are falling, Chains of the bondsmen no longer are bright, Lightened by hope soon they’ll cease to be galling, Truth goeth onward, do what is right! [Refrain] 3. Do what is right, be faithful and fearless, Onward, press onward, the goal is in sight. Eyes that are wet now ere long will be tearless, Blessings await you, do what is right! [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Do what is right, the day-dawn is breaking]

Praise Ye the Lord!

Author: Watts Appears in 118 hymnals First Line: Praise ye the Lord! my heart shall join Lyrics: 1. Praise ye the Lord! my heart shall join In work so pleasant so divine, Now, while the flesh is my abode, And when my soul ascends to God. 2. Praise shall employ my noblest pow'rs While immortality endures; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life and thought and being last. 3. Why should I make a man my trust? Princes must die and turn to dust; Their breath departs, their pomp and pow'r And thoughts, all vanish in an hour. 4. Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God! He made the sky And earth and seas, with all their train; And none shall find His promise vain. 5. His truth forever stands secure; He saves th'oppressed, he feeds the poor; He sends the troubled conscience peace, And grants the captive sweet release. 6. The Lord gives eyesight to the blind; The Lord supports the sinking mind; He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless. 7. He loves the Saints, He knows them well, But turns the wicked down to hell: Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns– Praise him in everlasting strains. Used With Tune: [Praise ye the Lord! my heart shall join]